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Category: Iraq

Iraqi army says Mosul victory imminent, Islamic State vows ‘fight until death’

Reuters Islamic State militants vowed to “fight to the death” in Mosul on Saturday as Iraqi military commanders said...
Iraq

Kurdish Forces Open Attack on Mosul From the North

NY Times NAWARAN, Iraq — Kurdish forces opened a new front in the Iraqi campaign to recapture Mosul on Thursday...
Iraq, ISIS

‘It’s victory time’: Iraqi troops launch attack to retake Mosul in biggest military operation in the region since the 2003 US invasion

Daily Mail One of the main bridges in Mosul has been taken out in an airstrike, as militia forces...
Iraq, ISIS

Gulf War Syndrome: Documents Prove UK and US Military Personnel were Injected with Untested Vaccines

Health Impact News In 1990, the recruitment of soldiers commenced for preparation to fight against Iraq in the Gulf...
Iraq, US military

ISIS Builds Wall Of Oil Tankers To Stand Against Iraqi/US Forces

OilPrice.com The Islamic State is digging a moat around its biggest stronghold in Iraq, Mosul, in preparation for an...
Iraq, ISIS

ISIS Has Reportedly Used Chemical Weapons Against Iraqi, US Forces

Townhall CNN is reporting that ISIS forces have launched a chemical weapons attack against U.S. and Iraqi forces. A...
Iraq, ISIS

US, Iraqi troops close in on last ISIS-held city

CNN Indications are growing that the attack to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and ISIS’ last major stronghold...
Iraq, ISIS

ISIS captures up to 3,000 people fleeing violence in Iraq, UN says

CNN ISIS militants have captured up to 3,000 people displaced from their homes trying to flee conflict zones in...
Iraq, ISIS, United Nations

Pentagon will send hundreds more troops to Iraq following seizure of key airfield

Washington Post BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Monday that the Pentagon will deploy an additional 560...
Iraq, ISIS, Pentagon

Iraq government forces retake key air base from ISIS

NY Daily News Iraqi government forces on Saturday recaptured an air base in northern Iraq from ISIS, a victory...
Iraq, ISIS

Iraqi Commander Declares Fallujah ‘Fully Liberated’ From ISIS

NBC News BAGHDAD — A senior Iraqi commander declared that the city of Fallujah was “fully liberated” from ISIS...
Iraq, ISIS, US military

The Gulf War Syndrome Plot: The US Government’s Conspiracy of Silence and Obstruction Against Gulf War Veterans

Green Med Info Our service men and women put their lives on the line every day to protect us...
Iraq, US military, Veterans' Issues

Trap tightens on civilians as battles rage in Iraq’s Fallujah

AFP and Daily Mail The Islamic State group battled Iraqi forces and held civilians hostage Wednesday to defend its...
Iraq, ISIS

19 Yazidi girls burned alive for refusing to have sex with their ISIS captors

Fox News Nineteen Iraqi Yazidi girls who refused to have sex with their Islamic State captors were placed in...
Iraq, ISIS

How Americans Came to Die in the Middle East

Craig Cantoni and Mishtalk The writing of this historical synopsis began on Memorial Day. It is an attempt by...
Afghanistan, Iraq, US military

Iraqi Army Begins Operation To Retake Fallujah

Sky News Iraq’s Prime Minister has announced the beginning of a military operation to retake the Islamic State stronghold...
Iraq, ISIS

Don’t Worry General, We Trust You

By Ray Starmann Six simple words, “Don’t worry General, we trust you.” During the Gulf War in 1991, General...
Iraq, Military History, Pentagon, Ray Starmann

British SAS capture 3 Isis chiefs in daring lightning raids as net closes around Mosul

International Business Times British SAS troopers have successfully kidnapped three Islamic State (Isis) chiefs in daring lightning raids in...
Iraq, ISIS, SOF

Islamic State seeks news blackout in Mosul as Iraqi army nears

Reuters For Iraqis living in the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, news is dwindling about the U.S.-backed army massing...
Iraq, ISIS

US Navy SEAL killed by ISIS militants in northern Iraq

Fox News An U.S. Navy SEAL was shot and killed Tuesday by “direct fire” from Islamic State militants who stormed...
Iraq, ISIS

ISIS chiefs FREEZE 45 of their own fighters to death after accusing them of cowardice during a battle in Iraq

Daily Mail ISIS have reportedly killed 45 of their own fighters by locking inside a forensic freezer after they attempted...
Iraq, ISIS

Isis: Daesh renews chemical attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq

IBTimes Islamic State (Isis) jihadists have renewed chemical attacks on Kurdish fighters in the last week as allies prepare...
Iraq, ISIS

B-52s Make Precision Strikes Against ISIS in Iraq, Syria

Newsmax B-52 bombers are now being used in Iraq and Syria to conduct precision strikes against the Islamic State, Agence...
Iraq, ISIS, Syria, US Air Force

Iraqi Army’s Offensive Against ISIS Grinding As US Accelerates Military Campaign In Iraq

Western Journalism If we are to believe the statements of Obama administration officials about the war in Iraq, it’s...
Iraq, ISIS

Are We Ready to Take Back Mosul from ISIS?

By Newsweek The U.S.-led coalition’s military campaign to “defeat” the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) appears to be going...
Iraq, ISIS

The Islamic State’s Scorched-Earth Strategy

By Foreign Policy SINJAR and KIRKUK, Iraq — From the moment Islamic State fighters surged into the Iraqi city...
Iraq, ISIS, Syria

Iraqi forces face heavy resistance in ISIS held town

By the AP HIT, Iraq (AP) — Heavy resistance has slowed Iraqi forces Tuesday as they pushed toward the...
Iraq, ISIS

The Real Status of Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq

By Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell After 13 years of war in Afghanistan – the longest in US history...
Afghanistan, Iraq

Counting Up Obama’s Cataclysmic Foreign Policy Failures

By Commentary Magazine With the Islamic State expanding its reach after two key victories in Ramadi, the capital of...
Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Obama

Terrorizing the Terrorists

By Ray Starmann It’s a good time to be in ISIS. While they’re cleaning up the debris and bagging...
Europe, Iraq, ISIS, Obama, Syria

ISIS Knew Just Where to Hit These U.S. Marines

By The Daily Beast It was supposed to be a secret where these 200 Marines were headed. And yet...
Iraq, ISIS, US Marines

Land of the Lost – The Obama Administration vs. ISIS

By Ray Starmann After a year and a half of a failed, worthless, half-hearted air campaign and sporadic, dithering,...
Iraq, ISIS, Obama, Pentagon, Ray Starmann, Russia

The world is playing rope a dope with Obama

By Ray Starmann Obama is on the ropes, trying to bob and weave, but failing miserably as a litany...
China, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Putin, Ray Starmann, Russia

Insult to injury – Russia given the green light by Baghdad to hit ISIS in Iraq

By John O’Hara The Iraqi government in Baghdad has given Russia permission to attack ISIS targets in Iraq. This...
Iraq, ISIS, Russia, Syria

It’s time to take off the gloves and deal a fatal blow to ISIS

By Ray Starmann For the last two years, the Islamic State, better known as ISIS or ISIL, has conquered...
Iraq, ISIS, Ray Starmann, US Air Force

Three things to note from the Delta Force raid in Iraq

By Ray Starmann There are several things to note concerning the Delta Force raid on the ISIS prison in...
Iraq, ISIS, Ray Starmann, US Army

After one year, US led air campaign against ISIS a dismal failure

By Carly Jacobsen As suspected by a myriad of military analysts, Operation Inherent Resolve, the desultory US air campaign...
Iraq, ISIS, Syria

Is Germany heading toward massive civil strife?

By Morris Schaffer Events in Germany seem to be spiraling out of control. The influx of migrants from the...
Germany, Iraq, Merkel, Migrants, Syria

Bring back the Powell Doctrine

By Ray Starmann The results of the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan and the failed and half-hearted air...
Desert Storm, Iraq, ISIS, Ray Starmann, Syria

What Strategy? When art mirrors the situation on the ground in the Middle East

By Ray Starmann The brief clip from the show “Homeland” below shows an intelligence strategy meeting in DC where...
Iraq, ISIS, Syria

The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama

Gian P. Gentile and the NY Journal of Books “The essential point The Endgame misses, however, is what the...
Iraq, Obama

Pax Imperitus: The Decline of American Power under the Obama Administration

By Ray Starmann For over half a century the United States and indeed much of the world has enjoyed...
Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Middle East, Obama, Ray Starmann

Go to War in Iraq, Mr. President, or Get Out

Politico As an Iraq vet, I know what it’s like to be part of a hopeless mission in pursuit...
Iraq, ISIS, Obama

How The United States Lost The Second Iraq War

The Federalist We are losing Iraq for the same reason we lost Vietnam: we are fighting one war, while...
Iraq, US Army

The Iraqi Army No Longer Exists

Defense One The fog of war lies thick over the battlefields of Iraq and Syria. Deliberate enemy deception, willful...
Iraq, ISIS

The Fall of Ramadi Would Mean a Devastating Win for ISIS

National Review Home to hundreds of thousands, the Iraqi city of Ramadi may soon fall to the Islamic State....
Iraq, ISIS
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