Divide and Rule: America Ignites a Politico-Religious “Civil War” in Iraq and Syria By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, November 05, 2014 . . ..…

Mr al-Saadi welcomed Iranian logistical support to aid in the fight against Islamic but argued that Iranian forces should not be involved in liberation operations to reclaim lost territory as Iraq’s civil war came to a close, arguing that ‘If I had accepted help from non-Iraqis,..…

After four successive decades of war against neighbours, sweeping United Nations sanctions, two US invasions, foreign occupation and sectarian civil war, Iraq’s infrastructure remains a shambles, unfit to serve a population of 40 million. . ..…

How about a memory that went back five to 10 years, that could recall the civil war in post-invasion Iraq?  ..…

The suggestion of a civil war was met with widespread backlash — even from Trump’s own party, including Kinzinger, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. . “I have visited nations ravaged by civil war,” the Illinois lawmaker tweeted. ..…

Once Saddam falls, I expect a major civil war would erupt in Iraq. The Kurds in the north, Shi'a in the south, and anti-Saddam Sunnis in the middle of Iraq will be busy settling scores. ... Civil war in Iraq would make civil war..…

If we pulled out abruptly intelligence reports warned, Iraq would fall back into civil war, allowing the jihadist terrorists to regenerate. The residual American force was the glue holding Iraq together and helping prevent terrorist resurgence. . . ..…

But the repercussions of that illegal act are enormous: It led directly or indirectly to the rise of ISIS, the civil war in Iraq and the war in Syria. ..…

Within months, an insurgency arose against the U.S. occupation force, and political instability bordering on civil war plagued Iraq, paving the way for the rise of ISIS. ..…

Only offensive wars, in which NATO fought or which Soviet fought, are considered. ) The Middle East wars between Israel and its neighbors, Iraq against ISIS, Syrian Civil War, and Falkland Island war, where Britain defended against Argentinian invasion, are not included.. ..…

We had the War of 1812, Mexican, Civil War, the wars with various Native American nations, the Spanish American War, the world wars, Korea and Vietnam, Iraq twice, Afghanistan, just to name some of the major ones, said Keith Preston, of AttacktheSystem.com... ..…

Soleimani’s Quds Force, tasked with carrying out operations beyond Iran’s borders, shored up support for Assad when he looked close to defeat in the civil war raging since 2011 and also helped militiamen defeat Islamic State in Iraq. . ... At the height of the civil..…

Soleimani’s Quds Force, tasked with carrying out operations beyond Iran’s borders, shored up support for Assad when he looked close to defeat in the civil war raging since 2011 and also helped militiamen defeat Islamic State in Iraq. . ... At the height of the civil..…

The preliminary findings made us concerned that al-Maliki’s use of violence to assert control over Iraq could restart the civil war by pushing angry Sunnis into the arms of militant groups. . ... Rather than prevent more fighting, our research suggests, Iraq’s..…

The arc of Rosen’s story is the sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis that broke out in Iraq and resulted in civil war. ... Creating the Iraqi Governing Council out of these groups, Rosen argues, set the stage for the civil war to follow. . ..…

And if an electoral crisis or some other event returns Iraq to civil war, it would be very hard to justify another troop surge to try to stabilize Iraq. ... Robert Dreyfuss, “Renewed civil war in Iraq,” Nation, October 1, 2008. . ..…

For those who want to understand the roots of today’s civil war in Syria and Iraq and why Obama’s war will only make a bad situation worse, Erlich’s book is a must-read. . ... The sectarianism the United States had unleashed in Iraq and the region then fed into the..…

Barron takes us through all the wars that followed 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, the Spanish- American, World Wars One and Two, Korea, Vietnam, now, and Iraq, most spectacularly, the War on Terror. ..…

Countries that are in the midst of vast social upheaval – brought about by revolution (Yemen), civil war (Syria), foreign invasion (Iraq) or even internal demographic divisions and endless outside interference (Lebanon) – find it difficult to establish a social compact. ..…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned that by  Iraq's semi-autonomous  Kurdistan region to hold late next month will lead to civil war in Arab country... ..…

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Hours Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told Iraqi that security has improved in the capital and that Iraq is moving away from civil war.. ..…

But his death by trapdoor serves as a jolting reminder that Iraq is convulsed by a civil war that owes its origins to decisions made in the Oval Office, and that those decisions were driven more by an eagerness to engage the symbols of evil than by a prudent understanding of..…

Regional Powers and Sectarianism The sectarian responses by the region's ruling classes to the Arab Spring have accelerated and compounded Iraq's descent toward civil war. ... This dampens the tendency to all-out civil war. . There are, however, centrifugal..…

However, there has been a significant increase in the percentage viewing the violence in Iraq as a civil war, rather than an anti-U.S. insurgency. . ... Opinions about what the U.S. should now do in Iraq are unrelated to perceptions of whether the conflict is mostly a..…

The pace of killing in Syria’s civil war is twice as fast as in the Iraq war according to figures published by the Iraq Body Count, an independent organisation. ..…

'did not instigate, encourage or provoke civil war in Iraq.' Instead, Alaaldin and others blame Iraqis themselves. . . ... Bush thus regionalized the sectarian civil war it fomented in Iraq. . ..…

A world in which hundreds of thousands have been killed in a civil war in Syria and an insurgency in Iraq, both together driving millions of survivors into refugees camps or into the hands of human traffickers. . ... After Abu Bakr and his Al Qaeda in Iraq franchise was kicked..…

Iraq is now disintegrating, along with Syria, which has also been shattered as a result of a civil war fomented by Washington and the European powers. ... What exists, however, is sectarian civil war across both Iraq and Syria. . ..…

The Kurdish rulers, who sat out the last civil war between Iraq's Arab Sunnis and Shia, reacted to ISIS's seizure of Mosul by expanding their own territory. ... Now, after the latest U.S. war led to an estimated 1 million Iraqi deaths and a civil war that..…

This hallowed forum, devoted to peace and understanding, includes UN Security Council, such as the civil war Libya and U.S.-led attack against Iraq in 1990. The basic thrust of the amendment, is to uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent United States from entering into..…

“If the opposition is victorious, there will be a civil war in Lebanon, divisions in Jordan, and a sectarian war in Iraq,” said Maliki in an interview with Associated Press (AP). ... The Case of Iraq . If in Lebanon a civil war is always “five..…

One of the great political and media debates of 2006-07 was whether the U.S. was involved in a civil war in Iraq. . ... Bush “dismissed suggestions that Iraq had descended into civil war,” noting that while officials in other countries were “warning..…

YOU ARE HERE: SouthBendTribune Home → Collections → Civil War . . Outgoing ambassador thinks Iraq just might have a chance . . ... But Iraq's civil war was provoked from outside, deliberately stirred up by al-Qaida in Iraq. ..…

But Zarqawi's strategy of trying to trigger a civil war in Iraq by murdering Shia Arabs in large numbers was as infectious as it was effective. Logically, Iraq's Sunni Arabs should not seek a civil war because, as a mere 20 percent minority in the country,..…

YOU ARE HERE: SouthBendTribune Home → Collections → Civil War . . Case to divide Iraq draws interest . ... Gavrilis said that allowing a civil war or a partition of Iraq would be an admission of failure that is not required by the current situation. ...…

Let’s move beyond the obvious good bets: collapse of the current government structure in Iraq, civil war, and continued slow erosion of US popular support. ... The descent of Iraq into civil war . This will crash American public support for the..…

Earlier this year, U.S. officials touted what they said was an intercepted letter from Zarqawi to al Qaeda leaders seeking their help in provoking a civil war in Iraq, where the U.S...…