U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Elsheikh and Kotey were taken to an American base in Iraq that had been used as a holding area for a small number of Islamic State detainees. ..…
Because sovereign power belongs to the local units and not to a central government, Kurdish confederalism differs from an American-style federal system. . Kurds have established semi-autonomous regions in Iraq and Syria. In Iran and Turkey they live under central government rule. ..…
After the American invasion of Iraq, the Kurds set up a semi-autonomous republic in the north of the country. ..…
Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, no candidate for Democratic nomination has addressed the criminality, cruelty and wastefulness of American policy. ... -led war poisoning Iraq's people and environment. Average Americans, even many who opposed Iraq, that once the campaign is..…
Washington has fixated on specific groups and individuals that appeared most threatening to American interests first with Qaeda core Afghanistan and Pakistan under Osama bin Laden, then Qaeda Iraq under Abu Musab Zarqawi, then Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula Yemen and Anwar Awlaki, and now..…
Nearing the anniversary of Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, seven Americans continue to believe that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had in the attacks, even. ..…
So what exactly was the purpose of invading Iraq? . The point was that the invasion created business-opportunities for a wide range of American commercial interests, including private military contractors. ..…
Follow her on Twitter: @medeabenjamin . is the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq and of the chapter on “Obama At War” in Grading the 44th President: A Report Card on Barack Obama’s First Term as a Progressive Leader. . . ..…
Trump sensed that many Americans share his view – and polls show he is right… Mr. Trump has correctly read the American people who, after Iraq and Afghanistan, also have a deep distaste for forever wars.” . ..…
Ahmed Tabaqchali, Senior Fellow at Institute of Regional and International Studies at American University of Iraq notes that during the 1990s, Iran positioned as powerful ally of these interests Iraq.. ..…
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