The ambush revived congressional concern about whether the Trump administration—and the executive branch more generally—should be more accountable to Congress and the public for carrying out combat operations as the military effort against terrorism spreads beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. . ... If,..…
In October 2002, Congress and White House ignored United Nations and world opinion and invaded Iraq. Beginning in 2010, Vermonters became aware that Air National Guard base Burlington was one of the top choices of Pentagon to base F-35 plane. ..…
Army and Marine Corps surface-fired M-26.5 Classified Pentagon documents released by WikiLeaks in October 2010 reveal over eight thousand cases of unexploded munitions in Iraq alone.6 . ..…
Bush made at the beginning of the Iraq War, Trump declared 'Mission accomplished.' The Pentagon claimed it struck at 'the heart' of the regime's capacity to produce chemical weapons. . ..…
Earlier this month, Pentagon admitted that US-led coalition airstrikes have killed over 600 civilians Syria and Iraq between August 2014 and May 2017.. Pentagon's estimate of civilian deaths comes as independent monitors have time and again challenged such reports and revealed..…
Smoke rises over the city during clashes between Iraqi forces and Daesh terrorists Mosul, Iraq, March 25, 2017 Embed.. Pentagon has acknowledged that US-led coalition carried out in Iraqi of Mosul last week that left over 200 civilians dead.. ..…
For the neocons, the next stop for the war on terror after Afghanistan and Iraq was to be Iran--but Pentagon was forced to rely on Iranian government to prop up Shia-dominated Iraq. ..…
US Army soldier leads group of Iraqi troops July 2011 Carter also told House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that Pentagon is deploying specialized troops Iraq to help fight Daesh terrorists... ..…
But some U.S officials remain wary of handing United Nations in the development of Iraq's new government and economy, fearing that would undercut Bush's goal of transforming Middle East, with Iraq eventually serving as beacon of reform and moderation... Among conservatives in Bush administration,..…
The most efficient strategic bombardment campaign in history did not, despite early White House and Pentagon expectations, topple Iraq's political leadership -- which testifies once again to the political stamina of totalitarian police states, even under fierce external military pressure. . ..…
Senior Bush administration officials have made it clear, however, that they believe the United States is free to launch a military attack on Iraq at any point, without any further U.N. authorization. . At the Pentagon, officials have drafted a plan to invade Iraq that would involve..…
Maseth was electrocuted while taking a shower during his service in Iraq. The Pentagon told Harris that the accident was unavoidable; her refusal to accept that explanation, and her persistent digging into KBR’s operations, ultimately led the Defense Contract Management Agency to conclude..…
Shortly after 9/11, former NATO Commander Wesley Clark learned from a Pentagon source that Syria was on the same hit list as Iraq. ..…
It is precisely this kind of unsupported claim (so embarrassingly reminiscent of the spurious ones used more than a decade ago to “justify” attacks on Iraq) that needs to be subjected to rigorous analysis by both the Pentagon and Congress BEFORE the President orders military action. ..…
Bush invoked al-Qaeda and World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks in his public speeches on Iraq, eventually creating the false impression among majority of U.S that Iraq was connected to September 11.. ..…
On October 11, 2001, Knight Ridder reported that less than a month after the September 11 attacks senior Pentagon officials who wanted to expand the war against terrorism to Iraq had authorized a trip to Great Britain in September by former CIA director James Woolsey in search of evidence..…
It isn’t just that Chalabi doesn’t look the part of a rebel military leader (“He could fight you for the last petit four on the tray over tea at the Savoy, but that’s about it,” one skeptical former Pentagon official told me), or that he isn’t in Iraq. ... If the United States..…