Compared to the late Soviet Russian superpower, which between 1945 and 1989 was contained without recourse to war, in military and ideological terms Iraq is a pygmy. . ..…

In 2015, 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in Europe, nearly doubling the previous annual high of about 700,000 in 1992, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. More than half (54%) came from three Muslim-majority countries – Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. . ..…

The New York-based group said the figure shows drastic rise from the approximately 12,000 foreign militants it had recorded around the time the insurgents entered Iraq... Iraq and Syria is global, 000 individuals have arrived from European countries and some 4,700 from former..…

Guantanamo has emerged eclipsing last year's focus on detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib Iraq. Last month, the human rights group Amnesty International called Guantanamo the gulag of our times, reference to Soviet-era labor camps, and prominent leaders, including former President Jimmy..…

Iraq, as America, Britain and other nations contained Soviet Union during Cold War. ..…

Among developments since Persian Gulf War, North Korea is selling Scud-C, its more deadly version of Soviet-designed missile launched at Israel by Iraq.. ..…

The extrajudicial murder led to grisly celebrations of U.S. imperial might and lawlessness, but almost none of the media commentators cared to mention how the United States had cultivated bin Laden and his allies as part of their sponsorship of the Jihadists fighting against the Soviet Union--much as..…