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Blasting News
April 29, 2018
#Kim Jong-Un made history when he was the first North Korean leader to visit South Korea on a diplomatic mission since the 1950s. ... This was when he withdrew from the framework and invaded Iraq on the false claims of WMDs, after which NK began enriching uranium and made subsequent progressÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
April 29, 2018
In return, it showed its loyalty by suppressing irredentist movements in the country and its sacrifices in eight years of war against Iraq. This long and painful history featured in the initial part of Rohani's Army Day speech this year but the contrast he drew with the IRGC was a surprise. “The army has alwaysÃâà...
Longview News-Journal
April 29, 2018
AMARILLO — The value of a certain American flag, signed by members of a Marine platoon, cannot be measured for Dr. Mohammed Bahaa Aldeen. They would not know him by his true professional name, this newly promoted vice-chief of medicine at Northwest Texas Hospital. To them, he was “Chris,” anÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
April 29, 2018
But young veterans are fed up with political leadership. Politicians sent them into Iraq and Afghanistan without exit plans, leaving them with their fingers in the dyke. Now home, they see partisan bickering but no vision for America. They are impatient for change. Like the Parkland survivors, young veteransÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 20, 2018
It would not have resolved the manufactured controversy over who was responsible (manufactured, because there is only one party in Syria with the means, intention and history of deploying chemical weapons by air). But had the OPCW confirmed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's responsibility, whatÃâà...
NPR
April 3, 2018
... they fight for the same values and they share the same history of oppression and suppression by different regimes." The alliance puts Sadr further at odds with Iraq's powerful neighbor. Ali Akbar Velayati, the former Iranian foreign minister who is a top aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,Ãâà...
The Independent
March 16, 2018
There is, however, a common factor between what happened in Iraq and the current crisis: a tendency to attack those who question the official version of events, with accusations of being unpatriotic, a traitor, even – something Jeremy Corbyn is facing. The Leader of the Opposition may well haveÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
March 16, 2018
The present Prime Minister [Tony Blair] is the most successful leader of the Labour party in my lifetime. I hope that he will continue to be the leader of our party, and I hope that he will continue to be successful. I have no sympathy with, and I will give no comfort to, those who want to use this crisis to displaceÃâà...
The New Arab
March 16, 2018
The outcome of Iraq's upcoming elections in May will therefore determine the future chapters of the country's military history. A former militia leader may be elected prime minister potentially recharging IS' ability to sabotage and disrupt the political landscape with renewed brutality. Nazli Tarzi is a freelanceÃâà...
New York Times
March 15, 2018
That worldview was on display in a briefing to journalists on Wednesday, in which Mr. Corbyn's spokesman drew attention to the “problematic” history of the British intelligence services, particularly the claims of Iraqi stockpiles of chemical weapons that were used to justify British involvement in theÃâà...
The Independent
March 15, 2018
As leader of HM Opposition, and with the Iraq WMD experience behind him, Corbyn is entirely justified in not taking Government assurances on trust. Indeed, is this not what an opposition is for? ... You find me in rebellious mood. How many wrong lessons can the UK draw from its recent history? How manyÃâà...
New York Times
March 13, 2018
Mr. Tillerson had some successes, including the growing international isolation of North Korea and improved ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. But he is likely to go down as among the least successful secretaries of state in history, and one big reason was his poor management of his relationship with Mr.
War on the Rocks
March 13, 2018
The defeat of ISIL — despite a small insurgent pocket remaining in Kirkuk and Diyala — and the (relative) success of the Kuwait conference give Iraq the ... The leader of the “largest block” (which can be formed after the election, per 2010 precedent) will have a herculean task in assembling his coalition.
Al-Monitor
February 25, 2018
What incentive would any Iraqi leader have to negotiate with the Kurds at this point? Barzani: Look at our history for the past hundred years. When Saddam was in power he controlled all of Kurdistan. Did we disappear? Didn't we come back? Of course. What belongs to Kurdistan belongs to Kurdistan.
Middle East Eye
February 21, 2018
The Sadrists, followers of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr, have formed a joint list with the Iraqi Communist Party, ostensibly an anomalous occurrence of Islamists uniting with an established secular party. However, an examination of Iraq's history indicates that an alliance between secularists andÃâà...
90.5 WESA
December 31, 1999
This month marks 15 years since the US invaded Iraq. ... "The fact of the matter is, it's first time in 7,000 years of history Iraq has a democracy. ... "And then there are a whole lot of other Iraqis who really are post-Saddam kids,” she continues, referring to Iraq's iron-fisted leader of 30 years, Saddam Hussein,Ãâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
A new documentary raises questions about Mattis' role in the Marines Corps' investigation of an Iraq War massacre ... at a particularly delicate time for Mattis, a beloved military leader and once a favorite of President Donald Trump, who was reportedly overruled by the President on the appropriate responseÃâà...
The National
December 31, 1999
In June 2014, it was where ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi declared his false “caliphate” and three years later, Iraqis watched in disbelief as ISIS fighters blew up the historic mosque. On Monday ... “We feel close to them, we are one people, our ties are by blood relations, culture, history – it all binds us.
