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• NATO Mission Iraq is commanded by Lieutenant General José Antonio Aguëro Martinez (Spain), who assumed responsibility for this post on 24 May 2023. (nato.int)

President Barack Obama3

• U.S. President Barack Obama has a delicate balance to strike in Tuesday's address to the nation on the subject of Iraq. (foreignpolicy.com)
• On Thursday, the Iraq war officially ended as President Barack Obama described it: not with a final battle but with a final march home for U.S. troops. (cnn.com)
• President Barack Obama has now authorized 770 troops in Iraq for security at the U.S. embassy and other facilities and to assess Iraq's military capability and gather intelligence. (politico.com)

Troops14

• Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq began in 2008, and American occupation officially ended in 2011. (wikipedia.org)
• The climax of the campaign was the Northern Iraq offensive by the Islamic State group that marked its rapid territorial expansion, prompting the return of American troops to fight the War in Iraq, which lasted until 2017. (wikipedia.org)
• Its release comes as Australia once again ponders the US alliance in the era of Donald Trump , with Australian troops back in Iraq, and with the Pentagon poised to release a new game plan to defeat the Islamic State terror group that could involve asking for more help from Canberra. (smh.com.au)
• The Wikileaks war logs disclose the conduct of British and US troops, as well as Iraqis during the Iraq conflict. (telegraph.co.uk)
• They claim Iranian intelligence officers served inside Iraq, at one point manning checkpoints with local militias, and describe a firefight on the border in which American troops shot an Iranian border guard dead and then came under prolonged attack as they returned to base. (telegraph.co.uk)
• American troops handed over captives to the infamous 'Wolf Brigade' torture squad, a feared unit controlled by the Iraq ministry of interior. (telegraph.co.uk)
• Barely two months after Barbero's visit, and two years after the last U.S. troops departed Iraq in December 2011, ending an eight-year presence, Iraq is in flames. (politico.com)
• Turkey, the first Muslim nation to pledge troops to be Afghan peacekeepers, has voiced concern about widening the war to Iraq. (foxnews.com)
• The US invasion plan for Iraq envisaged that only 5,000 US troops would remain in Iraq by December 2006, declassified Central Command documents show. (bbc.co.uk)
• For those who have let the war drift into the background noise of talking heads, Iraq for Sale is a much needed reminder of the criminal negligence of those who led the troops into this mess and those who have gotten rich off of it. (villagevoice.com)
• In an advance copy of his address, Odierno said: 'We have approximately 124,000 troops and 11 Combat Teams operating in Iraq today. (commondreams.org)
• Iraq erupted into sectarian violence, leaving U.S. troops to try to contain what threatened to become a civil war. (cnn.com)
• As of mid-November 2008, Iraq's parliament was preparing to vote on a security agreement with the US to govern the presence of foreign troops when the UN Security Council mandate for the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF) expired at the end of 2008. (hrw.org)
• Democrats on the committee have mostly backed the president's deployment of troops in Iraq, saying he's taking a prudent approach to the situation. (politico.com)

Afghanistan12

• MSNBC Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough reached deep into his bag of outrageous analogies on Wednesday in order to accuse Republicans of turning America into Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam because they refuse to pass gun control. (newsbusters.org)
• And in just the last few days Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has embraced the concept of "transformational diplomacy," and begun realigning her department to better handle responsibilities of this sort in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. (rand.org)
• 2. Are there any sanctions against AMERICA for killing and destroying the lives of innocent women and children in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Cuba, and Vietnam, and even stealing their diamonds and gold? (whatreallyhappened.com)
• Oct. 10 airpower summary: B-1Bs engage anti-Afghan forces AFPN 11 Oct 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations. (globalsecurity.org)
• There isn't a strategy for countering the largest enclave for terrorism in history on the Iraq-Syria border," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday, repeating a mantra he's echoed on Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. (politico.com)
• Although seizure disorders are associated with traumatic brain injury, little information exists regarding comorbidities and mortality in veterans with epilepsy who were deployed in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. (cdc.gov)
• U.S. veterans with epilepsy who were deployed in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts were more likely than those without epilepsy to have mental and physical comorbidity, and were 2.6 times more likely to die during 2011-2015, even after controlling for demographic characteristics and other conditions associated with death. (cdc.gov)
• Veterans with epilepsy who were deployed in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts could benefit from evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs to reduce physical and psychiatric comorbidity, and linkages to U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs clinical health care providers and other community health and social service providers. (cdc.gov)
• The age-adjusted prevalence of seizure disorder in United States veterans deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts (IAV) is 6.1 per 1,000 persons ( 1 ), compared with 7.1 to 10 per 1,000 persons in the general population ( 2 , 3 ). (cdc.gov)
• A retrospective cohort study of comorbidity trajectories associated with traumatic brain injury in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (bvsalud.org)
• To identify and validate trajectories of comorbidity associated with traumatic brain injury in male and female Iraq and Afghanistan war Veterans (IAV). (bvsalud.org)
• This article briefly summarizes the health care needs of service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, describes VA's approaches to addressing their needs, and outlines VA's evolving vision for how to apply principles of population health management to ensure prompt and effective response to the postdeployment needs of veterans returning from future conflicts. (cdc.gov)

Baghdad8

• 2 Shi'ite volunteers who joined the Iraqi army to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gesture with their weapons in Baghdad, June 18, 2014. (voanews.com)
• 3 A member of Iraqi security forces stands guard in front of volunteers who joined the army to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Baghdad, June 17, 2014. (voanews.com)
• What have the subsequent rulers and invaders of Iraq done since then, the cynic might ask, apart from extol the glorious past when Baghdad was the centre of light and global knowledge? (macmillan.com)
• ore than 4,000 refugee families from the north and south of Iraq who had sought refuge in Baghdad after the 1991 Gulf War have been expelled to their provinces, Iraqi Interior Minister Muhammad Zamam Abdu'l-Razzak announced on 28 November. (rferl.org)
• America's contentious and costly war in Iraq officially ended Thursday with an understated ceremony in Baghdad that contrasted sharply with its thundering start almost nine years ago. (cnn.com)
• Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who flew into Baghdad for Thursday's flag-lowering ceremony, recalled that when he visited in 2006 as a member of Bush's Iraq Study Group, "sectarian violence was skyrocketing, and it seemed as if nothing was working. (cnn.com)
• BAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki complained Tuesday the long-awaited Baghdad security operation was off to a slow start and warned that insurgents are taking advantage of the delay to kill as many people as possible. (chinadaily.com.cn)
• A panel discussion about the progress of the war in Iraq as fighting escalates in Basra and coalition forces push north toward Baghdad. (charlierose.com)

Iran9

• Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, sparking a protracted war that ended as a stalemate in 1988, with devastating losses for both sides. (wikipedia.org)
• Iran has also intervened in Iraq since 2014, expanding its influence through sectarian parties and Khomeinist militia groups, triggering widespread protests in Iraq. (wikipedia.org)
• During the medieval period, there was a region called ʿIrāq ʿArabī ("Arabian Iraq") for Lower Mesopotamia and ʿIrāq ʿAjamī ("Persian Iraq"), for the region now situated in Central and Western Iran. (wikipedia.org)
• The fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared in connection with the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war has still not been determined, preventing their families from closing a painful chapter in their lives. (icrc.org)
• Netanyahu Says He Wants Wars With Iran, Iraq, Libya & Russia! (whatreallyhappened.com)
• The U.S. and Iraq are trying to bang out the details of America's military mission, but just so there are no ideas, Maliki let his Iranian allies know, "We will not allow Iraq to become a platform for harming the security of Iran and neighbors. (truthdig.com)
• Iraq will not allow its territory to be used to attack Iran, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said during a visit to Tehran. (truthdig.com)
• The Saudis had long supported the Sunni minority rule in Iraq because it worked and helped contain Iran. (strategypage.com)
• With that Sunni minority government gone and not likely to return anytime soon Sadr believes the Saudis still want an Arab government in Iraq that will help keep Iran out of Arabia. (strategypage.com)

Iraqi17

• In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, leading to global condemnation and a military campaign waged by US-led international coalition that expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait. (wikipedia.org)
• The Government of Iraq, through its Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA), may accord guardianship of an Iraqi child of the Islamic faith to a member of the child's extended family or a family friend, provided that the guardian is an Iraqi national of the Islamic faith and the child will be cared for in Iraq. (state.gov)
• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that there was strong international support for UN Security Council Resolution 1770 to enhance the UN's role in Iraq, while Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki insisted that the time was right to expand the UN's role. (rferl.org)
• The Turkish government fears that if Saddam is overthrown, Iraqi Kurds who control a de facto autonomous zone in northern Iraq would take advantage of a power vacuum to establish a Kurdish state. (foxnews.com)
• NATO does not deploy its personnel alongside Iraqi forces during combat operations and it only trains members of the Iraqi security forces under direct and effective control of the government of Iraq. (nato.int)
• From 2004 to 2011, NATO conducted a relatively small but important support operation in Iraq that consisted of training, mentoring and assisting the Iraqi security forces. (nato.int)
• Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has announced he will go to Moscow for talks on a draft UN Security Council resolution that would ease sanctions on Iraq in return for Baghdad's agreement to allow for new weapons inspections. (rferl.org)
• Representatives of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr, who has led two major uprisings against U.S.-led forces in Iraq, issued a statement threatening a "civil mutiny" if U.S. and Iraqi forces don't stop targeting his followers. (washingtonmonthly.com)
• As we go forward, we will thin out lines across Iraq in order to reduce the risk and sustain stability through a deliberate transition of responsibilities to the Iraqi security forces. (commondreams.org)
• But Iraq is already a breeding ground for terrorism and is nearing chaos, with more than 10,000 Iraqi civilians dead, not to mention the many thousands more without jobs or basic services. (thenation.com)
• We urge political and other leaders to join us in calling for Washington to begin to withdraw US forces and to renounce any interest in maintaining military bases or in exercising control over Iraq's economy and oil resources, instead leaving the future of Iraq to the Iraqi people. (thenation.com)
• For the situation of the largest Iraqi refugee population, and of Palestinians fleeing Iraq and stuck at the Syrian border, see Syria chapter. (hrw.org)
• An Iraqi army soldier mans a machine gun as he controls traffic on a vehicle checkpoint near Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. (chinadaily.com.cn)
• This week on CNA Newsroom, we bring you to Iraq to reflect on the pope's visit, and to ask Iraqi Christians what has changed, and what hasn't. (catholicnewsagency.com)
• While US policy now calls for a "regime change" in Iraq, the US government consciously kept Saddam Hussein in power at the end of the Gulf War, preferring "an iron-fisted Iraqi junta," in the words of New York Times correspondent Thomas Friedman, to a popular rebellion. (monthlyreview.org)
• The ridiculously named Iraq Liberation Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, has set aside ninety-seven million dollars for the alleged Iraqi opposition, a badly divided group based in London and entirely lacking any social base in Iraq. (monthlyreview.org)
• The Jazeera desert, because of its proximity to the Iraqi border, has always been a favorite hideout for smugglers and, since 2003, for Islamic terrorists operating against targets in Iraq. (strategypage.com)

Kurdish2

• Turkish Military Attacks Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq VOA 11 Oct 2008 -- Turkey's military say its warplanes and artillery units have attacked dozens of Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq. (globalsecurity.org)
• This may well be temporary because if Iraq and the Kurdish government in the north settle more of their differences Kurdish security forces could return to Kirkuk province and restore order (eliminate ISIL and any other terror groups). (strategypage.com)

Basra1

• 4 Shi'ite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (voanews.com)

Sunni2

• Shiite leaders, notably the powerful Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, have a better chance of influencing their followers than do Sunni leaders - there is no single Sunni leader in Iraq, and many Sunnis turn to tribal chiefs for guidance. (csmonitor.com)
• Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Sunni extremist groups, and Shia militant groups continue to pose threats to stability as they seek to exploit political fissures, destabilise the government and undermine the progress made to date,' he is expected to say. (commondreams.org)

Republic of I1

• Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in the Middle East. (wikipedia.org)

Iraqis4

• NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) is a non-combat advisory and capacity-building mission that assists Iraq in building more sustainable, transparent, inclusive and effective armed forces and security institutions, so that Iraqis themselves are better able to stabilise their country, fight terrorism and prevent the return of ISIS/Daesh. (nato.int)
• But, he said, "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real. (cnn.com)
• No one knows how many Iraqis have been killed since March 2003, but the independent public database Iraq Body Count has compiled reports of more than 150,000 between the invasion and October 2010, with four out of five dead being civilians. (cnn.com)
• many Iraqis attributed the reduced level of violence in Iraq to the halt in the militia's armed activities in 2007 following bloody clashes with rival Shiite forces. (hrw.org)

Syria10

• U.S. citizens should not travel through Iraq to engage in armed conflict in Syria, where they would face extreme personal risks (kidnapping, injury, or death) and legal risks (arrest, fines, and expulsion). (state.gov)
• The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has stated that it will impose prison sentences of up to ten years on individuals who illegally cross the Iraq-Syria border. (state.gov)
• U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Syria are plagued by thefts of weapons and equipment, according to exclusive documents obtained by The Intercept that show militias and criminal gangs are systematically targeting U.S. forces. (whatreallyhappened.com)
• The regional reverberations of the Israel-Gaza war demonstrate why the White House should scrap, not reinforce, America's outdated and unnecessarily provocative troop presence in Syria and Iraq. (whatreallyhappened.com)
• Frontier between Syria and Iraq Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. (loc.gov)
• I'm not going to disclose what was said, but no one gave us a scenario where the safe havens ISIS enjoys in Syria and Iraq could be eradicated without some American military force," Graham told reporters. (politico.com)
• Other senators argued that articulating a simple solution is not possible given the complex situation unfolding in both Iraq and Syria. (politico.com)
• But the Iraq/Syria border is also increasingly difficult to get across and has become a "kill zone" where ISIL personnel are the main target. (strategypage.com)
• The American campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria continues, especially the intelligence collection and air strikes. (strategypage.com)
• American forces in Syria and Iraq work with their local counterparts to search for and attack remaining ISIL personnel and a lot of this action is taking place close to the Syrian border. (strategypage.com)

Terrorism7

• Do not travel to Iraq due to terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict, civil unrest, and Mission Iraq's limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens. (state.gov)
• ANKARA, Turkey - Secretary of State Colin Powell told anxious Turkish leaders on Wednesday that President Bush has not yet decided whether the next phase of the war on terrorism should include Iraq. (foxnews.com)
• We also know that Iraq is a sponsor of terrorism over the years. (foxnews.com)
• NMI complements a broader international effort to help Iraq eradicate terrorism and promote stability. (nato.int)
• Contributes to the fight against terrorism by helping Iraq strengthen its security institutions and armed forces so that they themselves are better able to fight terrorism, prevent the return of ISIS/Daesh and stabilise their country. (nato.int)
• otherwise, the argument goes, Iraq will be reduced to chaos and will become a breeding ground for terrorism and Islamic extremism. (thenation.com)
• Contrary to the views of those perpetuating the occupation, US disengagement from Iraq would not be a victory for terrorism or jihadism but for international law and the principle of popular sovereignty. (thenation.com)

Bush's1

• The price we are paying for George W. Bush's unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq keeps rising: The number of Americans killed in the war has now passed the 1,000 mark. (thenation.com)

20181

• The mission was launched at the NATO Summit in Brussels in July 2018, following a request from the government of Iraq, and established in October 2018. (nato.int)

20001

• Arnove traveled to Iraq in March 2000. (monthlyreview.org)

Military's1

• The role of the US in Iraq is high on the agenda, with Tehran concerned about a treaty under discussion on the terms of the US military's future in Iraq. (truthdig.com)

Search1

• Results of search for 'ccl=su:{Iraq. (who.int)

20212

• Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (catholicnewsagency.com)
• Pope Francis' visit to Iraq in March 2021 was historic, to say the least. (catholicnewsagency.com)

Qaeda1

• Most of the brutal slayings are attributed to al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which remains distressingly effective despite losing three-fourths of its top leadership over the past year. (foreignpolicy.com)

Parliamentary elections2

• In 2005, new constitution was adopted and multi-party parliamentary elections were held in Iraq. (wikipedia.org)
• Following parliamentary elections in 2005, Iraq formed its first permanent government on May 20, 2006. (brookings.edu)

Establish1

• It was known as the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) and became part of the international effort to help Iraq establish effective and accountable security forces. (nato.int)

America1

• Did America lose Iraq? (politico.com)

Nuclear3

• Another great legacy of Clinton: Iraq now is on the precipice of joining the Nuclear Club. (freerepublic.com)
• As horrific as the use of nuclear weapons against Japan was, perhaps five to ten times as many people have died in Iraq as a consequence of the war led by the United States and Britain, under United Nations (UN) auspices, during the last decade. (monthlyreview.org)
• 1 Sanctions were allegedly extended to disarm Iraq of its biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. (monthlyreview.org)

Invasion8

• A 2003 invasion launched by another US-led coalition as part of its "Global War on Terror" resulted in the defeat of Ba'athist Iraq and execution of Saddam Hussein. (wikipedia.org)
• A newly declassified report obtained by Fairfax Media reveals Australia's role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was undertaken solely to enhance our alliance with the US. (smh.com.au)
• Iraq has not tasted peace, freedom or stability since the first British invasion of the country in 1914. (macmillan.com)
• The documents were presented at a briefing in August 2002 - less than a year before the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. (bbc.co.uk)
• They projected that the US forces would be almost completely "re-deployed" out of Iraq at the end of the "transition" phase - within 45 months of invasion. (bbc.co.uk)
• Violence has fallen sharply in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion. (commondreams.org)
• In short, did he know that what was given and told him was poor or lying intelligence?After all, how many in Congress supported the invasion of Iraq based on the same intelligence? (metafilter.com)
• The UN adopted the sanctions four days after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and reaffirmed them after the brutal 1991 Gulf War, which claimed tens of thousands of lives, expelled Iraq from Kuwait, and in the process reduced the country to a "pre-industrial" state, as a UN-led delegation observed just after the war. (monthlyreview.org)

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• Turkey was a launching pad for allied air attacks against Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War. (foxnews.com)

Turkey's1

• A war in Iraq could also deepen Turkey's economic problems. (foxnews.com)

Islamic State2

• The idea of this book was born in late 2013 amid the chaos and destruction left by the U.S. and British occupation of Iraq-chaos that would drag Iraq into further destruction through Islamic State control over many parts of the country. (macmillan.com)
• Afterward, Republicans accused the Obama administration of failing to formulate a response to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, while some Democrats said they wanted more clarity from the administration on its long-term goals in Iraq. (politico.com)

Iraq's8

• September 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A series of meetings at UN headquarters in New York to bolster international support for Iraq began with considerable fanfare on September 22 with a high-level meeting of Iraq's neighbors, the permanent members of the Security Council, the Group of Eight industrialized countries, Egypt, Bahrain, the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and the European Union. (rferl.org)
• Moreover, hopes that Iraq's neighbors would come together to resolve their differences for the benefit of Iraq failed to materialize. (rferl.org)
• In fact, it was up to al-Maliki, during his UN General Assembly speech, to underscore the importance for Iraq's neighbors of stopping the flow of arms, money, and fighters into Iraq. (rferl.org)
• NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) is a non-combat advisory and capacity-building mission, conducted in full respect of Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity. (nato.int)
• A spokesman for Iraq's Information and Culture Ministry responded over the Iraq Television Network on 29 November that 'the Saudi regime still insists on its old treacherous stands and policies and still affirms -- in tangible words and deeds -- that it is still unable to learn a single lesson from the painful past. (rferl.org)
• In either event, the Eridu field - part of Iraq's Block 10 exploration and development region - is the biggest oil find in Iraq in the last 20 years, and Russia wants to control all of it, alongside its chief geopolitical ally, China. (whatreallyhappened.com)
• Religious and political issues in Iraq are inextricably linked, and it makes sense to find a way to formally engage Iraq's spiritual leaders in reconciliation. (csmonitor.com)
• Hundreds of neighborhood councils, now a dead letter as the elite politicians who won seats in Iraq's national election squabble over the spoils, were set up across Iraq in 2003 by the US military and the Research Triangle Institute, based near Raleigh, N.C., was given a contract with up to $460 million to build local governance. (csmonitor.com)

Inspectors3

• Bush late last month challenged Saddam Hussein to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back into Iraq and declared that Saddam would ``find out'' the consequences if he refuses. (foxnews.com)
• The article is referring to the current debate in the UN Security Council about the Anglo-Dutch draft resolution that would ease sanctions in return for having weapons inspectors back at their task in Iraq. (rferl.org)
• Ten years on, despite evidence from top former UN arms inspectors and from other international agencies that Iraq has been "qualitatively disarmed," the sanctions remain in place. (monthlyreview.org)

Strengthen1

• The report concludes that Howard joined US president George W. Bush in invading Iraq solely to strengthen Australia's alliance with the US. (smh.com.au)

Reconciliation3

• During his September 25 meeting with Bush, he said, 'the future of Iraq goes through the gates of national reconciliation. (rferl.org)
• Of course, the idea that all of this is leading to political reconciliation in Iraq is totally bunk. (foreignpolicy.com)
• The "soft partition" strategy is the first step in abandoning the goal of political reconciliation in Iraq. (foreignpolicy.com)

United Nations2

• Iraq is considered an emerging middle power with a strategic location and a founding member of the United Nations, the OPEC as well as of the Arab League, OIC, Non-Aligned Movement and the IMF. (wikipedia.org)
• It has been ten years since the United Nations imposed comprehensive sanctions on Iraq. (monthlyreview.org)

Religious2

• He largely kept quiet about this but it was no secret that Sadr did not want a religious dictatorship in Iraq, mainly because it would make the country even more difficult to rule. (strategypage.com)
• Religious associations from Iraq and other countries provide this service for pilgrims, mostly preparing food on site. (lu.se)

Bush4

• On the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, NewsBusters is determined to rebut the silly leftist allegation that the "mainstream media" were Bush-Cheney lackeys who never threw tough questions before and during war in Iraq. (newsbusters.org)
• For 20 years, lefties have blasted the press as weak or corrupt because the media did not prevent the Bush administration from launching the war in Iraq. (newsbusters.org)
• To its credit, the Bush administration has recognized and even in mild form acknowledged some of its early failures in Iraq. (rand.org)
• Some hard-liners in the Bush administration want Iraq to be the next theater in the war, but Powell insisted no decision has yet been made. (foxnews.com)

19981

• It is not clear from the reports whether this move is linked to the 'nationality correction campaign' (see 'RFE/RL Iraq Report,' 17 November 1999), the confiscation of minority-owned properties, or some other aspect of the Arabization campaign (see 'RFE/RL Iraq Report,' 11 December 1998, 22 January 1999, and 5 November 1999). (rferl.org)

Share1

• He braved intimidation and corruption to share in the American dream of transforming Iraq. (csmonitor.com)

Iranian2

• Iranian rockets with "neuroparalytic" agents were identified as a threat to American and British forces during the war in Iraq, according to reports included in the files. (telegraph.co.uk)
• The current parliament may also be upset over suspected Iranian efforts to increase control over Iraq. (strategypage.com)

Congress1

• The guest talked about safety benchmarks set by the U.S. Congress for Iraq. (c-span.org)

Mantra1

• It has become something of a mantra for leaders discussing the war in Iraq. (foreignpolicy.com)

Pentagon3

• The June meeting was the largest such gathering in Iraq in nearly four decades, and it took more than two years for White (with the eventual help of the Pentagon) to pull it off. (csmonitor.com)
• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who like McCain has called for U.S. air strikes in Iraq, said the top Pentagon leaders could not outline a scenario where ISIL is defeated without U.S. assistance. (politico.com)
• The full House and the House Armed Services Committee will also be briefed on Iraq by other Pentagon officials. (politico.com)

Violence4

• U.S. citizens in Iraq face high risks to their safety and security, including the potential for violence and kidnapping. (state.gov)
• Was the new violence in Iraq indeed the White House's fault for not securing a troop agreement? (politico.com)
• At the same time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has told the Security Council that the violence in Iraq could make it more difficult to go ahead with the planned elections. (thenation.com)
• Violence still claims innocent lives in Iraq. (cnn.com)

Military5

• From 1920 to 2005, Iraq experienced spells of significant economic and military growth and briefer instability including wars. (wikipedia.org)
• It's the story of an administration that struggled to define its relationship with Iraq as it withdrew the majority of its forces, and that was unclear about what its future military presence should look like. (politico.com)
• The material also shows that the US military projected a stable, pro-US and democratic Iraq by that time. (bbc.co.uk)
• The US military commander in Iraq is set to announce that the US will withdraw 4,000 of its soldiers from the country by the end of October. (commondreams.org)
• At this point, there is no military solution in Iraq. (thenation.com)

American4

• WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) - The American occupation of Iraq was marked by what can only be called heroic amateurism. (rand.org)
• We don't want an American operation concerning Iraq,'' President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday. (foxnews.com)
• A continued American occupation will only accelerate that disintegration by further fusing Islamic radicalism with the cause of nationalism-not just in Iraq but throughout the region. (thenation.com)
• Sadr is often described as anti-American but he is generally anti-foreigners in general but is willing to work with other nations if it helps Iraq. (strategypage.com)

Commanders1

• It was managed from the top with a keen eye for the politics and the public relations, yet frustrated commanders often asked what they were doing in Iraq and many took to writing their own mission statements. (smh.com.au)

Report4

• Review the Country Security Report for Iraq. (state.gov)
• It's one of many startling revelations in a 572-page, declassified internal report on the Iraq War obtained by Fairfax Media under freedom of information laws. (smh.com.au)
• He also talked about a report issued by the Institute of Peace this week which assessed U.S. policy toward Iraq. (c-span.org)
• David Martin, Jon Lee Anderson, Sen. Richard Lugar, and Evan Thomas report on day 5 of the Iraq War. (charlierose.com)

Crisis1

• It was the April 2010 national election and its tortured aftermath that sewed the seeds of today's crisis in Iraq. (politico.com)

Weapons1

• The president has indicated for a long time that we are concerned about Iraq as it tries to develop weapons of mass destruction. (foxnews.com)

Strikes1

• U.S. citizens should especially avoid areas near armed groups in northern Iraq, which have been targeted with aerial strikes by neighboring countries' militaries. (state.gov)

Sanctions1

• Repeating Moscow's insistence that Chechnya is 'an internal affair' of the Russian Federation, Ivanov noted that 'the UN Security Council is working hard to draft a resolution for ensuring the reliable monitoring of mass destruction armaments in Iraq and paving ways towards the lift[ing] of international sanctions. (rferl.org)

Soldiers2

• And could the United States have done more to help stabilize Iraq once its soldiers left? (politico.com)
• File picture shows US soldiers watching a drone being launched from a base in Iraq. (commondreams.org)

Militias1

• Anti-U.S. militias threaten U.S. citizens and international companies throughout Iraq. (state.gov)

Democratic1

• As Passport has noted , when the idea of "soft partition" was first proposed by Senator Joe Biden back in 2006, White House spokesman Scott McClellan dismissed it as antithetical to a "federal, democratic, pluralist and unified" Iraq. (foreignpolicy.com)