January 14, 2021 MSNBC's Joy Reid suggests GOP needs a 'de-Baathification' to rid support for Trump MSNBC host Joy Reid is calling for extreme measures to separate support for President Trump away from the Republican Party.
January 8, 2021 Squad member compares Trump Twitter ban to capture of Saddam Hussein Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., reacted to Twitter banning President Trump from its platform by posting famous video footage of a U.S. official announcing the capture of former dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iraq war.
January 7, 2021 Iran warns Trump of 'revenge', Iraq issues arrest warrant for president in Soleimani killing The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is warning President Trump that “revenge on the perpetrators of [General Qassem] Soleimani’s martyrdom is definite and serious,” according to a video that has surfaced on Twitter.
January 6, 2021 Fort Hood's toxic culture? Red flags raised over mysterious disappearances, sexual assaults The disappearance of Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old soldier at the sprawling Texas Army base of Fort Hood last April, captured headlines across the world.
January 3, 2021 Soleimani anniversary marked in Baghdad with procession, candlelight vigil A mock funeral procession marked the anniversary of the assassination of Iran’s top general and a senior Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike that heightened fears of a military escalation in the region.
December 31, 2020 Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq Maritime security firms say a suspicious object has been found on the hull of an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iraq.
December 30, 2020 Warnock called on Americans to repent for Iraq War: 'America may well lose its soul' Georgia Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock was part of a group that called on Christians to repent for military action in Iraq.
December 30, 2020 B-52s fly over Persian Gulf as 'complex attacks' from Iran feared, US ready to thwart Two American B-52 bombers flew a nonstop, round-trip, 30-plus-hour mission from the United States to the Middle East to send a fresh warning to Iran.
December 27, 2020 Ilhan Omar slams Trump for 'disgraceful' pardons of Blackwater guards President Trump’s pardon of four Blackwater guards convicted in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians was "disgraceful," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., asserted Saturday.
December 25, 2020 US Embassy in Baghdad denies rumor of evacuation, with tensions high after largest attack in decade The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Friday denied rumors of an evacuation at the building after the embassy was attacked earlier this week.