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August 25, 2020

Billions wasted? Iraqi pilots claim pricey F-16 program is falling apart

Nine years ago, just before the Obama administration pulled the plug on a troop presence in Iraq, Baghdad signed a landmark $4.3 billion, U.S.-backed Lockheed Martin deal to bolster its burgeoning Air Force with their very own fleet of F-16 fighter jets. The first batch arrived three years later, under the guise that the force would stand on its own two feet.

August 19, 2020

Why no ISIS member has been charged with genocide or sexual violence for crimes against Yazidis

In August 2014, the world watched in helpless horror as ISIS operatives swarmed Yazidi-majority villages in and around Sinjar Mountain. Thousands of men were slaughtered on the spot and thousands of girls and women and carted off into sexual slavery.

August 12, 2020

MSNBC contributor fantasizes about Harris purging 'Trumpists' from government, helping impeach Trump judges

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., should purge "Trumpists" from the federal government like they're the "Baath Party" violently removed by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, an MSNBC political contributor suggested on Wednesday.

August 7, 2020

Ford, Bush presidential adviser Brent Scowcroft dead at 95

Brent Scowcroft, who played a prominent role in American foreign policy as national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and was a Republican voice against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died, a Bush spokesperson said Friday. He was 95.

July 15, 2020

Former top NY Times editor on Bari Weiss' bullying claims: 'If you are going to dish it out, you've got to be ready to take it'

The departure of former New York Times opinion editor and columnist Bari Weiss does not signal a silencing of moderate or conservative voices at the paper, former New York Times editor Jill Abramson said Wednesday.

July 8, 2020

Massive 'ISIS drug bust' in Italy connected to the Syrian regime, not the terrorist group, analysts argue

When Italian authorities announced last week that they had seized 15.4 tons of counterfeit Captagon produced by ISIS in Syria to fund terrorism it was lauded as one of the largest drug busts in history.

July 7, 2020

UN accuses Trump of breaking international law in Soleimani killing

A United Nations report concluded that President Trump violated international law by staging a drone strike on an airport in Baghdad that killed the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. 

July 7, 2020

Leading Iraqi expert on ISIS, other militant groups shot outside his home

Iraqi mourners and relatives on Tuesday carried the body of a respected analyst shot and killed the previous night in Baghdad after receiving threats from Iran-backed militias. Many Iraqis expressed their shock over the slaying.

July 5, 2020

Rocket fired at Baghdad's international airport, not far from US troops and diplomats

An unguided Katyusha rocket was fired at Baghdad’s international airport Sunday night near where American troops and diplomats are housed one night after the U.S. military shot one down, according to U.S. officials.

July 5, 2020

Rocket fired toward US Embassy in Iraq hits nearby home, injures child: reports

The attack is the latest in a series of increased activity for American installations in the country.