Tag: Iraq

The Iraqi sniper who killed Captain John McKenna and Lance Cpl. Michael Glover was later captured by their fellow Marines who honored the fallen commander’s principles by bringing in their captive without so much as a scratch or bruise. The

(AP) Activists: Nearly 700 dead in Syrian rebel clashesBEIRUTRebel-on-rebel clashes have killed nearly 700 people over the past nine days in northern Syria in the worst bout of infighting among the opponents of President Bashar Assad since the country’s civil

By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADTwo car bombs targeted commuters in Baghdad and clashes between security forces and militants killed at least 18 civilians, officials said Sunday, amid an ongoing standoff between Iraqi forces and al-Qaida-linked militants west of the Iraqi capital.

The post-Ariel Sharon Middle East really began eight years ago, when he was incapacitated by a stroke. Within less than seven months, Israel’s enemies struck: Hamas in a daring attack from the Gaza Strip that resulted in the kidnapping of

Some U.S. veterans who fought and watched their fellow soldiers killed in Iraq are having difficulty coming to grips with al-Qaeda’s resurgence in the country, the Washington Post reported.  “Could someone smart convince me that the black flag of al-Qaeda flying

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria’s president al-Assad helping rival al-Qaeda group fight Syrian rebels Christians cheer as Central African Republic president resigns Israel announces plans for 1,800 new West Bank settlements U.S. sends troops to Somalia Syria’s president

(AP) Iraq: At least 60 killed in 2 weeks Anbar violenceBy SAMEER N. YACOUBAssociated PressBAGHDADFighting between security forces and al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq’s Sunni-dominated Anbar province has killed at least 60 people over the past two weeks, an official said

In an interview with Total Politics magazine, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw claimed that his senior position in government may have been threatened by “neo cons” in the United States. Tony Blair’s former foreign secretary, who has held a number

In a series of tweets, Iraq War veteran J.R. Salzman, who lost an arm in the war, told a moving story Wednesday about a cab ride from the Dallas airport to his hotel in the taxi of a Kurdish refugee from

As a Navy pilot who flew combat missions in Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003) and now as a Member of Congress, I cannot react to the news of Al Qaeda in Iraq’s resurgence in Fallujah and Ramadi with anything but

(AP) Bombing kills 21 at Iraq army recruiting centerBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ADAM SCHRECKAssociated PressBAGHDADA suicide bomber blew himself up at a military recruiting center in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 21 people in an attack likely meant to

(AP) Iraq: Fighters urged to go as supplies run shortBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ADAM SCHRECKAssociated PressBAGHDADTribal leaders in the besieged city of Fallujah warned al-Qaida-linked fighters to leave to avoid a military showdown, echoing a call by Iraq’s prime minister

The Chinese Xinhua news agency reports that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry proposed to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that Israel accept 80,000 “refugees” from the 1948 war as part of a final peace settlement. Kerry recently completed his tenth

(AP) Reversals in hard-won Iraqi city vex veteransBy ALLEN G. BREED and JULIE WATSONAssociated PressSAN DIEGO The image of two charred American bodies hanging from a bridge as a jubilant crowd pelted them with shoes seared the name Fallujah into

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The ‘Battle of Fallujah’ begins in Iraq Turkey’s political crisis grows as police are reassigned The ‘Battle of Fallujah’ begins in Iraq Iraqi army troops are massing around the city of Fallujah in AnbarProvince

(AP) UN warns of humanitarian threat in western IraqBy SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADThe top United Nations official in Iraq is warning of a “critical humanitarian situation” in the country’s west as government forces attempt to regain control of two key cities

(AP) First batch of chemical weapons taken out of SyriaBy DIAA HADID and MIKE CORDERAssociated PressBEIRUTThe first batch of the most dangerous chemicals in Syria’s arsenal was loaded onto a Danish ship and taken out of the country Tuesday under