Iraq Archives - Page 12 of 115

19Mar

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Iraq, USA

US-led coalition troops begin leaving Iraq bases

by Agence France-Presse The US-led coalition will redeploy hundreds of troops from bases in Iraq including to outside the country, coalition and US officials said Tuesday, with one calling it a “historic” move. The announcement came hours after another rocket attack targeted an Iraqi base where foreign troops are located, the 24th such attack in less than six months. “The coalition is re-positioning troops from a few smaller bases,” said coalition spokesman Myles Caggins. The first redeployment was taking place Tuesday from Qaim, the western base along the border with Syria, a coalition official told AFP. “A transfer ceremony is taking place today to hand over the facilities to Iraqi forces, and the intent is that all coalition troops will be leaving Qaim,” the official...

15Mar

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Iraq, Middle East, Syria, USA

Large US military convoy enters Syria from neighboring Iraq

A large U.S. military convoy has entered Syria from neighboring Iraq this week, the state-owned Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Sunday. Citing local sources, SANA reported that a U.S. military convoy, consisting of 62 trucks loaded with military and logistical supplies and accompanied by 11 military vehicles, entered the Al-Hasakah Governorate from the Al-Walid crossing. The U.S. convoy was said to have made its way to a military base in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, as they they look to strengthen their presence in Syria. This move by the U.S. Armed Forces comes just a few days after the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) carried out several attacks against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria.

9Mar

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Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

The Current Situation for The Kurds

Mr. Zaid M. Hashem. First, let us briefly shed light on the weight of Kurdish parties and organizations, to understand what is being worked on as an introduction to resolving the Kurdish file in Syria within the map of the interests of the countries concerned with the Syrian crisis. Syrian Peshmerga The Syrian Kurdish Peshmerga was established in December 2012 as a military arm of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party. This party is the nucleus of the Kurdish National Council, which fell under the arm of the Syrian opposition coalition in Istanbul. By June 2015, the Syrian Peshmerga turned into a military wing of the Kurdish National Council headed by Ibrahim Barro, who was born in Amuda and resides in Erbil, who was the leader of the Yekiti party until December 23, 2018...

23Feb

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Iraq, USA

Iraq War Lies: My Letter to Rob Reiner on “Shock and Awe”

By Sam Husseini Here’s a letter that was sent to Rob Reiner in April 2016. At the time, he was directing the film “Shock and Awe” which would be released the following year. Dear Rob Reiner — I’ve of course enjoyed your work over the years. I recently tweeted “Finally saw ‘The Big Short’. Good. Sure they’ll produce a film about folks who were right about Iraq wmds any decade now.” Immediately, a couple of McClatchy reporters I know responded, tweeting that you are working on “Shock and Awe.” At the Institute for Public Accuracy, we got a lot of critical information out scrutinizing claims regarding alleged Iraq WMDs from 2002-03 and I thought you’d be interested in learning of it. A sample: in October, 2002, John R. MacArthur, author of S...

16Feb

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Iraq, USA

NATO Iraq plan could satisfy Trump

By Agence France-Presse A plan for NATO to expand its Iraq mission by taking personnel from the anti-IS coalition could satisfy President Donald Trump’s call for more alliance action in the Middle East, a US official said Tuesday. NATO defence ministers will meet in Brussels this week to discuss a proposal to move some forces from the US-led coalition fighting the so-called Islamic State group to NATO’s training mission in Iraq. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Trump’s ambassador to NATO, welcomed the move, saying it would leave coalition forces free for more combat operations against IS remnants in Iraq. “It’s part of burden-sharing — our European allies coming in with us and doing more in counterterrorism,” she told reporters. “The NATO operation is already ongoing in Iraq ...

11Feb

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Iran, Iraq, Middle East, USA

‘Historic Step’: House Votes to Repeal 2002 Iraq AUMF Trump Used to Justify Soleimani Assassination

"Trump's claim that the 2002 AUMF can authorize his attacks against Iran has no basis in reality, underscoring the need for immediate action." by:Jake Johnson, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speaks during a "No War With Iran" rally at the U.S. Capitol on January 9, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for MoveOn.org) The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to repeal the 2002 Iraq Authorization for Use of Military Force, which the Trump administration cited as a legal justification for its assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad earlier this month. The legislation, sponsored by longtime "war on terror" opponent Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), passed by a vote of 236-166, with 11 Republicans supporting the measure and t...

10Feb

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Iran, Iraq, Middle East, USA, ZIO-NAZI

Tehran and Moscow: the killer of Selema Ne, Muhannad S. and Mughniyah are killed

While the Syrian army continued its operations along the Idlib hubs, and its units were able to enter Ma`rat al-Numan and sweep its streets in light of the collapse of armed groups and the flight of most of them, the most prominent security event was the operation to shoot down the American military plane in Afghanistan, After Russian information referred to the killing of Mike Dandria, nicknamed the black angel and responsible for the American intelligence apparatus to confront the axis of the resistance, after it was confirmed that the plane that was shot down in Afghanistan is the plane that Dandria uses as a plane of operations to receive information and issue instructions, and the Taliban announced responsibility for shooting it down, and yesterday night Iranian television bro...

3Feb

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Iran, Iraq, USA

The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq To Target Iran

This has led to an illegal regime of brutal sanctions, under which thousands of children are dying from preventable diseases and malnutrition, and to threats of another illegal U.S. war that would engulf the Middle East and the world in even greater chaos than the one the CIA engineered against Iraq. by: Nicolas J S Davies Regardless of uncertainties regarding Iran's actions in the 1980s, the U.S.’s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Sixteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, most Americans understand that it was an illegal war based on lies about non-existent “weapons o...

2Feb

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Iran, Iraq, Middle East, USA, ZIO-NAZI

The Pentagon: 64 American soldiers were wounded with a concussion in the Iranian bombing of two bases in Iraq

By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr A new toll from the American Defense Ministry, "The Pentagon," said that 64 Americans were wounded in the Iranian attack early this month on a base where American soldiers are deployed. Yesterday, a Pentagon spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Mamble, announced that the military had suffered a concussion. He added that "39 of them joined the units of the 64 injured, and the others returned to the United States." After the attack, Donald Trump confirmed that no American had been hurt. In response to a question last week about the high number of these raids, Trump reduced the size of the raids in an attempt to avoid any military escalation with Iran. He continued: “I heard they had a headache. This was not considered a severe injury. " ...

30Jan

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C.I.A, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, USA

Media Blacks Out Pentagon Report Exposing U.S. Role In ISIS Creation

The report proved that the growth and expansion of ISIS was a direct result of arms being sent by the U.S. to anti-Assad Islamists, with the strategic U.S. intention of toppling the Assad regime in Syria. By Jay Syrmopoulos In a story reverberating across the world, last week award winning journalist and scholar Dr. Nafeez Ahmed exposed startling information about U.S. complicity in the creation and rise of ISIS, as contained in a recently declassified Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report. Dr Nafeez Ahmed✔@NafeezAhmed Read the story blacked out by corporate media on the secret US intel report revealing who really created ISIS http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/pentagon-confirms-west-gulf-states-and-turkey-created-islamic-state-608321312 …Pen...