News Iraq History: After Defeat of ISIS, Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis Adjust to Uneasy Peace
Brink of Disaster On a blazing hot day in late May, I stand on a rooftop terrace at St. Matthew’s Monastery and admire the view overlooking northern Iraq. This is ancient Mesopotamia. The cradle of ...
News Iraq History: Two Firsts: How One Pilot Made History with F-16 and AIM-120 Amraam Kills
As told by Craig Brown in his book Debrief: a complete history of U.S. aerial engagements ... and crossed the border into southern Iraq while the third and fourth aircraft in their group continued ...
News Iraq History: A military strike on Iran? Trump is reluctant to do it despite history of threats
Bush over costly military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. During a foreign policy speech in September of 2016, Trump talked about "how to avoid the endless wars we are caught in now." ...
News Iraq History: There's a lurking danger the US-Iran powder keg in the Persian Gulf could be ignited in Iraq
While Iraq is a potential flashpoint as US-Iran tensions rise ... "It doesn't take much in the Gulf for someone to start shooting or miscalculate," he explained. "In the history of warfare, ...
News Iraq History: Missionary Priest Says Plight of Iraq’s Christians Continues to Worsen
Without going over the history, it is clear that St. John Paul’s dire warning about what would happen to the Christian population of Iraq has come true. The United States and the United Kingdom should ...
News Iraq History: Joe Biden’s claim that he got ‘150,000 combat troops out of Iraq’
Biden had a big hand in withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq during Obama’s first term. But he was still the vice president during Obama’s second term, when thousands of U.S. troops returned to the country.
News Iraq History: Chaldean cardinal fears Iraq could be caught in middle of a U.S.-Iran conflict
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako is concerned by rising tensions between the United States and Iran, fearful that his country, Iraq, could be caught in the middle of any potential conflict. It has also made a proposed visit by Pope Francis to Iraq next year uncertain, he said.
News Iraq History: Iraq's diversity institute combats religious stereotypes and hate speech
He continued, "We faced a lot of discrimination because of such negative stereotypes. Throughout the history of our presence in Iraq, we were the victims of 74 genocide campaigns, the last of which ...
News Iraq History: CSIS Discussion on Iraq War History
2019-05-13T09:06:38-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/301/20190513090950002_hd.jpgThe Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC hosts a discussion on the U.S. Army’s ...
