VIVIAN SALAMAQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Washington Examiner

Home Authors Posts by VIVIAN SALAMAQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

2 POSTS 0 COMMENTS

AP Interview: Iraq premier nixes US ground troops

News

AP Interview: Iraq premier nixes US ground troops

VIVIAN SALAMAQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA -

September 17, 2014 11:25 pm

FILE - This Oct. 31, 2007 file photo, shows a general view of the dam in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The rapid advance of the Islamic State group, which captured Iraq's second largest city of Mosul and declared a self-styled Islamic Caliphate straddling the Iraq-Syria border, has plunged Iraq into its worst crisis since U.S. troops withdrew in 2011. Experts say the strategy for capturing the dams is twofold. First, seizing dams and large reservoirs can be used as a military tactic. Flooding the terrain slows any possible encounters with military tanks and foot soldiers, giving the militants freedom of movement, if briefly. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)

News

Sunni militants target Iraq’s two biggest dams

VIVIAN SALAMAQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA -

August 4, 2014 5:23 pm