Tag: Iraq War

Facts and myths about PTSD

sydney-savion, harry-croft · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this file photo taken on Oct. 8, 2013, women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq. The wave of attacks by al-Qaida and Sunni extremists that has killed thousands of Iraqis in 2013 so far, most of them Shiites, is provoking ominous calls from Shiite leaders to take up arms in self-defense. IraqÃ?s Shiite prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, said he wants American help in quelling the violence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Obama, Nouri al-Maliki face growing threat of Iraqi civil war

Brian Hughes · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 8. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Beltway Confidential

State Department sees al Qaeda as ‘major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability’

Joel Gehrke · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani listens to a question during an address hosted by the Asia Society and the Council on Foreign Relations in midtown Manhattan on Sept. 26. (AP/John Minchillo)

Obama’s policies created new paths for Iranian expansion

James Jay Carafano · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

In 2007, Democrats blasted the Iraq War and pass resolutions against it, while providing funds for the troops. In 2008, opposition to the Iraq War helped them build on their congressional majorities and elect Barack Obama.ÃÂ If Republicans want to advance the conservative agenda, they should study the way that Democrats balanced their liberal goals with the realities of legislating.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Mario Tama, Pool)

GOP can learn from Democrats on advancing their agenda

Philip Klein · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Obama’s Coke and Pepsi war won’t defeat al Qaeda

James Jay Carafano · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al Shabbab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area south of Mogadishu in Somalia. International military forces carried out a pre-dawn strike Saturday against foreign fighters, officials said.ÃÂ President Obama on Tuesday defended a pair of U.S. commando raids over the weekend in Libya and Somalia that targeted alleged terrorist leaders.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Obama defends Libya, Somalia raids

Susan Crabtree · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama has balked on Syria with international trips and jaunts to play golf. (AP File)

Obama is losing from behind in the fog of Syria’s war

Noemie Emery · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

George W. Bush

Why Obama’s PR campaign to attack Syria won’t work

Byron York · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Iraq war vet in Congress opposes Syria strike

Donna Cassata · September 9, 2013 2:41 pm

President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Scott Pelley, anchor of CBS's "Evening News" to discuss Syria, in the Blue Room of the White House Monday.ÃÂ (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Why Obama’s PR campaign to attack Syria won’t work

Byron York · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Former President George Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair attend a round table meeting of G8 leaders in 2007. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The specter of Iraq hovers over Syria debate

Michael Barone · September 6, 2013 4:00 am