Tag: Iraq

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 6, 2015, to testify before a Defense Subcommittee hearing. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

U.S. begins training of Syrian fighters

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 8:11 pm

Islamic State group militants stand with a captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 155 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Islamic State threatens Iraqi city, refinery

Tara Copp · May 6, 2015 6:18 pm

U.S. Puts Bounty on Four Key Leaders of ISIS

Daniel Halper · May 5, 2015 6:04 pm

Media figures seem eager to have former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, whose reporting was cited regularly by lawmakers preceding the invasion, answer for the U.S.'s involvement in Iraq. (AP Photo)Â

Media blame Iraq invasion on Judith Miller, not the politician who voted for it

Becket Adams · May 2, 2015 9:00 am

Members of U.S. Army Eagle Company 2-2 Cavalry Regiment patrol in the Hadar neighborhood March 10, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

National Security

Trial begins for British man accused of making roadside bomb that killed U.S. soldier

Kelly Cohen · April 28, 2015 1:15 pm

Obama admin defends Middle East record after Bush criticism

Obama admin defends Middle East record after Bush criticism

Susan Crabtree · April 27, 2015 7:21 pm

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have criticized the military for trying to retire the A-10s, pointing to the success they have had in close-air support for the anti-Islamic State campaign. (AP Photo)

National Security

Engine failure forces A-10 landing in Iraq

Tara Copp · April 24, 2015 5:48 pm

Arizona Sen. John McCain said the unintentional deaths were "probably preventable." (AP File Photo)

‘An insult’: McCain slams Dempsey over Ramadi comment

Susan Ferrechio · April 20, 2015 7:30 pm

The Enemy of My Enemy Is … What?

The Enemy of My Enemy Is … What?

Geoffrey Norman · April 20, 2015 5:31 pm

Remember the Carter Doctrine

Max Boot, Michael Doran · April 20, 2015 4:00 am

Iraq security troops distribute bottles of water to displaced families from Ramadi on Bzebiz bridge 65 km west of Baghdad., Iraq, Saturday, April 18, 2015. Thousands of displaced people form Ramadi city continue to pour to Baghdad, fleeing the ongoing fighting in Anbar provincial capital between Iraqi security forces and fighters from Islamic State militant group. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Iraq regains largest oil refinery, but Islamic State spreading new fears in Anbar

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 18, 2015 5:19 pm

A U.S F-18 fighter refuels over Iraq. As of March 10, 2015 (date of this photo) U.S. planes have handled 80 percent of the campaigns's airstrikes. (AP Photo/Razan Alzayani)

National Security

U.S. Central Command: Islamic State’s capabilities dwindling

Tara Copp · April 17, 2015 7:35 pm