Tag: Iraq

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon didn't pull any punches Friday in his response to the Obama administration's request that Congress repeal the 2002 law authorizing the use of military force in Iraq. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Buck McKeon calls White House request to repeal Iraq use of force ‘a joke’

Charles Hoskinson · July 25, 2014 10:06 pm

Iraqi Shiite fighters with the "Peace Brigades" search Shiite worshipers before open-air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi cleric urges leaders not to ‘cling’ to power

SAMEER N. YACOUBVIVIAN SALAMA · July 25, 2014 3:10 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, March 28, 2009 file photo, Sahwa, or Awakening Council members stand guard in the Dora area of southern Baghdad, Iraq. Over the past month, militants led by the extremist Islamic State group overpowered the military and the Sahwa, seizing control of most of the Sunni-dominated areas of Iraq. The jihadis have systematically killed dozens of former Sahwa leaders, forced others to flee and recruited the remaining foot soldiers through intimidation. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)

Iraq Sunni militias pinched by jihadis, corruption

RYAN LUCASQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 25, 2014 10:55 am

FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo,. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., gestures as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez threatened Thursday, July 24, to block U.S. arms sales to Iraq if Congress doesn't get an assessment of Iraqi forces and assurances the weapons won't fall into the hands of extremist militants.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Senator: No arms to Iraq unless Congress gets info

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 7:48 pm

People inspect the destroyed Mosque of The Prophet Younis, or Jonah in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The revered Muslim shrine was destroyed on Thursday by militants who overran the city in June and imposed their harsh interpretation of Islamic law. The mosque was built on an archaeological site dating back to 8th century BC, and is said to be the burial place of the prophet, who in stories from both the Bible and Quran is swallowed by a whale. (AP Photo)

Iraq elects new president as attacks kill dozens

SAMEER N. YACOUBQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 24, 2014 7:13 pm

ISIS call for female genital mutilation in Iraq is a hoax

Beltway Confidential

ISIS call for female genital mutilation in Iraq is a hoax

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2014 4:35 pm

In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014 photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads,"Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah." It has been nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo) (AP Photo)

Iraq: al-Maliki rejects Iran’s urging to step down

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAVIVIAN SALAMA · July 23, 2014 10:25 pm

This Tuesday, July 22, 2014 photo shows a motorist passing by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

Envoy urges UN to demand halt to Iraq extremists

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 6:57 pm

US officials, lawmakers clash over Iraq policy

National Security

US officials, lawmakers clash over Iraq policy

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 5:03 pm

In this Sunday, July 20, 2014 photo, newly-arrived displaced Christians wait for relief aid at a church in the town of Hamadaniya, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi Christians have been fleeing from the northern city of Mosul in the wake of threats from Islamic State militants who took the city in a blitz offensive last month. The militants imposed a deadline Saturday for Christians to convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death. (AP Photo)

Iraq Christians flee with little more than clothes

MEHMET GUZELSAMEER N. YACOUB · July 22, 2014 6:20 pm

A motorist in Dubai in the U.A.E. holds a special afternoon edition of "Gulf News" published in response to Saddam Hussein's announcement of the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait on Feb. 27, 1991. (AP Photo/Gill Allen)

National Security

The Gulf War was no mistake

Scott Stump · July 21, 2014 10:00 am

A member of Iraq's Special Weapons and Tactics Team stands guard as blindfolded suspected terrorists are displayed at the federal police headquarters in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Iraq's SWAT arrested 21 suspected terrorists during recent security operations in Basra, according to police. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Overnight attacks in Iraq kill at least 16 people

Sinan Salaheddin · July 21, 2014 9:24 am