Tag: Iraq

Al Qaeda-inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 155 miles north of Baghdad, in this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo, File)

The Iraq War was a bipartisan disaster

Gene Healy · June 23, 2014 9:43 pm

Volunteers in the newly formed "Peace Brigades" raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

White House: Iraq is providing legal ‘protections’ for 300 U.S. advisers

Susan Crabtree · June 23, 2014 9:41 pm

Oil falls as market eyes situation in Iraq

Oil falls as market eyes situation in Iraq

The Associated Press · June 23, 2014 7:40 pm

That Was Then

Geoffrey Norman · June 23, 2014 7:09 pm

‘It’s Not Too Late to Reengage With Iraq’

‘It’s Not Too Late to Reengage With Iraq’

Daniel Halper · June 23, 2014 6:45 pm

Iraq upheaval threatens oil development plans

Sinan Salaheddin · June 23, 2014 6:12 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, June 20, 2014, Lebanese police intelligence gather outside a hotel in Hamra street in Beirut, Lebanon. An al-Qaida breakaway group's seizure of territory in Iraq and Syria has sent tremors across the Middle East, jolting neighboring countries into action over fears that the Islamic militants may set their sights on them next. In Lebanon heavily armed police busted a suspected sleeper cell allegedly linked to the group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, in raids on two hotels in central Beirut. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Militant group’s surge in Iraq fans regional fears

RYAN LUCASOMAR AKOUR · June 23, 2014 4:11 pm

Poll: Majority of Republicans Want More Action in Iraq

Michael Warren · June 23, 2014 3:11 pm

Iraq at risk again: How did we get here so fast?

Connie Cass · June 23, 2014 1:40 pm

Militants from the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant patrol in Fallujah, Iraq. (AP)

National Security

White House week ahead: The future of Iraq hangs in the balance

Susan Crabtree · June 23, 2014 12:06 pm

Oil rises on Iraq conflict, upbeat China data

Oil rises on Iraq conflict, upbeat China data

The Associated Press · June 23, 2014 8:49 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Sunday, June 22, 2014, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

National Security

Kerry confronts threat of new war in Iraq

Lara Jakes · June 23, 2014 6:57 am