Tag: Iraq

President Barack Obama answers questions on violence in Iraq during his meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Thursday, June 12, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Obama said that Iraq will need additional assistance from the U.S. to push back an Islamic insurgency. The president did not specify in a brief question-and-answer session what type of assistance he is willing to provide. But Obama did say the White House has not ruled anything out. He said he is watching the situation in Iraq with concern and wants to ensure that jihadists don't get a foothold. Iraq has been beset by violence since the last American forces withdrew in late 2011. The violence escalated this week with an al-Qaida-inspired group capturing two key Sunni-dominated cities this week and vowing to march on to Baghdad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: US will send fresh help to beleaguered Iraq

JULIE PACELARA JAKES · June 13, 2014 1:58 am

Sunni militants vow to march on Iraqi capital

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 13, 2014 1:28 am

Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, north of Baghdad, Thursday. (AP)

As Iraq unravels, so does Obama’s political Image

Brian Hughes · June 13, 2014 12:13 am

A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter flies as the sun sets over Baghdad, Iraq, in this Oct. 30, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

Beltway Confidential

Veterans watch as Iraq teeters on the brink

Kevin Daley · June 12, 2014 9:35 pm

An Iraqi army armored vehicle is seen burned on a street of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Lack of intelligence: What CIA chief said is ‘never going to happen’ is happening in Iraq and Syria

Charles Hoskinson · June 12, 2014 9:12 pm

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama poses with his medal and diploma alongside Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

Examiner Editorial: Obama tenure marked by foreign policy debacles

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 9:00 pm

National Security

Ex-US commander defends US training of Iraq forces

Kim Gamel · June 12, 2014 7:50 pm

An Iraqi army armored vehicle is seen burned on a street of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday. (AP)

Was the Iraq war a complete waste?

David Harsanyi · June 12, 2014 7:28 pm

Europe wary of Iraq action; Germans urged to leave

Europe wary of Iraq action; Germans urged to leave

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 7:25 pm

Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida breakaway group, on Monday and Tuesday took over much of Mosul in Iraq and then swept into the city of Tikrit further south. An estimated half a million residents fled Mosul, the economically important city. (AP Photo)

What is going on in Iraq and why?

The Associated Press · June 12, 2014 7:00 pm

Hillary in ’11: America’s Committed to Helping to New Democracy in Iraq

Hillary in ’11: America’s Committed to Helping to New Democracy in Iraq

Daniel Halper · June 12, 2014 6:52 pm

John Boehner: Obama ‘taking a nap’ as Iraq falls

Beltway Confidential

John Boehner: Obama ‘taking a nap’ as Iraq falls

Kevin Daley · June 12, 2014 6:32 pm