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Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines a question from the naturalization test that immigrants must pass to become US citizens. The question of the day : Name a US military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.…

"It's not Afghanistan or Iraq. It's the Eastern front in World War II. Putin called it the West's bluff. Although I am impressed by the courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people during the first phase of Putin's Gambit, this war…

No moment in America's annual political calendar is as grand or as daunting as the State of the Union address, a speech the president typically delivers in a joint session of Congress early in the year. This year, President…

In the context of the Ukrainian crisis, we have been bombarded with many historical analogies. Topping the list are the Berlin stalemate of 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. And then there's that all-time favorite, the Munich…

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What should black people think about the made-in-USA crisis in Ukraine? Many details are worth knowing. Most significantly, Ukraine's current turmoil began with a US regime change operation in 2014. Barack Obama's administration and…

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London Jan. 5 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands across the UK gather to join the call to strip former Prime Minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knight for his role in the war in Iraq.An online petition has been…

Barry Manners reunited with dam manager Mr Roel who tried to make hostage conditions bearable In the early hours of August 2, 1990, a British Airways flight carrying 367 passengers landed in Kuwait during an invasion by Iraqi forces.…

Posted on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | 4:23 p.m. Updated 5 hours and 41 minutes ago ATLANTA (AP) - Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a revolutionary leader of the Veterans Administration and…

The war in Yemen left a quarter of a million people dead and billions of dollars in economic damage, leading some to dub it the world's worst man-made humanitarian crisis. A vicious cycle of Saudi airstrikes and Houthi military…

Directed by Johannes Naber; written by Naber and Oliver KeidelOperation Curveball by German director Johannes Naber puts a knife back into a wound that many members of the U.S. and German intelligence communities and governments no doubt…

Dan Handelman of Portland is part of the regional nonprofit Peace and Justice Works As an organization that participated in protests against the war in Afghanistan before it began in 2001, we!-->…

As the only House Democrat to vote against the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq, Congresswoman Elaine Luria is shown to have an alarming view of authority of the president to wage war…

'He lied': Iraqis still accuse Powell of playing role in Iraq war For many Iraqis, Colin Powell's name conjures up an image: the man who, as US Secretary of State, appeared before the UN Security Council in 2003 to advocate…

Fifty years after Congress repealed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave the president the green light to wage war on Vietnam, the entire Maine congressional delegation is seeking for the second time in U.S. history to repeal an…

We have a real opportunity to end endless wars, with the recent approval by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of SJRes.10, a resolution to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of force. military. These authorizations…

For the first time in 50 years, a Senate committee voted to repeal decades-old war power measures that have twice launched the United States into war with Iraq, giving the unfortunate plan the green light of President George W. Bush to…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday voted to repeal two Iraq-related war authorizations, Congress' latest move to curtail presidential war powers.The panel voted 14-8 on a Sens bill. Tim kaineTimothy (Tim) Michael Kaine…

BAGHDAD - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander urged Iraqi Shiite militias to step up attacks on US targets during a meeting in Baghdad last week, three Iraqi militia sources and two Iraqi security sources told Reuters close to…

BAGHDAD, May 20 (Reuters) - Iran has selected hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadre of its most powerful allies in the militias in Iraq, forming smaller, elitist and fiercely loyal factions, moving away from the large groups…

BAGHDAD - Iran has selected hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadre of its most powerful militia allies in Iraq, forming smaller, elitist and fiercely loyal factions, moving away from the large groups with which it once exerted…

Iran has selected hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadre of its most powerful militia allies in Iraq, forming smaller, elitist and fiercely loyal factions, thus moving away…

During the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, most of the coalition troops entered the country from the south. But a small special operations contingent was…

BAGHDAD - In a daring operation reflecting Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's determination to restrict the activities of armed militias, Iraqi security forces arrested more than a dozen pro-Iran fighters overnight, during their First…

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces arrested more than a dozen pro-Iran fighters overnight, in their first raid on people accused of anti-US rocket attacks, the US said on Friday. AFP Iraqi officials. Elite fighters from the Iraqi…

Divisions within Iraq Hashd al-Sha'abi (Popular Mobilization Forces or FMP) were exposed recently, after Iranian-backed brigades appointed Abu Fadak al-Muhammadawi vice-president - the de facto leader - of the Hashd al-Sha'abi Committee to…

Shortly after the death of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Iraq, Tehran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by…

BEIRUT - Shortly after the death of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to Unite them in the face of a…

LONDON - Shortly after Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, Seeking to unite them in the face of a huge…

(Reuters) - Shortly after the death of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Iraq, the Lebanese organization backed by Tehran, Hezbollah, met urgently with Iraqi militia leaders, Seeking to unite them in the face…

Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq, the Lebanese Tehran-backed organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to Unite them in the face of a huge void left…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the US embassy perimeter and threw stones in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington sent in additional troops and threatened…

BAGHDAD - Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. embassy perimeter and threw stones in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington sent additional troops and threatened retaliation…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the US embassy perimeter and threw stones in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington sent in additional troops and threatened with…

Iraqi security forces shot dead 40 protesters and injured scores of others in widespread clashes across the country on Thursday, in the latest bloody crackdown on nearly two months of anti-government protests. Security forces killed 25…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed four protesters in Baghdad on Friday, police sources said, and forcibly dispersed activists blocking the main port near Basra, as the country's top religious official called for reforms…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed at least four anti-government protesters on Thursday as they tried to push them back to their main camp in central Baghdad, police and medics said, but protests resumed in same place later…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces on Sunday shot dead three anti-government protesters in the southern city of Nasiriya, police and medics said, adding to dozens of deaths during weeks of unrest rocking the country weary of the relative…

By John Davison, Raya JalabiBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed at least five people on Saturday as they pushed protesters back to their main camp in central Baghdad using live ammunition, tear gas and sound bombs, reported…

Published on: 11/09/2019 - 19:29 Iraqi security forces killed at least four people on Saturday as they pushed…

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A group of Iraqi Shiite militias said on Saturday they strongly rejected the designation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by the United States.The groups, supported and…

BAGHDAD - Hashem Al Mayahi did not always despise America. When the United States first invaded Iraq to rid the country of Saddam Hussein in 2003, he hoped that regime change would pave the way for a better future.“I…

The history of Iraqi militias is controversial. These forces have undoubtedly been important in the country's recent fighting - against Islamic State and against Kurdish forces after the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan…

ERBIL, Iraq - Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Thursday to rout ISIS from its last stronghold in the country, while advancing against Kurdish fighters on a separate front.Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of…

The fighting began when Iraqi troops and Shiite militias entered Altun Kupri as part of an operation "to impose law and order", according to the Iraqi army. Clashes still continued in the north of the city. Altun Kupri - a multi-ethnic…

By Maher Chmaytelli, Raya JalabiBAGHDAD / ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces on Friday seized control of the last district of the Kirkuk oil province still in the hands of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters after a three-hour battle, security…

Iraqi forces have recaptured Kurdish-controlled areas near Mosul, even as Washington urged Baghdad to curb its offensive in northern Iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga troops withdrew without a fight from areas including the Mosul Dam as Iraqi…

Forces entered the disputed city on Monday and set up checkpoints around its perimeter, while witnesses saw a single Iraqi flag flying atop the governor's seat. The building usually houses the Kurdish and Iraqi flags.The city's breach came…

A little-noticed provision to arm Iraqi Christians in the house version of a defense bill to be passed inadvertently fuels unrest between rival militias in the Nineveh Plains, an Iraqi melting pot. The non-binding provision, inserted by…

Report by Kalah Sur, Iraq - In significant departure from past policy, US-led forces in Iraq began to arm and train hundreds of fighters belonging to Shiite militias historically known for their ties to Iran.Sectarian militias are trained…

Iraqi Shiite militias say they hunted ISIL fighters from an airbase west of Mosul.Victory, if confirmed, would threaten the Sunni group's supply route from Syria to its last major stronghold in Iraq.#BREAKING: #PMF announce the full release…

BAGHDAD — In the scorching Baghdad night, sweat ran down the faces of Iraqi teenagers as they marched through a schoolyard, training to fight against the Islamic State group. It's a summer camp in Iraq, set up by the country's largest…

BAGHDAD — In the scorching Baghdad night, sweat ran down the faces of Iraqi teenagers as they marched through a schoolyard, training to fight against the Islamic State group.It's a summer camp in Iraq, set up by the country's largest…