US Preparing to Expand Iraq War Into Syria
Just one day after Gen. Martin Dempsey declared that the new Iraq War was unwinnable without going into neighboring Syria, the administration is starting to talk about such an escalation as virtually a done deal. “ We’re not going to be restricted by borders,” insisted Deputy National Security Advis ...
Iraq – a crisis for the Western elites? Or is it all going to plan?
A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014 (Reuters / Stringer) It has all turned out rather differently from how those very distinguished neocon “experts”’ told us it would, hasn’t it? In the lead-up to the illegal invasion of Iraq in ...
Say Amen and Smile…
This Should Go Well: Westboro Baptist Church Says It’s Going To Iraq To Protest ISIS After the Westboros threatened to picket Robin Williams’ funeral, this offer was made, and perhaps it will actually be taken up. https://twitter.com/WBCSays/statuses/502540723175325696 Filed under: - Tagged: group, ...
Shiite militiamen in Iraq kill scores of Sunni worshipers at mosque
Shiite Muslim militiamen on Friday stormed a Sunni mosque in eastern Iraq and opened fire, killing scores of worshipers, residents and Iraqi officials said, in a sign of growing sectarian violence stemming from the rise of the Islamic State militant group.
Congress and Iraq
Re “Neither Obama Nor Congress Seems Eager for a Vote on Military Action in Iraq” (news article, Aug. 20): Congress’s scampering away from voting on President Obama’s renewed United States warfare in Iraq is like a dog retreating into its kennel ...
