Sunni militants kidnap dozens of men in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Residents say militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of men from a Sunni village north of Baghdad. The militants took some 50 men from Tal Ali village, around 240 kilometers (170 miles) north of ...
Children face 'education emergency' in north Iraq
Ainkawa (Iraq) (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of children in Iraq's northern Kurdish region are facing an "education emergency" after being forced from their homes, with hundreds of schools used to shelter displaced families. The Kurdish regional government ...
Iraq vs. Peru 2014 Score: Zambrano Delivers Early Goal
ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Iraq vs. Peru 2014 (en vivo live score results below) is currently underway in a soccer international friendly. Sixty-two minutes have passed. And current score is 0-2. Today’s Iraq vs. Peru 2014 game featured Peru scoring at ...
Former U.S. Iraq Chief: What Is 'Imbecilic' Obama Waiting For? The Time To Destroy ISIS Is Now.
After the first Gulf War in 1991, Gen. Jay Garner was charged with securing Iraq’s Kurdish region. He forged friendships with such Kurdish leaders as Jalal Talabani and Masood Barzani. Those friends proved valuable when Garner in 2003 was tapped by ...
The cost of going back to Iraq
The cost of current U.S. military operations in Iraq may be on the rise. But the tab is low compared to the Iraq war that ran from March 2003 through December 2011. On Tuesday, President Obama authorized additional troops to be deployed to Iraq to protect ...
