Phebe Marr, scholar of Iraq’s history and upheavals, dies at 93
A bus trip to Baghdad in the late 1950s began Dr. Marr’s path to become one of the leading American experts on Iraq.
Iraq PM says he will sign security deal with Britain
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday he would sign a bilateral security deal with Britain as well as a ...
Biden Names Warship After George W. ‘Mission Accomplished’ Bush
President Joe Biden has announced that a new aircraft carrier will be named after former President George W. Bush, who ...
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Enter the age of corporate-feudal warlords
The article argues that Trump’s 2025 presidency will accelerate the breakdown of international democratic structures and law, ...
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that ...
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Lloyd Austin ends term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...
Iraq wants Iran-backed factions to lay down weapons, foreign minister says
Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...
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Pamela Anderson says she was confronted on plane by angry passenger who thought she was someone else
Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing?” Anderson said, referring to virulent criticism of the band after its members spoke ...
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Frail Egos and Sandpit Colonialism: Australia, the United States and Invading Iraq
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in the news again.  The release of Australian cabinet documents from 2004 – a ...
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Lessons from Iraq, Libya, and Syria: Resistance, Betrayal, and Collapse
The tumultuous collapses of Iraq, Libya and Syria offer stark parallels and contrasts, shedding light on the complex ...
From pro-war to anti-war, Imam Al-Husainy of Dearborn to speak at Trump inauguration
"Death, death to Saddam!" chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through a megaphone at a pro-war rally broadcast by C-SPAN in ...
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This will change how you think about the Iraq War.
In 2003, a small coalition of countries led by the United States invaded Iraq, at the time ruled by the autocratic Saddam Hussein. While supporters and planners of the invasion hoped to establish a ...