List of Iraq articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Pentagon Ups the Ante in Syria Fight
Hundreds of U.S. Special Forces troops are heading overseas to train Syrian rebels to battle the Islamic State, but White House dithering and bureaucratic confusion could make it hard for them to pull it off.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hezbollah in Iraq: Hey, our new pals!
I hear, second-hand, but from an unusually reliable source, that as many as 2,000 Hezbis are now fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. Is Providing Air Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq
Iran’s Shiite militias aren’t a whole lot better than the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Officials: Tikrit Offensive Not About Countering Iran’s Influence
U.S. officials told lawmakers on Thursday that a new bombing campaign against Islamic State positions in the Iraqi city of Tikrit is not designed to counter Iran’s growing clout in the country, but to prevent another tactical victory for the Sunni terrorist group, which has fended off an Iraqi offensive on the city for weeks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Begins Airstrikes in Support of Effort to Liberate Tikrit From Islamic State
The introduction of American air power comes as an Iranian-backed offensive to seize the city has stalled.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Things I didn’t know: The bow and arrow in WWII, Cessna’s military jet, and where will Iran’s militias operate after Iraq?
“An Air Force salute” is Marine slang for the shrug of “I don’t know.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Tikrit, no matter who wins, we lose
In the 1981 movie, “Zorro the Gay Blade,” Zorro’s brother tells a peasant: “There is no shame in being poor, only in dressing poorly.” There is a corollary to that in war: There’s no shame in fighting, only in fighting poorly.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Happens When the Fighting Stops?
A new report from Human Rights Watch about Sunni-targeted attacks carried out by Shiite militias in Amerli portends badly for Tikrit.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Air Force Veteran Charged With Trying to Join the Islamic State
An Air Force vet has been charged with trying to join the Islamic State. He appears to be the first veteran to make the attempt.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Win Friends and Influence Iraqis
The United States has taken a back seat to Shiite militias and Iranian commanders in the battle for Tikrit. Does that make Washington all but irrelevant in Baghdad going forward?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Real War on Christianity
In the Middle East, the Islamic State is crucifying Christians and demolishing ancient churches. Why is this being met with silence from the halls of Congress to Sunday sermons?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nixon & Vietnam, Obama & Iraq
The end game waged by the Obama administration in many respects resembled that of Nixon and Kissinger’s in 1972. The difference, of course, is that in Hanoi Peace Accords, the Americans had to pull all of their military forces out of South Vietnam.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fighting ISIS Here, There, and Everywhere
Many in Congress worry that the Obama administration wants the right to hit potential Islamic State targets around the world and far from the battlefields of Iraq and Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tom and Gen. Odierno both wrong: We already have a whole-of-government approach to warfare, we just do it badly
Best Defense's Jim Gourley responds to contributors who wrote about the Future of War conference.
