List of Iraq articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nobody Puts Nouri in the Corner
Kicked to the curb by the United States, the former Iraqi prime minister is quietly plotting a return to power. And it won’t be pretty.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon in Damage Control Mode After Detailing Iraq Offensive
The Defense Department angered Iraqi officials by detailing a coming push to reclaim Mosul from the Islamic State without giving Baghdad a heads-up.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A former senior U.S. commander on the next steps to be taken in Iraq
It's quite a tall order.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Book excerpt: How Brent Scowcroft became Bush’s ‘pain in the ass’ on Iraq
An except from The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security, by Bartholomew Sparrow, which was published recently.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From the Welfare State to the Caliphate
How a Swedish suburb became a breeding ground for foreign fighters streaming into Syria and Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An enlisted view: No boots allowed?
This column inaugurates a new Best Defense feature, “Council of the Former Enlisted,” which seeks to give more voice to the great majority of military personnel and vets who are not or were not officers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Centcom Details Plan for Retaking Mosul
Five Iraqi brigades will assault the Islamic State-held city.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran’s Shiite Militias Are Running Amok in Iraq
And the White House is still pretending it hasn’t unleashed demons on the country it once could have saved.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State of Libya Isn’t Much of a State
The group is beheading Christians and attacking oil fields. But Libya won't be as easy to take as Iraq or Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Inches Toward a Showdown With the U.S. Marine Corps
After cutting through poorly armed tribal fighters in a nearby town, jihadis are now targeting a remote U.S. training base in western Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington’s Uneasy Partnership With Tehran Now Extends to Yemen
U.S. forces are effectively providing military support to the Iranian troops battling Sunni extremists in Iraq and Syria. Yemen could be the next battleground.
