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Less than a week after police officials called for help in finding a vehicle thought to be connected to the murder of four Muslim men, law enforcement officials announced the arrest of a “primary suspect” on Tuesday. Muslim community members, shaken by...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Aug 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM PDT
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The Iraqi parliament just voted to expel U.S. troops from their country due to our recent political assassination within their borders. It remains to be seen if their government will approve this resolution, but I don't see why it wouldn't. The...
by Rogueplanet
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on Sun Jan 05, 2020 at 09:07 AM PST
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The multi-day siege of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad has come to an end—for now—after Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi stated that he would require U.S. troops to leave Iraq, and militia leaders instructed those in and around the enormous embassy...
by Mark Sumner
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on Thu Jan 02, 2020 at 05:50 AM PST
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On Tuesday, embassy staff in Baghdad were evacuated as protesters and militia swarmed over the buildings of the extensive compound and raised both militia and Iranian flags. The proximate cause of the crisis was a series of airstrikes made by U.S....
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Dec 31, 2019 at 09:13 AM PST
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A suicide bomber struck a Shiite cultural center in Kabul, which was holding a discussion program on the anniversary of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. More than 40 people are reported killed. The Islamic State in Afghanistan claims...
by Garrett
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on Thu Dec 28, 2017 at 03:14 PM PST
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U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is getting curiouser and curiouser. Soon ...
by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Jun 23, 2017 at 06:51 AM PDT
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“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” With that phrase, Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States ensures civilian control ...
by Jon Perr
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on Sun Jun 18, 2017 at 07:30 AM PDT
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The end is nigh for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
To be sure, ISIS affiliates in Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, and elsewhere will remain dangerous. And its fighters and sympathizers will ...
by Jon Perr
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on Sun Apr 23, 2017 at 02:00 PM PDT
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by Scott Anderson
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It’s likely the US will form a new coalition to wage war on ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. What remains to be seen is who will do the heavy lifting in this coalition. Which nation will
by bobburnett
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on Fri Nov 27, 2015 at 07:05 AM PST
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Things did not go well the last time Jeb Bush tried to blame President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for Dubya's calamity in Iraq. After comically flip-flopping as to whether he ...
by Jon Perr
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on Wed Aug 12, 2015 at 12:22 PM PDT
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With the loss of Ramadi to ISIS forces, the Republican Party has launched one of its most ambitious myth-making operations in recent memory: Barack Obama lost Iraq . "We had the conflict won,"
by Jon Perr
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on Sun May 31, 2015 at 03:08 PM PDT
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by Jon Perr
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on Wed May 20, 2015 at 04:54 PM PDT
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by Jon Perr
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on Sun May 17, 2015 at 08:00 AM PDT
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In the never-ending Shia (Iran) and Sunni (Saudi Arabia) battle for Islamic dominance, since the Islamic Republic rose to control Iran over 30 years ago, the Iranian Regime has been bent on de-...
by Sofiamo
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on Mon Apr 20, 2015 at 01:50 PM PDT
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The imbroglio over former Secretary of State ...
by Jon Perr
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on Sun Mar 08, 2015 at 01:57 PM PDT
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington with two transparent objectives on his agenda. First, of course, is to secure his reelection back home. The second, aided and ...
by Jon Perr
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on Mon Mar 02, 2015 at 04:18 PM PST
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In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks by AQAP in Paris and the continuing proxy war in Yemen, Shiite Houthi rebels have attacked the Yemen presidential offices.
The Group of Ten Ambassadors ...
by annieli
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on Tue Jan 20, 2015 at 01:19 PM PST
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In September, Duke University ...
by Jon Perr
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on Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 12:38 PM PST
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It's all connected. If you calm down and look at history, it makes more sense.
by DisgruntledCurmudgeon
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on Tue Oct 14, 2014 at 04:41 AM PDT
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