... Quran burning. Another day of protests saw thousands of demonstrators on the streets in the country. Protesters then, as well as early Thursday, called on Iraqi officials to expel Sweden's ambassador to Iraq. WATCH: Iraq’s younger generations feel shut out of the economy and political process Al-Sadr ...
... get better.Simona Foltyn: From Shia to Sunni to Kurdish areas of the country, much of the post-2003 generation feels Iraq's elites have failed them, eroding the legitimacy of the political system that the United States helped install. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Simona Foltyn in Iraq.
WATCH: What it means to be Iraqi, 20 years after the U.S. invasion However, a statement from the Iraqi Kurdish regional government appeared to blame local authorities in Suleimaniyah, which it accused of provoking an “attack” on the airport and using “government institutions” for "illegal activities.” The regional government ...
... journalists, also with the legacy of that war.Nick Schifrin: And, Salwan, you get the last word on that legacy. What is the legacy for Iraqis of a war whose very premise was disproven? Salwan Georges: That's a hard one. The legacy have really changed the life of Iraqis ...
... the region. Do you sometimes feel that Iraq is caught in the middle and that its interests are drowned out by geopolitical conflict? Barham Salih: Iraq -- Iraq is definitely caught in the middle. Iraq is very much a key area for regional balances and dynamics, has always been, will always ...
Can you ski without risk? Actress: I always land on my feet. Jeffrey Brown: Iraq, she says, could be a bellwether for the U.S. Heather Raffo: Everything bounces back, the market, the weather. It will all bounce back. Jeffrey Brown: Unless we address where we are 20 years later ...
... Vali Nasr: It's important to think about the fact that, had this war as Ambassador Wolfowitz suggested, been conducted differently after we entered into Iraq, had we left a different legacy there, the question of the reasons we went in would not loom as large as they do right ...
... the two war powers resolutions have otherwise rarely been used as the basis for any presidential action. About 2,500 U.S. troops remain in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government and assist and advise local forces. A separate 2001 authorization for the global war on terror would ...
... enduring trauma has impacted the way that Iraqis interact with the country, but also their memory or their understanding of what it means to be Iraqi.Sana Murrani: Through the conversations that I have had with Iraqis from the north to the south of Iraq, they kept on coming back ...
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