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... the action accompanied by broader criticism of Obama's Iraq policy. They cite the administration's inability to secure a U.S. military presence in Iraq after 2012 and its refusal for several weeks to order military action while officials were collecting intelligence and prodding Iraq into forming a more ...
... GWEN IFILL: In Iraq today, an aid helicopter on a mission to help stranded members of the Yazidi religious minority crashed. Meanwhile, the man chosen to succeed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gained critical international support. On the streets of Baghdad today, Iraqis tried to keep track of ...
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Another 130 U.S. troops arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis facing thousands of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain and evaluate options for getting them out to safety. Defense ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials say an armed American drone has attacked and destroyed a mortar position of Islamic militants in northern Iraq. The U.S. Central Command issued a brief statement saying the Tuesday morning attack targeted a mortar position that was firing on members of the Kurdish militia ...
... it's very tough. I think, in addition to trying to contain the demands, the increasing demands, I think he needs to reach out to Iraq's neighbors. I think Maliki has spoiled relationships with all of Iraq's neighbors. And he needs to reach to all of them to ...
... through interpreter): I have confidence that, with the people and political blocs, we would be able to overcome this barbaric and savage attack on the Iraqi people and provide a good environment for the Iraqi people to live in. GWEN IFILL: But Maliki has spurned calls from the U.S ...
President Obama spoke about political developments in Iraq on Friday. Updated at 5:35 p.m. EDT CHILMARK, Mass. — President Obama is giving his approval to the appointment of a prime minister to replace Nouri al-Maliki and urging the formation of a new government in Iraq as soon as ...
... team will help speed food, water and other life-saving supplies to Iraqis. Much of the assistance will go to thousands of members of an Iraqi religious minority group known as Yazidis who have been trapped on a mountaintop in northwest Iraq to escape certain death by Sunni militants with ...
Today in the Morning Line: Back to Iraq - a bombing campaign and no political resolution in sight Hillary Clinton more forcefully distances from President Obama A St. Louis shooting with echoes of the Trayvon Martin case 2014 watch: Still waiting on Hawaii, Tennessee results Iraq - no way out? Nearly two months ago, we...
... S. might expand its assistance to Iraq, or if military assessment teams currently in Baghdad would be moving to a more active role advising the Iraqi forces. "We're going to continue to support the Iraqi security forces in every way that we can as they request assistance there," Hagel ...
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