Intelligence Report Reveals US Urged Saddam Hussein to Attack Syria

01-27-2017 • http://www.thedailysheeple.com, by Darius Shahtahm

Despite what even some alternative media commentators might argue, the Syrian war is about oil, gas, and money.

US-Led Airstrikes Kill Dozens Of Civilians In Iraq

01-17-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

UN warns civilian casualties are much larger than reported.

3,000 years ago, it ruled the Mideast, now blown to pieces

01-01-2017 • http://hosted.ap.org, By LORI HINNANT

The chilly December wind whipped rain across the strewn wreckage of a city that, nearly 3,000 years ago, ruled almost the entire Middle East. Rivulets of water ran through the dirt, washing away chunks of ancient stone.

Is the Battle for Mosul Doomed?

12-16-2016 • http://nationalinterest.org, Daniel L. Davis

Since the battle to retake Mosul began in mid-October, Iraqi and coalition spokesmen have touted the significant number of villages retaken around the periphery of Mosul by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and the fact that they reportedly recaptured

Iraq Was Probably a "Mistake," Said Gen. James Mattis, Trump's Defense Pick

12-05-2016 • theintercept.com by Mattathias Schwartz

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense called the 2003 invasion of Iraq a "mistake," according to a recording obtained by The Intercept.

Erdogan reminds Turks of old empire, with his eye on new powers

11-09-2016 • stripes.com By SELCAN HACAOGLU

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started talking about Turkey's borders, hinting they should be shifted outward a bit. In Syria and Iraq, his army is involved in wars over territory once ruled from Istanbul. Maps of a Greater Turkey have circula

US Apache Helicopters Involved in Attacking Mosul

11-09-2016 • AntiWar.com by Jason Ditz

Pentagon Touts 'Significant Effect' of Attack Helicopters

Last Stand for ISIS?

11-04-2016 • unz.com by Eric Margolis

As a former soldier and war correspondent who has covered 14 conflicts, I look at all the media hoopla over tightening siege of Mosul, Iraq and shake my head.

Iraq's War Robot Makes Battlefield Debut At Mosul

11-04-2016 • http://www.popsci.com

Robots don't experience fear. They don't experience any emotions at all, really, but on the battlefield, it's the lack of fear that stands out. When ISIS captured Mosul in 2014, they did so with just 2,000 fighters, taking a city of 2 million f

Iraq's War Robot Makes Battlefield Debut At Mosul

11-04-2016 • http://www.popsci.com

Robots don't experience fear. They don't experience any emotions at all, really, but on the battlefield, it's the lack of fear that stands out. When ISIS captured Mosul in 2014, they did so with just 2,000 fighters, taking a city of 2 million f

Iraq 'Ready for War' with Turkey Over Who Should Control Mosul After Isis

11-03-2016 • unz.com by Patrick Cockburn

Iraq and Turkey are threatening to go to war with each other over who should hold power in Mosul and the surrounding region after the defeat of Isis.

Iraqi Forces Debut ISIS-Hunting Remote Tank

11-02-2016 • http://motherboard.vice.com, by BEN SULLIVAN

What's green, has four wheels, and brandishes a thermal optic gun? A brand new, ISIS-killing machine, called Al Robot (The Robot)--if you're in Iraq at least.

Photo of the Week: The Raging Inferno of Iraq's Oil Fields

10-31-2016 • wired.com by Laura Mallonee

As Iraqi and Kurdish forces join US allies taking back Mosul, retreating Islamic State forces are setting fire to oil fields and other chemical facilities, burning some 5,000 barrels daily and blanketing the region in acrid smoke.

The Battle For Mosul: Who Benefits? by Ron Paul

10-25-2016 • Ron Paul Liberty Report

Backed by the US, Iraq is set to launch a "decisive" assault on Mosul to remove the city from ISIS control. What will be left of the city? How is the media covering it? What about Aleppo? Who wins?

US Warns Worst Is Yet to Come in Battle for Mosul

10-24-2016 • antiwar.com by Jason Ditz

Officials: Things Going as Planned, So Far

Interview 1220 - From Anthrax to Iraq with Robbie Martin by James Corbett

10-19-2016 • The Corbett Report - James Corbett

Robbie Martin of AVeryHeavyAgenda.com joins us to talk about his research into the anthrax attacks of 2001. We discuss how false information claiming an Iraqi link to the attacks was sowed via the mainstream media and how the story largely disappeare

Army to Deploy 1st Infantry Division Soldiers to Iraq

10-17-2016 • military.com by Matthew Cox

The U.S. Army announced Friday it will deploy about 500 soldiers from the Big Red One to Iraq this fall.

The Horror of Endless Interventionism

10-17-2016 • fee.org by Jacob G. Hornberger

When the U.S. government invaded Iraq in 2003, I wonder how many U.S. officials contemplated the possibility that the cycle of death and destruction that they were initiating would be continuing 13 years later.

The Legacy of United States Interventionism

10-12-2016 • unz.com by Philip Giraldi

What Iraq teaches us

Iraq Will Use Sept 11 Bill To Sue US Government For 2003 Invasion, Demand Compensation

10-04-2016 • http://www.zerohedge.com

As reported on Saturday, a September 11 widow was the first American to take advantage of the recently passed Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism (JASTA), aka the "Sept.11" bill courtesy of Congress which for the first time in Obama's tenure overro

BREAKING: British PR Firm Paid $500 Million To Create Fake Terrorist Propaganda In Iraq

10-03-2016 • http://www.trueactivist.com

Controversial UK-based PR firm Bell Pottinger fulfilled a lucrative Pentagon contract making fake videos about Al-Qaeda, some of which were planted in innocent Iraqis homes following US military raids.

Pentagon to send about 600 more troops to Iraq to help retake Mosul from Islamic State

09-28-2016 • latimes.com by W.J. Hennigan

The Pentagon plans to send about 600 additional troops to Iraq to help launch a long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul in coming weeks, the most ambitious operation yet in the two-year military campaign against Islamic State.

Mission Accomplished? More US Troops To Iraq

09-23-2016 • https://www.youtube.com

The Pentagon is requesting 500 more US troops on the ground in Iraq, as the long-anticipated battle to retake Mosul from ISIS is expected to begin next month. That would bring the US troop level to around 6,400, with another probably 6,000 or so cont

Deir Ezzor Attack Enables The "Salafist Principality"

09-21-2016 • moonofalabama.org

As Foreseen In The 2012 DIA Analysis

Donald Trump, After Blasting Iraq War, Picks Top Iraq Hawk as Security Adviser

09-13-2016 • Alex Emmons,Naomi LaChance

DONALD TRUMP NAMED former CIA director and extremist neoconservative James Woolsey his senior adviser on national security issues on Monday. Woolsey, who left the CIA in 1995, went on to become one of Washington's most outspoken promoters of U.S. w

US Sends More Ground Troops to Iraq Ahead of Planned Mosul Invasion

09-09-2016 • antiwar.com by Jason Ditz

DIA Chief: Battle Will Begin in Next Two or Three Months

4,245 Killed in Iraq During August

09-02-2016 • antiwar.com by Margaret Griffis

Antiwar. Com found that 4,245 people were killed and 658 were wounded during August. In comparison, July's figures were 2,695 killed and 1,352 wounded.