iraq

I've known about this discovery for several weeks, but the first announcements didn't have much information. For context, this find isn't at Ur, but it is from the time of Abraham (more or less). It is probably an example of places he would have had a meal in Ur or where King Gilgamesh might...

The USA is denying any involvement so it "must be" Israel. :D Then again, it could be Trump, it isn't like he won't go out with a cluster bomb or two! Like I said, now that Trump is gone, and Biden is despised as a lying scumbag, all the global players will do whatever they want to, since the...

I can't verify this yet but I've got several tweets on this on Twitters...posted for now, I'm going to bed soon, mods feel free to close if this turns out to be just a rumor. News flash @BRNewsFlash · 12m #BREAKING. Sounds odd, but Initial reports that #Turkey have invaded #Iraq...

Highly relevant given the recent withdrawal by the God-Emperor Trump of U.S. troops from N. Syria. http://mydailykona.blogspot.com/2019/10/post-about-kurds.html SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 Post about the Kurds... "I shamelessly cribbed this from the "GodFather" Tom Kratman. Apparently the...

Hummm.... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/09/27/civilization_of_soldiers_112383.html Civilization of Soldiers By Charles Faint September 27, 2017 Was the Western World Forged by the Fire of War? Reed Robert Bonadonna...

Hummm...... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WAR_AUTHORIZATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-09-13-12-56-26 Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDT SENATE REJECTS BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR NEW US WAR AUTHORIZATION BY RICHARD LARDNER...

Hummm.... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://warisboring.com/when-it-comes-to-the-war-in-the-greater-middle-east-maybe-were-the-bad-guys/ When It Comes to the War in the Greater Middle East, Maybe We’re the Bad Guys Worth dying for? World Politics | September...

Hummm..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/trump-white-house-nsc-colonels-middle-east-policy.html The colonels shaping Trump's Middle East policy Summary: Who’s who in the Trump NSC: The retired military intelligence...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/medal-of-honor-afghanistan-iraq-valor-awards-review The military's massive valor awards review will result in fewer than 100 upgrades By: Andrew deGrandpre, Mark D. Faram, Jeff Schogol and Michelle...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/20/islamic-state-turning-into-a-guerrilla-army-top-general-warns.html NEXT PHASE ‘Islamic State’ Turning Into a Guerrilla Army, Top General Warns Four days ago, the U.S. defense secretary...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-security-idUSKCN0XN1OX World | Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:32pm EDT Related: World Sweden on alert for possible IS attack in capital: local media Sweden has received intelligence about a possible...

Figured I'd better start a new thread for this part of the MENA mess just to keep things as clear as possible since this side of it is now apparently heating up.... Housecarl For links see article source..... Posted for fair use...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raghida-dergham/the-joint-responsibility_b_9552262.html The Joint Responsibility for the ISIS Scourge 03/27/2016 03:18 am ET | Updated 12 hours ago Raghida Dergham Columnist and Senior Diplomatic...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2016/03/20/detachment-of-us-marines-is-on-ground-in-iraq-to-s/ Mar 20, 2016, 03:50 PM GMT 7h Detachment of US Marines is on ground in Iraq to support US and coalition efforts against Islamic State, US...

Remember the big thread on the OV-10?..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/09/why-is-america-using-these-antique-planes-to-fight-isis.html THROWBACK 03.08.16 9:01 PM ET Why Is America Using These Antique Planes to Fight...

The sermon was over and as we were filing out of the sanctuary into the narthex, I noticed a stranger standing waiting. I could not see his face, his back was to me. I went upstairs for coffee and soon the Pastor came in. He said the stranger was an Iraqi. The Iraqi stated that there were a...

Long.......... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n03/joost-hiltermann/chemical-wonders Vol. 38 No. 3 · 4 February 2016 Chemical Wonders Joost Hiltermann The Iran-Iraq War by Pierre Razoux, translated by Nicholas Elliott Harvard, 640 pp...

The final result of the flawed, neocon, warmonger policy the USA followed in Afghanistan from late 2001 to the end of 2015 is now clear. First, just like Vietnam, we put in place a corrupt, incompetent political leadership that has failed to effect honest administration. This group of corrupt...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/myth-busting-french-counterinsurgency/ Myth-Busting French Counterinsurgency Terrence Peterson December 3, 2015 In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, French President François Hollande’s declaration...

Hummm........ For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/can-the-counterinsurgency-doctrine-be-saved/ Can the Counterinsurgency Doctrine Be Saved? After failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, it’s time for a new understanding of counterinsurgency...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.commentarymagazine.com/foreign-policy/middle-east/iraq/to-die-in-an-unserious-war/ To Die in an Unserious War Max Boot / Oct. 27, 2015 Last week, Delta Force staged a raid inside Syria along with Kurdish Peshmerga to...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.newsweek.com/how-us-nerve-gassed-its-own-troops-then-covered-it-317250?rel=most_shared1 U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq By Barbara Koeppel 3/27/15 at 11:52 AM Atef Hassan/Reuters Filed Under: U.S., Iraq War...

Nice to see the media thinks that the Air Force are not Military... http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/09/14/13/14/australia-to-deploy-forces-to-middle-east Australia will send 600 military personnel to the Middle East as part of international efforts to wipe out Islamic State extremists...

So, whether the West and others accept it or not, whether it lasts or not or is able to flouirish, they have made the "offiicial" declaration and timed it to coincide with the beginning of Ramadan. Life just got a lot more interesting for a lot of us; interesting times, indeed. ETA: linking...

Doomer Doug is starting to wonder if we have now entered a collapse phase in several different categories? The first area is economic, both on a global and USA basis. Over the last several days there have been stories about a "slowdown in the USA." We had a story about the collapse of the...

http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/18689-obama-continues-us-immunity-from-claims-to-iraqs-oil-dollars/ Obama continues U.S. immunity from claims to Iraq’s oil dollars May 13, 2010 · Posted in NEWS By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report Published May 13, 2010 talk about money.....iraq is...

Colbert On Iraq Trip: I Feel "Special Guilt" And Responsibility To Keep Soldiers' Story Alive JAKE COYLE | June 5, 2009 04:04 PM EST | NEW YORK — Stephen Colbert will broadcast four shows next week from Baghdad, where he says he'll be "Bob Hoping" it for the troops. Colbert arrived at the...

Matthew Alexander Led the interrogations that found Zarqawi; author of "How to Break a Terrorist" As a senior interrogator in Iraq (and a former criminal investigator), there was a lesson I learned that served me well: there's more to be learned from what someone doesn't say than from what they...

October 7, 2008 McClatchy Washington Bureau http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/53605.html By Jonathan S. Landay, Warren P. Strobel and Nancy A. Youssef WASHINGTON — A nearly completed high-level U.S. intelligence analysis warns that unresolved ethnic and sectarian tensions in Iraq could...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seems to be coming to a position close to that of presidential candidate Barak Obama and moving away from that of John McCain. FJ BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A short-term memorandum of understanding setting down a coalition troop withdrawal schedule has emerged...