Lieutenant General In Charge Of Iraq Withdrawal Says US Didn’t Prepare For ‘Worst Case Scenario’ In Afghanistan
Lieutenant General Thomas Spoehr, who oversaw the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the failure to prepare for the “worst case scenario” caused the withdrawal from Afghanistan to be far more chaotic. “We were down to the individual name and I think, as far as I know, we…
At Least 14 Missiles Hit Ain Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq Injuring Two Americans
At Least 14 Missiles Hit Ain Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq Injuring Two Americans – Only a Day after an Attack in Northern Iraq Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen.
US Military Base at Erbil Airport in Northern Iraq Targeted by Drones
US Military Base at Erbil Airport in Northern Iraq Targeted by Drones – Is Latest US Military Base Attack Since June Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen.
Alleged Airstrikes In Iraq Were ISIS Attack On Power Grid
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Explosions in Iraq’s Babylon province that were reported on Monday night were caused by an ISIS attack on electric infrastructure, according to Iraq’s Security Media Cell, the media arm of Iraq’s security forces. Initial reports alleged that the blasts were caused by US airstrikes and said up to nine people were killed….
Iraq Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Trump Over Militia Leader Killing
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, An Iraqi court issued an arrest warrant for President Trump for the killing of Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in a US drone strike alongside Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani last January. Al-Muhandis was the leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a group of mostly Shia state-sponsored…
Iran Claims "Israeli Agent Provocateurs" Are Plotting Attacks On US Forces In Iraq
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the January 3rd, 2020 killing of popular Iranian IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani, ahead of which US forces in the region, particularly Iraq, have been on high alert. Iran has over the past days accused both Israel and the United States of seeking to provoke a “pretext for war” during the…
The ICC’s Indefensible Decision on Alleged UK War Crimes in Iraq
By Craig Murray Support for the rule of international law, and for the institutions which uphold it, is one of the principles of this blog. I have therefore always been extremely keen to defend and support the International Criminal Court, despite widespread criticism that it is simply a tool for use against leaders in the…
Cash-Strapped Iraq Drastically Devalues Dinar As Fears Of Nationwide Unrest Grow
By Tyler Durden According to the latest IMF forecasts, Iraq’s GDP will contract 12% this year, more than that of any other OPEC member under a production quota. A global pandemic-induced demand slump (among other domestic issues) has pushed Iraq – under its OPEC membership – to slash oil production by over 12% year-over-year (however,…
ICC Dropping Inquiry Into British War Crimes In Iraq Shows Failure Of International Legal System
Op-Ed by Robert Inlakesh The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided, on December 9, to abandon its inquiry into war crimes committed by British forces during the Iraq war, despite its investigation having concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe war crimes were in fact committed. Fatou Bensouda, the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor, announced in a…
Trump Admin Orders Troop Draw-Down Order In Afghanistan & Iraq
Update (1405ET): As was expected, Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to accelerate a drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 in each nation, as the president works to deliver on his longtime pledge to exit from “endless wars” before he leaves office in January. Bloomberg reports that Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher…
Syria Exit In Progress? US Convoys Seen Withdrawing From Northeast Syria to Iraq
Via AlMasdarNews.com, The US Army withdrew a number of its vehicles and soldiers from eastern Syria towards the northern region of Iraq, while it imposed a security cordon around a town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. According to a Sputnik Arabic correspondent in Al-Hasakah, the US Army transported a number of military vehicles with about…