Two Americans, Briton killed in attack on base housing US troops near Baghdad: Report
Two U.S. and one British soldier killed after Katyusha rockets hit a military base housing Western troops near the Iraqi capital Baghdad
Two U.S. and one British soldier killed after Katyusha rockets hit a military base housing Western troops near the Iraqi capital Baghdad
Moral cowardice on the part of many journalists led us into the Iraq War, writes Christopher Hitchens, and now the same process in unfolding with Syria
More details about the Iranian strike on Ein Al-Assad base have emerged. Apart from over 100 wounded, 4 helicopters, 2 transport planes and 2 drones were destroyed
First Trump said there were no U.S. casualties. Then he said that some had suffered “headaches.” Now it seems more than 100 sustained traumatic brain injuries
First Trump said: “No Americans were harmed”. Then it was admitted that 16 US servicemen were flown to a US military hospital in Kuwait. Now it seems that US casualties may have been far greater than Trump or the Pentagon is willing to admit
Much of the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland were the work of British undercover units, and this continued in Iraq and the ‘War on Terror’
Despite millions of Iraqis taking to the streets and calling for a withdrawal of U.S. forces, the U.S. announces plans to build three more military bases in Iraq
Initially Trump said there were no U.S. casualties in the Iranian retaliatory strike. Then the Pentagon admitted that 11 were injured, then 34, 50 and now 64
Initially Trump said no U.S. service personnel were injured in the Iranian strike. Now the Pentagon admits that 34 U.S. soldiers suffered traumatic brain injuries
Intially, it was reported that “thousands” of Iraqis marched in protest against the presence of U.S. forces. However, some Iraqi estimates put that figure at over 2.5 million
Leading Iraqi legislator protests U.S. plan to deploy Patriot missile systems in Iraq
Vanessa Beeley writes that Trump reportedly warned the Iraqi PM he would be assassinated and that Marine snipers would open up in Baghdad to stir greater unrest