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Politicians in the days of Saddam Hussein tried to harness the music of Nasiriya. Nowadays, militiamen harass the musicians who live in the southern Iraqi city famed for its singers. Where once they strutted their stuff on the...
As Americans prepare to leave, Iraq’s biggest neighbours vie for influence OF ALL the foreign officials an American general or ambassador would least want to be seen with, General Qassem Suleimani would—you may think—be high on...
BAGHDAD -- One of Iraq's vice presidents vetoed the country's new election law yesterday, throwing into fresh doubt the feasibility of holding crucial national elections in January and possibly disrupting the withdrawal next...
SSG Josh Kinser was born in Radford, VA in 1975. After September 11th, Kinser continually felt a pull to enter the military and finally did so as the decision to invade Iraq was being made in 2003. Kinser’s unit saw a great...
You don’t have to go back 40 years to the Vietnam War to feel the sting of déjà vu. Returning to the Iraq War just three years ago will suffice. Last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates summed up the administration’s dilemma...
More than a million Iraqis of different ethnic, religious and sectarian communities live in Britain, with the majority based in Ealing, West London. They are the largest Arab community in the country and have high percentage of...
First of a two-part series on counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan. In December 2008 I flew Royal Jordanian from Amman to Iraq’s southern city of Basra. Because of the Muslim holiday of Eid, embassies were closed; a...
A thought from Iraq – “Doom & Gloom about Iraq's future….I don’t see it from where I’m sitting.” Al-Nasar Complex (FKA Camp Victory), Iraq A thought from Iraq – “Doom & Gloom about Iraq’s future….I don’t see it from where I’m...
Nouri al-Maliki, left, talks with tribal leaders Wednesday, beside Gen. Abboud Qanbar and Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta. BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister warned on Wednesday that insurgents will try to undermine the country's...
The title of this post comes from a commenter at Abu Muqawama describing the common sense solution to counterinsurgency ordered by several troop commanders in Iraq and later defined as the Surge. I’ve just seen a televised...
