Search results
Widow of IS leader reveals details of their life together
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoUS-run Camp Bucca, 300 miles (500km) south-east of Baghdad, in October 2004 [Getty Images] She says...
Counter-Terrorism: Industrial Decapitation In Action
Strategy Page· 4 days agoFor centuries the Sunni Arab minority in Iraq was one of the best educated and entrepreneurial in the Arab world. In the 1960s there was another coup and the Baath Socialist ...
Former Isis leader was subjected to sexual torture in US military prison in Iraq, widow says
The Independent via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoHer late husband was “conservative but open minded”, Umm Hudaifa asserted, but his year-long...
Three Iraqis remember IS horrors in Mosul a decade on
AFP via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWhen the Islamic State group rampaged through Iraq's ancient city of Mosul a decade ago, the...
Iraq: Winning The War And Losing The Peace
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJune 26, 2018: The current parliament ends on June 30 and a newly elected parliament is supposed to take its place. It will be a few months before that happens and then the members of the new ...
Iraq: Policing The Blood Lands
Strategy Page· 19 hours agoApril 23, 2020: ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is still the greatest security threat and so far this year has killed 170 civilians and security personnel. A covid19 death can easily be mistaken for pneumonia.
Iran: Victories And Deceits
Strategy Page· 3 days agoOctober 31, 2019: While the current unrest in Iraq is mainly about corruption, there is also an anti-Iran undertone. The Iranians have taken advantage of the many corrupt government officials ...
Iraq: Rage Against The Machines
Strategy Page· 4 days agoNovember 23, 2021: The November 7 attack on the prime minister and its aftermath did not work out to Iran’s advantage. The attack caused some material damage and wounded a few security personnel ...