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The Marine Corps' forgotten battle in Iraq
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA U.S. Marine Corps M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in convoy along the streets...
Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished'
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA year after President George W. Bush launched the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, four U.S....
Factbox-Who is the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoProtesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against...
Happy Birthday, Army! Fun facts to celebrate
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA U.S. Soldier carries the Army flag to the front of a formation during the Army Birthday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Dowe) Today, the...
U.S.-led Iraq war ushered in years of chaos and conflict
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was meant to topple a dictator who had...
Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen he first heard that U.S. troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer Hazem Mohammed...
Explainer: What's driving the power struggle in Iraq?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'ite...
How Blair’s ‘dodgy dossier’ was changed after Independent reporter spotted flaw in case for war
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoIt was the moment when Alastair Campbell had to acknowledge that The Independent was living up to...
EXPLAINER: What spurred the bloody armed clashes in Baghdad?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor 24 hours, loyalists of powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr transformed the country’s government...
They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry.
Politico via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTwo years since the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the world has moved on. But one Afghan family with a very sick little girl is still waiting — and hoping — to move to the U.S.
