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The Marine Corps' forgotten battle in Iraq
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 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...
We need an extraordinary act of peace in the Middle East — and I know it can happen
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMartin Luther King; Mahatma Gandhi; Willy Brandt Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images On Oct. 7,...
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoHere’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place:...
Opinion: Netanyahu needs an end-game
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor’s Note: Seth Moulton, a Democrat, is a Marine Corps veteran who represents Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District. The views expressed in this...
How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha,...
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...
Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBAGHDAD (AP) — It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began. Here are some key dates...
What a Ground Campaign in Gaza Will Look Like
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIsraeli tanks are deployed on agricultural lands near the town of Beit Hanoun in the north of Gaza Strip in Sderot, Israel, on October 29, 2023. . (Photo...
Aziz Saleh al-Numan, ‘King of Diamonds’ in the infamous Iraqi ‘deck of cards’ – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAziz Saleh al-Numan, the “King of Diamonds”, who has died aged 82, figured among the elite of Saddam...
How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week,...