Tag: Iraq

This image provided by the U.S. Defense Department shows pallets of bottled water are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq Aug. 8, 2014. Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron airdropped 40 bundles of water for displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq. American planes conducted a second airdrop of food and water early Saturday for those trapped in the Sinjar mountains, said Pentagon chief spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)

National Security

US bombs militants in Iraq as crisis worsens

DIAA HADIDBRAM JANSSEN · August 9, 2014 5:06 am

President Barack Obama listens during a phone call with Jordan's King Abdullah II Jordan, according to the White House, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Obama’s Iraq aim: contain, not destroy, extremists

ROBERT BURNSLARA JAKES · August 9, 2014 5:06 am

In this image released by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Thursday morning, Aug. 7, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

National Security

How Obama decided on airstrikes in Iraq

Josh Lederman · August 8, 2014 11:57 pm

Smoke rises after airstrikes by the U.S. forces targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The airstrikes by the U.S. forces were launched outside the Kurdish regional capital Irbil, and marked the first time U.S. forces have directly targeted the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

A guide to daily developments in Iraq

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2014 11:13 pm

This image made from video taken on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 shows Iraqis people from the Yazidi community arriving in Irbil in northern Iraq after Islamic militants attacked the towns of Sinjar and Zunmar. Around 40 thousand people crossed the bridge of Shela in Fishkhabur into the Northern Kurdish Region of Iraq, after being given an ultimatum by Islamic militants to either convert to Islam, pay a security tax, leave their homes, or die. (AP Photo via AP video)

Iraq official: Militants hold 100s of Yazidi women

Sameer Yacoub · August 8, 2014 8:02 pm

Weekly Examiner: Obama orders airstrikes

Lisa Ruhl · August 8, 2014 7:44 pm

Smoke rises after airstrikes by the U.S. forces targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The airstrikes by the U.S. forces were launched outside the Kurdish regional capital Irbil, and marked the first time U.S. forces have directly targeted the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

Iraqis flee militants as US warplanes strike

BRAM JANSSENDIAA HADID · August 8, 2014 7:24 pm

Fighters of the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces vehicle down a main road in Iraq.ÃÂ President Obama authorized airstrikes Thursday night to protect American forces and prevent the potential genocide of a group of Iraqi civilians currently under siege from Islamist militants.ÃÂ (AP Photo)

VIDEO — White House: Iraq conflict is Iraq’s responsibility

Ed Sykes · August 8, 2014 5:57 pm

Immigration reform won't happen until next year, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John Boehner supports airstrikes but ‘dismayed’ by Obama’s Iraq policies

Sean Lengell · August 8, 2014 5:57 pm

Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby confirmed the news on Twitter Friday, saying artillery was used to protect U.S. personnel near the city of Erbil. (Screenshot)

VIDEO: U.S. launches first airstrike in Iraq

Ed Sykes · August 8, 2014 4:41 pm

President Obama turns to leave the podium after he spoke about the situation in Iraq in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s narrow, specific, extremely limited action in Iraq

Byron York · August 8, 2014 4:24 pm

FAA prohibits US airlines from flying over Iraq

National Security

FAA prohibits US airlines from flying over Iraq

Joan Lowy · August 8, 2014 3:16 pm