Tag: Iraq

The liberation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, an Islamic State stronghold, is still months away. (AP Photo)

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Liberation of Mosul months away, says Pentagon chief

Jamie McIntyre · July 20, 2016 8:33 pm

"It's in our interest to make these urgently required investments," Secretary of State John Kerry said. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)

U.S. calls for $2 billion in aid to Iraq

Mariana Barillas · July 20, 2016 5:09 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter summoned the ministers to Joint Base Andrews in the Maryland suburbs to press for "accelerants" to finish off the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Anti-ISIS playbook working, Carter tells defense ministers

Jamie McIntyre · July 20, 2016 3:15 pm

The Chilcot inquiry is vital not only for what it says, but for what it does. (Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via AP)

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Why the Chilcot inquiry matters

Daniel DePetris · July 19, 2016 4:03 am

The U.S. has made "some progress" countering lone-wolf attacks. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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WH: Battlefield success against Islamic State leading to lone-wolf attacks

Susan Crabtree · July 15, 2016 8:04 pm

The U.S. will likely be sending hundreds more American troops to Iraq in the coming months. Army Gen. Joseph Votel said that as Iraqi forces have more more success and therefore need more support, he will ask for additional troops. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

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More U.S. troops expected to be sent to Iraq

Jamie McIntyre · July 15, 2016 6:36 pm

The Chilcot Report

Reuel Marc Gerecht · July 15, 2016 12:05 pm

The Pentagon is not confirming Omar al-Shishani's death, even though the Islamic State says Omarr "was martyred." (AP Photo/militant social media account via AP video)

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U.S. thinks it killed ISIS ‘minister of war’ on second try

Jamie McIntyre · July 14, 2016 8:35 pm

The mission's not changing in Iraq with respect to what U.S. troops are doing in a train, advise and assist capacity," John Kirby said. (AP Photo)

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State Dept. insists: No ‘mission creep’ in Iraq

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2016 7:56 pm

The deployment of 560 additional U.S. troops to help Iraq forces prepare and conduct the offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul may signal a tipping point in the war against the Islamic State, some Pentagon officials hope. (AP Photo)

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More U.S. troops to Iraq seen as tipping point, Pentagon sources say

Jamie McIntyre · July 11, 2016 7:36 pm

Josh Earnest said the decision to send more troops to Iraq is "entirely consistent" with the strategy President Obama laid out committing U.S. forces to support Iraqi forces in "taking the fight" to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

White House defends sending more troops to Iraq

Susan Crabtree · July 11, 2016 7:21 pm

Come August, you will be handing over this fight to another remarkable officer and leader, Lt. Gen. Steve Townsend," Ash Carter said. (Wikimedia Commons)

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U.S. names new anti-Islamic State commander

Jamie McIntyre · July 11, 2016 6:51 pm