Tag: Iraq

"There's no denying that this is indeed a setback, but there's also no denying that we will help the Iraqis take back Ramadi," said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

White House pledges to help Iraqis retake Ramadi

Susan Crabtree · May 18, 2015 7:01 pm

An Iraqi Sunni tribal fighter aims his gun to protect the headquarters from an attack by Islamic State extremists during a sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Pentagon: ‘We will retake Ramadi’

Tara Copp · May 18, 2015 5:23 pm

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signs autographs following a town hall meeting, Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Could disavowing Iraq War hurt GOP with vets?

David M. Drucker · May 18, 2015 3:37 pm

Walker: Obama-Clinton Pullout ‘Destabilized’ Iraq

Michael Warren · May 18, 2015 2:29 pm

Pentagon: ‘Strategy to Defeat ISIL Is Working’

Pentagon: ‘Strategy to Defeat ISIL Is Working’

Daniel Halper · May 18, 2015 12:33 pm

People observe ancient artifacts at the Iraqi National Museum after its reopening in the wake of the recent destruction of Assyrian archaeological sites by the Islamic State group in Mosul, as they visit the museum in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Islamic State’s ‘brutal’ assault on other faiths

Charles Hoskinson · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

BREAKING: ISIS takes capital of Iraq’s largest province

Barbara Boland · May 17, 2015 10:34 pm

Gov. Scott Walker takes questions before his speech at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention on Saturday, May 15, 2015, in La Crosse, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Walker: Obama’s foreign policy ‘one of the worst’ ‘in my lifetime’

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 6:06 pm

Rubio says Bush not mistaken to invade Iraq

Rubio says Bush not mistaken to invade Iraq

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 4:08 pm

National Security

Razed, bulldozed and destroyed: A list of ISIS’ obliteration of history

Barbara Boland · May 17, 2015 12:09 am

Sunni tribal fighters stand guard on patrol to protect their neighborhoods against Islamic State extremists in al-Baghdadi town west of Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Islamic State militants seized the center of Ramadi in western Iraq and raised their black flag over the government compound, local officials said. (AP Photo)

National Security

ISIS controls majority of Ramadi, ‘situation dire’

Barbara Boland · May 16, 2015 7:51 pm

Wife of ISIS Leader in U.S. Custody

Wife of ISIS Leader in U.S. Custody

Daniel Halper · May 16, 2015 1:41 pm