Tag: iraq

• 9/11 Forever

  March 19, 2023

  There are four key legacies of 9/11. First, it radically changed our understanding of war. Second, it launched the surveillance state and narrowed our conception of privacy. Third, it elevated… more ›

• Blackwater contractor defends actions in Iraq after Trump pardon

  January 2, 2021

  One of four Blackwater employees pardoned by Trump says he ‘acted correctly’ during a deadly 2007 shooting rampage in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/2/blackwater-contractor-defends-actions-iraq-after-trump-pardon more ›

• U.S. Commandos Use Secretive Missiles to Kill Qaeda Leaders in Syria

  September 27, 2020

  The specially designed missiles use sharp blades and blunt force, rather than explosive warheads, to kill terrorist leaders. WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations forces, with no fanfare, killed a top… more ›

• Anatomy of a ‘caliphate’: The rise and fall of ISIL

  March 23, 2019

  Samer recalls the gruesome shock of seeing his friend’s headless corpse strung up above Raqqa’s main square. It’s this memory, from a hot summer day in 2015, that defines his… more ›

• The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS

  January 31, 2017

  The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS » When the campaign to expel the Islamic State from Mosul began, on October 17th, the Nineveh Province SWAT team was deployed far from… more ›

• The Real Problem in Iraq

  May 19, 2015

  The Real Problem in Iraq Over the weekend, as ISIS fighters rolled into Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar Province, one of them posted a video to the Internet. It… more ›