#Iraq PM says US troops don’t needed to fight Islamic State

#Iraq PM says US troops don’t needed to fight Islamic State

“#Iraq PM says US troops don’t needed to fight Islamic State” ​Iraq’s prime minister said US combat troops are no longer needed to fight Islamic State terrorists in the country and said a timetable for their redeployment will be part of discussions with Biden administration officials this week.  ​​“There is no need for any foreign…

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#Coming to terms with a national shame

#Coming to terms with a national shame

“#Coming to terms with a national shame” It’s a hard thing to reconcile: the dream of national destiny with the reality of national shame. My father struggled with it. As a Muslim in a fracturing India who lived through the trauma of partition in 1947, he has walked—literally—through fire to what he was told would…

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#War in Afghanistan did little good at too-high price

#War in Afghanistan did little good at too-high price

“#War in Afghanistan did little good at too-high price” Fifteen years ago, I wrote a column in these pages supporting our war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. I had hope for the Bush administration’s democracy-promotion and nation-building projects. When I returned from Iraq in 2005, having served as an infantryman in the New York Army National…

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#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave

#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave

“#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave” BAGHDAD – Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Friday over worsening power and water cuts as temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius in some parts of Iraq. At Friday prayer in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, men sweated and prayed under parasols, then held a protest criticizing…

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#In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters

#In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters

“#In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters” CHIBAISH, Iraq — “Don’t move a muscle.” His command cut across the reeds rustling in the wind. On a moonlit embankment several kilometers from shore in Iraq’s celebrated southern marshes, everyone stood still. Omar al-Sheikhly shined a flashlight across a muddy patch. “Nothing,” he said, shaking…

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#10 rockets strike Iraqi base hosting US troops

#10 rockets strike Iraqi base hosting US troops

“#10 rockets strike Iraqi base hosting US troops” Ten rockets struck an Iraqi base hosting US troops on Wednesday morning, security sources said. No fatalities were immediately reported in the attack on Ain al-Asad air base, which also houses Iraqi forces, the sources said. A Baghdad Operations Command official told Reuters that 13 rockets were…

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