Iraq War

The Cheney era: How the powerful VP shaped US power, its Middle East missteps - analysis

US policy today, including Trump's decision to try end the Gaza war, continues to sit in the shadow of Cheney's role.

Then-US president George W. Bush (L) and then-vice president Dick Cheney (R) celebrate at the conclusion of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, September 2, 2004.
Dick Cheney addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference 2007 in Washington March 12, 2007.

Dick Cheney, powerful former US vice president who pushed for Iraq war, dies at 84

DEMONSTRATORS CLIMB a structure during an anti-government protest in Baghdad, last week.

Iraq to deport 50,000 Turkish, Russian, Azeri nationals linked to ISIS

Members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) attend a symbolic funeral of fellow members of PMF who were killed by U.S. air strikes on the Syria-Iraq border, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 29, 2021.

Iraqi police, paramilitary fighters clash outside government building in Baghdad


Pharma companies challenge lawsuit alleging terrorism funding activities in US Supreme Court

The companies have denied wrongdoing and said they "are not responsible in any way for the tragic events that were caused and carried out by Iraqi militia groups."

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021

Can Israel's war in Gaza be compared to US war in Iraq? - CAMERA report

“The rate of civilian casualties at the start of the Gaza war was either comparable to or substantively less than the rate of civilian casualties in Iraq" say CAMERA.

Smoke billows from a presidential palace compound in Baghdad during airstrikes, Iraq, March 21, 2003. Large explosions shook Baghdad during a night of blistering air strikes, as US and British ground forces advancing across southern Iraq battled for hours for control of a strategic airfield.

'The Achilles Trap': Studying the paradox of the Second Gulf War - review

Examining the decades-long history of misunderstandings and missteps on both sides that led to a war that killed some 200,000 Iraqi civilians and thousands of Americans.

 Former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

US pushes for Israeli caution after lessons learned in Iraq

N12 quoted a White House National Security Council spokesman as saying that the US focus remains on creating a unified anti-terror front and pressing for the admittance of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

US SOLDIERS stand in the background next to Israeli and American flags during an exercise in Israel.