West Asia/ North Africa

U.S. to double troops in Iraq

President Barack Obama more than doubled U.S. participation in the new war on Iraq on Nov. 7 by ordering an…

November 16, 2014

U.S. expands military role in Iraq

Aug. 18 — This morning the Iraqi government forces claimed they had retaken control of the Mosul Dam in northern…

August 21, 2014

Escritora iraquí discute papel destructivo de EUA en su país

Si uno fuera a ver la evolución de los acontecimientos en Irak como el guión de una película trágica, la…

August 19, 2014

Iraqi author writes of U.S. destructive role in her country

If one were to view unfolding events in Iraq like a tragic movie script, the scene sequence might progress in…

August 16, 2014

U.S. reopens war on Iraq

Aug. 11 — President Barack Obama has now become the fourth successive U.S. president to order the bombing of Iraq,…

August 12, 2014

Anti-Maliki coalition formed in Iraq

July 26 — In early June news from Iraq suddenly burst out in the media, which told us a “terrorist”…

August 4, 2014

Money for jobs, not war on Iraq!

June 28 — Demonstrators gathered in Durham, N.C., to oppose U.S. intervention in Iraq, calling for "No troops! No drones!…

July 1, 2014

No intervention in Iraq

Washington promotes deadly divisions Thirty-five years of U.S. subversion, intervention and then direct occupation of Iraq are the primary cause…

June 25, 2014

Protests demand: ‘U.S. stay out of Iraq!’

SAN FRANCISCO  Many national and local organizations, including the Answer Coalition, the Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Coalition, the International…

June 25, 2014

U.S. stay out of Iraq!

Iraq’s disaster has moved back onto the front burner of world attention. As of June 15, the Barack Obama administration…

June 16, 2014