Skripal ‘lies’ from UK government could get us into another Iraq War, warns Neil Clark (VIDEO)

Neil Clark has issued a warning: the UK may be repeating its mistakes from 2003, when the government used bogus intel to stir up a war. Clark added that the UK’s Skripal ‘ theory has “more holes in it than a slab of swiss cheese”. Clark sat down with RT to discuss the Britain’s blaming […]

WSJ issues embarrassing correction for claiming Moses struck ‘Iraq’ for water, not ‘a rock’

Published time: 29 Mar, 2018 01:20 The Wall Street Journal issued what may be the best correction ever for a story, which quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying Moses brought water “from Iraq,” instead of from “a rock.” The WSJ was trolled mercilessly on Twitter for the gaffe that had injected an unexpected […]

Iraq War 15 years on: How America brought chaos & bloodshed to a nation (VIDEO)

On March 19, 2003, US President George Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq. It’s a decision which brought an onslaught of violence to the civilian population and has left the nation reeling 15 years later. Bush declared the military invasion to depose Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and disarm the country, promising civilians that freedom was […]

US military aircraft crashes in Iraq, casualties reported

Published time: 15 Mar, 2018 22:35 Edited time: 15 Mar, 2018 22:47 A US military aircraft has crashed in western Iraq, the military has confirmed, according to Reuters. Other reports indicate that up to seven people may have perished in the crash. Local sources, cited by Lebanese-based TV network Al Mayadeen, report the aircraft was […]

UK spent £1.75 billion on airstrikes in Iraq & Syria since 2014 – report

The UK has spent £1.75bn ($ 2.44bn) on air and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria as part of the US-led campaign against Islamic State, the Drone Wars UK group said, based on data it acquired through Freedom of Information requests. Since August 2014, the Tornado, Typhoon and Reaper aircraft of the Royal Air Force […]

How an Air Force pilot landed a damaged A-10 Warthog using just ‘cranks and cables’ after an Iraq War combat mission

US Air Force DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) — Maj. Kim Campbell, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot here, shared her story with Women’s History Month luncheon guests March 15, 2010, about a mission in which her A-10 was hit by enemy fire over Baghdad. While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, then-Capt. Campbell […]

How long will you be in Iraq & Afghanistan? Erdogan rebuffs US call to limit Afrin operation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the US call to limit the time and scope of his nation’s operation in Afrin, Syria, pointing to Washington’s decades-long military presence in other countries. The US asked Ankara on Sunday to “ensure that its military operations remain limited in scope and duration.”  “The Afrin operation will end […]

German woman sentenced to death in Iraq for joining Islamic State

An Iraqi criminal court has ruled that a German woman of Moroccan descent should incur the death penalty for joining Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), according to the court’s spokesman. The case marks the first time a foreign woman has been sentenced to death in Iraq for joining the group, as Reuters reports. The woman, […]

There are fewer than 1,000 ISIS fighters left in Iraq and Syria

Thomson Reuters Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the international coalition said. Iraq and Syria have both declared victory over Islamic State in recent weeks. The United States has led an international coalition conducting air strikes against Islamic State since 2014. BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters […]

Families of soldiers killed in Iraq abandon fight to prosecute Tony Blair for ‘unlawful war’

The families of soldiers killed in the Iraq war will end their fight to have Tony Blair and other officials tried for war crimes after finding the former prime minister and his allies are protected by the English legal system. The Iraq War Families Campaign Group (IWFC) has been leading the fight to have the […]