Islamic resistance vows retaliation after US airstrike killed 5 Iraqi militants

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U.S. Army 3rd Division 3-7 Bradley fighting vehicles take up a position along a road March 19, 2003 inside the demilitarized zone between Kuwait and Iraq.

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Israel is looking to World War II in its Gaza fight, and it risks taking lessons from the wrong war

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Israeli military combat vehicles and tanks are seen near the Israeli-Gaza border on Oct. 14, 2023.
Israeli combat vehicles are seen near the Israeli-Gaza border on Oct. 14, 2023.

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American forces in the Middle East are constantly under attack, but they aren't really retaliating. Here's why the US is holding its fire.

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US soldiers at Al Tanf in Syria fire a mortar
US soldiers at At-Tanf Garrison in Syria fire an 81 mm mortar during a readiness exercise on April 22, 2020.

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US troops came home feeling 'cursed' and seeing ghosts after intense artillery battles with the Islamic State

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In this file photo, US soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division fire artillery in support of Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants from their base east of Mosul.

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Iraq is set to fuel de-dollarization by banning the buck from being used in cash transactions, report says

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FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows a 100 Dollar banknote laying on one Dollar banknotes, taken in Warsaw, January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
Iraq is set to become the latest country to join the de-dollarization drive, according to Reuters.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing next week on repealing the law that made the 2003 Iraq invasion possible

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Republican Rep. Michael McCaul (left) and Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (right), the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul (left) and Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (right), the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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A massive Iranian missile attack on a US base offered a glimpse of the long-lasting injuries US troops will face in a war with Russia or China

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Aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq
Al Asad Airbase in Iraq's western Anbar desert.

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The US and its allies are stuck in a violent cycle with Iran-backed militias who want blood but don't want to 'poke the bear'

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US army soldiers stand near an armoured military vehicle on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023.
US army soldiers stand near an armoured military vehicle on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023.

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George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion. It's time to call him what he is: 'A liar.'

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George W. Bush on the phone.
George W. Bush on the day of the 9/11 attacks, which were used to publicly justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But by many accounts, the plan to invade Iraq had already started taking shape months before.

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Saddam Hussein's yachts were once signs of luxury. Now, one is a wrecked picnic spot for fishermen and the other was almost turned into a hotel.

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An aerial view of the 'Al-Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has been lying on the water bed for years in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in Basra.
An aerial view of the 'Al-Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has been lying on the water bed for years in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in Basra.

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