The US commander in the Middle East announced Wednesday a drawdown of US troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 in the month of September.
Former Army Ranger discusses what he learned about racism in the military after 15 tours in Iraq, Afghanistan
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The Department of Defense under Secretary Lloyd Austin has taken several steps aimed at eliminating extremism from the service and expanding equity. But extremism and racism aren’t issues within the ranks, since such...
Biden: US to continue giving Ukraine ‘capacity to defend’ itself as Russia claims troop withdrawal from Kyiv
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The president, during a joint press conference at the White House Tuesday with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was asked about Russia’s announcement that it would "fundamentally scale back" its military ope...
Adrien Brody claims Jack Nicholson asked him to boycott the 2003 Oscars over the Iraq war
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The actor recently alleged to The Sunday Times that ahead of the ceremony, Jack Nicholson requested all the Best Actor nominees to convene beforehand in his home to discuss potentially boycotting the show amid the Ir...
Russian artillery closing in on Kyiv for siege, US says, with troop morale flagging
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Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby hesitated to comment on the broad morale of the Russian forces, but he acknowledged some "anecdotal indications" that morale is "not high in some units." AMERICAN CITIZEN KILLED I...
Iran’s strike on Iraq puts US in awkward position amid nuclear talks
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Abu Dhabi, UAE The United States appears to be keen to tell the world that it wasn't the target of Iranian missile strikes in Iraq on Sunday. Iran said it was targeting Israeli "strategic centers" in the northern c...
Missiles hit Kurdish capital in Iraq, no casualities, officials say
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A dozen missiles struck Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital Erbil early Sunday morning, local officials said. The 12 missiles were launched shortly before 1 a.m. local time Sunday from "outside of Iraq," accord...
Biden announces Russia sanctions, troop movements in response to Ukraine invasion
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The president, from the White House on Tuesday, said Russian President Vladimir Putin is "setting up a rationale" to take Ukrainian territory "by force," after authorizing Russian forces to deploy into the country. "...
Mom, Iraq war vet pulls gun on man trying to enter her car: ‘Locked and loaded’
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"You shouldn't have to navigate your own city like a war zone. It's un-American," Charise Taylor, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Air Force, told WDSU. "The crime is out of control and it's terrifying. At t...
Iraq War vet who punched police officers is 100th US Capitol rioter to be sentenced
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Mark Leffingwell, a disabled Iraq War veteran who pleaded guilty to punching two police officers in the head on January 6, 2021, on Thursday became the 100th member of the mob that stormed the US Capitol to be sente...
Iraq faces deadlock after ‘West-friendly’ candidate suspended
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Abu Dhabi He's arguably Iraq's best-known face abroad. Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, was the country's longest-serving foreign minister, often hobnobbing with Western diplomats and journalists, but also cultivating strong ...
Col. Macgregor: America’s declining troop strength a danger amid Russian uncertainty
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TUCKER CARLSON, HOST: So where are we with troop strength? I think most people, including me, don’t have a precise sense of it. COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR, [RET.]: No, and the numbers are hard to extract. The Pentagon do...
MacCallum presses Pentagon spokesperson on Biden’s comments, potential troop movement
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Kirby, told Fox News on Monday that the current troops are part of what would be the U.S.' contribution to NATO, and that they would not be sent directly into Ukraine but instead to any number of neighboring countrie...