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mean that an Iranian invasion is likely. Yet Iranian bullying and influence-peddling is going on all the time, and if Iraq can't defend its borders, Tehran will have an extra element of coercive leverage. Under these circumstances, leaving Iraq entirely would be an act of folly. We are still in Kosovo,

urds and Arabs. The peshmerga had come down south of the Green Line to surround the HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023510 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2D disputed city of Kirkuk. The Iraqi army was moving troops to the area. Shooting could have broken out were it not for the presence of the U.S. army in the middle. Peshmerga

cated that the bomb, as currently configured, wouldn't be capable of destroying some of Iran's facilities, either because of their depth or because Tehran has added new fortifications to protect them. Doubts about the MOP's effectiveness prompted the Pentagon this month to secretly submit a request to

EU imposed tougher sanctions on Iran's gasoline imports, hundreds of millions of dollars in crude oil and refined products from the Kurdish region, Kirkuk, and Baiji have been smuggled to Iran on a daily basis. As direct smuggling from Oman and the UAE becomes more and more difficult and sanctions bec

41 The head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq at the time, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, and President Jalal Talabani struggled to get Washington and Tehran to work together. Despite the collapse of the nuclear negotiations that were then taking place between Iran and the European Union, the United Stat

rs that using the current turmoil to gain concessions from Baghdad on issues such as independent oil exports and the future of the disputed city of Kirkuk will backfire. Washington is loath EFTA00669742 to take sides between Erbil and Baghdad. And if it does, it is unlikely to act to antagonize Mr.

. Iran's successes, in short, have focused its regional rivals on it as the paramount enemy. Iran's doves have seized on these points to argue that Tehran should scale back support for Assad and push Maliki toward a more inclusive approach in Iraq. We can't know what is said behind closed doors in Te

northern Iraq, though the Kurdish peshmerga are professional fighters who ISIS would be wary of challenging now. But as the years go on, the oil in Kirkuk would be a tempting ISIS target. One question is whether ISIS has learned from its failed reign of terror in Anbar province in 2005 and 2006, when

et it the next time the U.S. tries to reach out diplomatically to Iran. We're speaking of the Administration's latest effort to come to terms with Tehran over its nuclear programs, which Mr. Biden made last weekend at the Munich Security Conference. The U.S. offer of direct bilateral talks, he said,

llowing a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the army toward the disputed city of Kirkuk. That move followed a series of skirmishes and mobilizations along the "Green Line" separating Kurdistan from Arab Iraq and a series of attacks in

detained 17 citizens that it accuses of acting as spies for the CIA. The ministry said some of them will be executed, per CNN. Trump flatly denied Tehran's claims: Ahead of his Wednesday testimony, Trump criticized Mueller as "conflicted": And he again referred to the media as "the enemy of the peo

the deputies often describe Epstein as `the client' or `Mr. Epstein.' Two deputies refer to him as `Jeffrey.- A vehicle damaged in an explosion in Kirkuk, Iraq. Many former Islamic State fighters who have returned home to Iraq from Syria have joined militant cells, carrying out attacks and bombings.

detained 17 citizens that it accuses of acting as spies for the CIA. The ministry said some of them will be executed, per CNN. Trump flatly denied Tehran's claims: Ahead of his Wednesday testimony, Trump criticized Mueller as "conflicted": And he again referred to the media as "the enemy of the peop

he deputies often describe Epstein as `the client' or `Mr. Epstein.' Two deputies refer to him as `Jeffrey.'" A vehicle damaged in an explosion in Kirkuk, Iraq. Many former Islamic State fighters who have returned home to Iraq from Syria have joined militant cells, carrying out attacks and bombings. (

rget it the next time the U.S. tries to reach out diplomatically to Iran. We're speaking of the Administration's latest effort to come to terms with Tehran over its nuclear programs, which Mr. Biden made last weekend at the Munich Security Conference. The U.S. offer of direct bilateral talks, he said, "s

following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the army toward the disputed city of Kirkuk. That move followed a series of skirmishes and mobilizations along the “Green Line” separating Kurdistan from Arab Iraq and a series of attacks in th

orget it the next time the U.S. tries to reach out diplomatically to Iran. We're speaking of the Administration's latest effort to come to terms with Tehran over its nuclear programs, which Mr. Biden made last weekend at the Munich Security Conference. The U.S. offer of direct bilateral talks, he said, "s

following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the army toward the disputed city of Kirkuk. That move followed a series of skirmishes and mobilizations along the "Green Line" separating Kurdistan from Arab Iraq and a series of attacks in th