Mission Finally Accomplished: The War In Iraq Will Soon Be Officially Over
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View ArticleThis Badass Triple Amputee Is Cooler Than You
Pictured above is United States Marine, Cpl. Todd Love, part of Team X-T.R.E.M.E. at The Spartan Race in Leesburg, VA. Corporal Todd Love lost both legs above the knee and his left arm below the elbow...
View ArticleMeet Megan Welter, Iraq Veteran Slash Foxy NFL Cheerleader
I know you don’t think “these women are willing to die for me” when you watch NFL Cheerleaders dance, but here’s a story to shake up your perspective. This is Megan Welter. She’s a cheerleader for the...
View ArticlePlease Forget All The Nice Stuff We Said About Megan Welter, The Iraq Vet...
Well, THAT was quick. Two days ago we shared with you the story of Megan Welter, the Arizona Cardinals cheerleader who spent a 16-month tour in Iraq. It was a celebratory story about a woman who went...
View ArticleHow Not To Knock Down A Wall
An Iraqi man attempts to tear down a wall. His technique is questionable at best.
View ArticleMeet The Florida Man Who Dropped Everything To Travel To Syria And Battle ISIS
Dean Parker was just sitting back and watching the news after a day of work in his hometown of West Palm Beach, Florida. It was there that the 49-year-old painter/surfer/grandfather saw footage of the...
View ArticleBrian Williams Cancels His ‘Late Show’ Appearance Set For Thursday
A day after Brian Williams announced a self-imposed dismissal from NBC Nightly News, CNN reports the embattled anchor cancelled his Thursday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Both...
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Hobby Lobby Is Now Under Investigation Over Illegal Artifacts Imported From Iraq
Getty Image / Joe Raedle Hobby Lobby, the craft store with strong opinions about birth control, is currently being investigated by the feds. Why? Well, it looks like there may have been some...
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These Dramatic Videos And Photos Show The Moment Iraq’s Parliament Was...
While President Barack Obama and Larry Wilmore entertained guests at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., hundreds of angry Iraqi protesters stormed the country’s...
View ArticleAn Iraq War Vet Delivers A Blistering Takedown Of Trump’s Claim That Troops...
A very very young me with my interpreter out in Baghdad around 2010. pic.twitter.com/q21cQwETD0 — Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 Rolling Stone writer Corbin Reiff served as a Sergeant in...
View ArticleBritish Officials Reportedly Used The Plot Of Michael Bay’s ‘The Rock’ To...
The British Iraq Inquiry, better known across the internet as the Chilcot Inquiry, came out on July 6 and has been damning in its indictment of Tony Blair’s UK government leading up to the start of the...
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Trump’s Campaign Manager Tries To Defend His Oft-Repeated Lies About His...
Donald Trump’s current campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, visited with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning to chat on a number of subjects. First, the pair discussed Trump’s continuous stream of false...
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U.S. Officials Suspect ISIS Of Launching A Mustard Gas Attack Against U.S....
Getty Image On Tuesday, U.S. officials told CNN that they suspect ISIS of launching a shell with mustard agent into the Qayarrah air base in Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi troops have been operating out of the...
View ArticleIraq’s Hottest New Restaurant Is ‘Trump Fish,’ And It Stole Its Logo From Uproxx
Another reason for Trump supporters to visit Kurdistan: Trump fish. pic.twitter.com/SDhv9diqOT — Namo Abdulla (@namo_abdulla) December 5, 2016 While many foreign nations wait with apprehension to see...
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Report: Top Trump Foreign Policy Advisors Are Pushing Him To Remove Iraq From...
Getty Image Iraq is included on the list of seven banned countries as part of Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban, but some of his closest advisors are urging him to remove the country from his revised...
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Trump Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Is Currently On A Surprise Trip To Iraq
Getty Image Jared Kushner’s financial portfolio made waves this weekend — he and Ivanka are said to have combined assets that likely surpass $700 million (with a nice chunk coming from hotel holdings)...
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Jared Kushner’s Iraq Visit Is Roasted Without Pity Thanks To #KushnerAtWar
Getty Image / DOD Move over, G.I. Joe! JARED KUSHNER IS THE EMBODIMENT OF TODAY’S MILITARY! Well, not really. But Donald Trump’s senior advisor/sweetie lil’ son-in-law definitely managed to capture...
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A Father Describes Saving His Daughter From The U.S. Bombardment Of Mosul
Getty Image On March 17, Ala’a Ali left his wife and 4-year-old daughter at the home of relatives in the al Jadida neighborhood of Mosul, and went home to wash before the morning call to prayer. Two...
View ArticleNewly Unearthed Video Footage Shows A Young Stephen Miller ‘Joking’ About...
White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller, the 31-year-old architect of Trump’s first Muslim ban, has steadfastly developed a reputation as a dreadful public speaker. Not only that, but he’s known for...
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A Sniper Has Shattered A World Record By Taking Out An ISIS Fighter With A...
Shutterstock People are endlessly entranced with snipers who take out ISIS fighters. A number 2016 feats included the British Special Forces sniper who killed five men with only three bullets. Then the...
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Iraq Proudly Announces The ISIS Caliphate ‘Has Fallen’ After Capturing The...
Getty Image A week after Islamic State fighters blew up the historic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, Iraq, where the ISIS caliphate declared itself three years prior, Iraqi forces retook the ruins in...
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Hobby Lobby Agrees To Forfeit Thousands Of Smuggled Iraqi Artifacts And Will...
Shutterstock The Department of Justice has taken Hobby Lobby to task for more than overly expensive throw pillows, the arts and crafts megachain has illegally smuggled thousands of ancient artifacts...
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Declares Victory Over ISIS After Retaking Their Final...
Getty Image A week ago, Iraq claimed a “symbolic victory” against ISIS by recapturing the Mosul mosque where the ISIS caliphate declared itself in 2014. Now, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has...
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Rex Tillerson: The U.S. ‘Does Not Recognize’ Kurdish Independence Referendum...
Getty Image Earlier this week, Kurds in Iraq voted in a non-binding referendum to move toward establishing an independent Kurdish state with the idea of merging Kurdish regions spread over many...
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The U.S. Has Spent $5.6 Trillion On Wars In The Middle East And Asia,...
Getty Image As the U.S. prepares to send more troops to Afghanistan to combat ISIS and the Taliban, and the specter of a war hangs over every tweet the President writes about North Korea, it’s...
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A 7+ Magnitude Earthquake Has Rocked The Iraq-Iran Border Region, Killing At...
Getty Image On Sunday in Iraq, a massive quake measuring 7.3 in magnitude rocked the northern part of the country near Halabja, a city in northeastern Iraq near the Iran border. CNN initially reported...
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The Death Toll For The Iran-Iraq Border Earthquake Climbs To 400+ With Over...
Getty Image On Sunday, a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Iraq with an epicenter located near the border city of Halabja. The quake sent shockwaves through the Iran-Iraq border...
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Iraqi Forces Have Retaken The Last ISIS-Held Town In Iraq
Getty Image More bad news for the Islamic State arrived today after October’s liberation of Raqqa (the de facto ISIS capital of Syria) by U.S.-backed troops. Now, Iraqi troops have pushed the Islamic...
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Rex Tillerson Is Accused Of Violating A Federal Law Banning Child Soldiers By...
Getty Image Nearly a week after a Politico report claimed CIA Director Mike Pompeo was a rumored favorite to replace Rex Tillerson as state secretary, the embattled ExxonMobil CEO turned cabinet...
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Iraq Has Been ‘Fully Liberated’ From ISIS, According To Its Military
Getty Image The Iraqi military’s war against Islamic State (ISIS) forces has resulted in a series of significant victories for the occupied country. In mid-November, troops kicked the terrorist...
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Fewer Than 1,000 ISIS Fighters Now Remain In Iraq And Syria
Getty Image Over the past few months, Iraq and Syria have successfully ejected lingering pockets of the Islamic State with the help of U.S.-led coalition forces, which assisted with planning and...
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Twin Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens In Baghdad, Sparking Fresh Anxiety After...
Getty Image In late December, the number of ISIS fighters left in Iraq and Syria was estimated to be less than 1000, which was a welcome addition to the news that Iraq declared itself fully liberated...
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A Black Hawk Helicopter Has Crashed In Iraq, Killing Seven Service Members
Getty Image A U.S. helicopter operating as a medevac crashed in western Iraq, killing all seven of the service members who were aboard. The incident occurred close to the Iraq-Syria border near al...
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