Iraq – Page 6 – People's World

Republican Senate leadership unable to scuttle debate on U.S. wars

September 13, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Rand Paul, libertarian and one-time GOP presidential hopeful, threatened to paralyze the Senate unless Mitch McConnell allowed debate on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Are you watching Iraq? You should be

April 3, 2017 By Peter Certo

The U.S. has been bombing Iraq for decades now, creating more terrorists than it’s killed. Extremists are flourishing; the same can’t be said for civilians now burying their dead in Mosul.

Stability still eludes Iraq 14 years after U.S. invasion

March 23, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Terrorism, corruption, sectarian strife, and proxy wars - more than a decade after George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, the country still struggles to build a peaceful and democratic future.

Senator McCain has Iraq war veterans arrested

January 25, 2017 By Larry Rubin

“Rex Tillerson is a person who has used the military to subsidize his own ability to make profit.”

Desert on Fire: Photo collection documents Kuwait oil disaster

January 4, 2017 By Ben Cowles

When Iraq’s army left Kuwait in 1991, it set hundreds of oil wells alight. Photographer Sebastião Salgado documented the heroes who halted an environmental catastrophe.