by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jun 11, 2015 | Monitor
On Monday, President Obama acknowledged the shortcomings of the international coalition’s effort in combating the terrorist group in an address at the G7 summit in Germany. “We don’t yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on part of the Iraqis as...
by Pete Souza | Jun 5, 2015 | Monitor
Six years ago — on June 6, 2009 — I photographed Cory Remsburg for the first time. It was amid a whirlwind day in France for President Obama — and for me. We’d had an event with U.S. embassy personnel in Paris; a flight on Air Force One from...
by Paul Nash | Jun 1, 2015 | Monitor
Sunni tribal fighters in 2007 (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) For several weeks in late 2004, U.S. Marines pushed their way through Fallujah, fighting street-by-street, house-by-house, room-by-room. In that desert city, on the banks of a polluted Euphrates River, they...
by Charles Cameron | May 29, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — nicely done DoubleTweet from Hasan Hafidh ] . Noting, as you no doubt know, that Sistani of Najaf, Iraq, is the “quietist” ayatollah followed by more Shiites than any other, the Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran included: 'Do not...
by Charles Cameron | May 26, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — piecing together an understanding – Shi’ite militia, Iraq ] . Reuters reported today: Pentagon slams “unhelpful” Iraqi code name for Ramadi offensive WASHINGTON May 26 The Pentagon on Tuesday said it was...
