By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is very unsettling to hear various politicians suggest the need for U.S. troops to be redeployed to Iraq and...
Tony Capaccio, BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK WASHINGTON (Businessweek.com)—Reaction was swift after a top Pentagon official’s testimony to Congress yesterday that he would support sending U.S. advisers to...
by Askia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call ‘Ironically, Mr. Obama’s most outspoken critics—Republican Senators John McCain (Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.)—were...
(The Star) – The explosion of ethno-religious hatred, forced expulsions and gruesome murders by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has risen to the...
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — By expanding his military campaign against the Islamic State group, President Barack Obama hopes to reverse the...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a high-stakes address to the nation Wednesday night, President Barack Obama planned to outline a broad...
(CBC.ca) – By vowing to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State militants, U.S. President Barack Obama has laid out a goal that will certainly face a series of...
Darlene Superville, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The “vacation” is over and it’s back to the White House for President Barack Obama. Obama, who returned...
by Sameer N. Yacoub and Vivian Salama, ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD (AP) — The decision by Iraq’s embattled Nouri al-Maliki to step down as prime minister...
(CBS News) – As an Iraqi helicopter landed on a barren mountaintop to deliver food and water, stranded members of the religious minority group Yazidis struggled...
GREG KELLER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Calling the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan “catastrophic,” France said Wednesday it would start supplying arms to the Kurdish forces...
Liz Sly, THE WASHINGTON POST FISHKHABOUR, Iraq (The Washington Post) — Burned by the sun, blistered with thirst and weak from exhaustion, thousands of Yazidis on...
MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year, the U.S. government said...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the context of the current crisis in Iraq, I have been astounded by Republican suggesting that Obama is...
(Politico) – Glenn Beck is admitting he was wrong and liberals were right for opposing the invasion of Iraq. “[Liberals] said we couldn’t force freedom on...
(Politico) – Here we go again. Whenever there’s a crisis anywhere in the world, you can count on America’s pundit class to demand action—usually of the...
MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is willing to talk with Iran over deteriorating security conditions in Iraq and is not...
by Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The court martial of Pvt. Bradley Manning for allegedly providing thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks is the latest in...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Drone warfare is truly the warfare of the videogame age. The ‘pilot’ sits behind a panel, miles away from...
