Iraq carnage
- US-trained fmr Tajik special ops officer becomes top ISIS battlefield commander in Iraq – reports
A US-trained former Special Forces colonel from Tajikistan, who defected last year, has reportedly been appointed a new top ISIS battlefield commander in Iraq. His promotion, reported by Iraqi media, coincides with the US placing a $3 million bounty on his head.News - Guns sold, guns lost: What Pentagon sent to Iraq & Afghanistan after 9/11
Since September 2001, the Pentagon has listed $40 billion worth of contracts for small arms intended for Afghanistan and Iraq, supplying 1.45 million guns to both countries while only accounting for 3 percent of them, says a new report by a British NGO.America - Kurds thwart suicide blast attempt in Iraq, defuse teenage bomber’s belt (VIDEO)
Chilling footage has emerged purporting to show Kurdish security forces defusing an explosive belt attached to a teenage suicide bomber in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.News - ‘US and British military interventions have been catastrophic for West’s true interests’
Many people have suspected there was a plan to topple countries, such as Iraq, that are also enemies of Israel, the US, and UK, security analyst and former UK army officer Charles Shoebridge told RT. - Deadly endgame: ISIS shoot fleeing civilians as Iraqi army closes in on Fallujah
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is using Iraqi city residents as human shields to slow down the Iraqi army, which has nearly encircled the city. It is killing those desperate enough to try and flee.News - Kurdish forces equipped with T-55 tanks launch ISIS offensive (VIDEO)
Kurdish Peshmerga and Zeravani forces have been taking part in a major offensive against Islamic State near the city of Mosul in Iraq. A column of T-55 tanks could be seen moving towards the front line as they look to recapture a series of villages.News
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