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Does the US have any long-term leases on bases in Iraq?
Breaking news is that the Iraqi parliament has passed a non-binding resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops:
The non-binding resolution was passed by the Iraqi parliament after the ...
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Why was Qasem Soleimani in Iraq?
Earlier this week, Qasem Soleimani was killed by the US. The news media is brimming to capacity with news stories about this. However, not one - that I've seen at least - mentions why Qasem Soleimani ...
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Who was General Qasem Soleimani, and why was he targeted by the US?
Early on Friday morning, the US carried out an air strike on Baghdad airport which killed General Soleimani, along with members of local militia.
Who was General Soleimani, why is he so important, ...
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Why are the Syria and Iraq wars viewed differently among Democrats?
Currently, the Iraq war seems to be viewed very negatively by the US "establishment" of the Democratic Party—for example, in both the 2016 and 2020 primaries, people have been attacked for past ...
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Did Rand Paul publicly approve of Obama's withdrawal from Iraq?
Rand Paul is one of the few (I think) high-level Republicans who publically approved of Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria. (Even Mitch McConnell attacked it and reminded that "A bipartisan ...
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How much money did the United States spend on the Iraq war, and how much money did US oil companies gain as a result of the new Iraqi constitution?
This is just a cost benefit analysis, any discussion about US motivations in engaging in the Iraq war I would consider out of scope.
Iraq nationalized oil production in 1972 (source). Following the ...
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Was Saddam ever a US ally?
Was Saddam Hussain ever a US ally during his presidency?
If YES,
why didn't Iraq had any major US-made weapon?
what caused the alliance to decline?
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What specific consessions did Iraq make to be excluded from Trump's new executive order?
One of the differences between two travel executive orders was the fact that Iraq was omitted in the new one ("Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (13780)")
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What made Saddam Hussein believe that he could get away with the Kuwait invasion?
What made Saddam Hussein believe that he could get away with invading Kuwait?
How did he assess the political situation before Kuwait invasion?
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What was the Bush administration's public explanation on Iraq invasion when they failed to find Iraq's WMDs? [duplicate]
What was the Bush administration's or Republican party's explanation on the justification of Iraq invasion to the public when they failed to find Iraq's WMDs?
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Why did Donald Trump say that? [closed]
In an interview to CNN being held in 2007 related to the Iraq War, Trump said
"Saddam Hussein has nothing to do with World Trade Centre and also there's no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq for ...
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What influence has the Chilcot report had in the United States?
Since many of the findings of Sir John Chilcot, must apply equally as much to the United States decision to go to war with Iraq as they do to Britain, has the report had much public discussion in ...
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Why was Saddam Hussein captured but Assad is still spared by America?
There were 2 major reasons for capturing Saddam:
Possessing WMDs (Never proved completely)
Killing Shias by Chemical
Weapons
In the neighbourhood of same Iraq, Bashar Al Assad has been doing ...
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Why is the United States seen as a major supplier of weapons to Saddam-era Iraq?
The United States is sometimes portrayed as a major supplier of weapons to Saddam-era Iraq. For example (slightly edited):
Just look at the history books, Saddam was USA ally during the Iran/Iraq ...
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How did ISIS gain control of a stockpile of weapons that did not exist?
Breitbart is reporting:
ISIS took over a military base in northern Iraq last month that
contains Saddam Hussein’s stockpile of chemical weapons, including
hundreds of warheads containing sarin and ...
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