“What I heard today scared the hell out of me,” Senator Lindsey Graham said following a Senate briefing on Iraq. Sen. Lindsey Graham has called on US President Barack Obama to authorize airstrikes in Iraq in order to halt the progress of al-Qaeda groups. “There is no scenario where we can stop the bleeding in Iraq without American airpower,” Sen. Graham (R-S.C.) said after leaving a... 

As Washington ponders over whether to hammer Damascus over unidentified use of toxic agents in Syria, declassified CIA documents reveal that 25 years ago the US actually indulged ruthless Saddam Hussein to use chemical warfare gases in war with Iran. The recently declassified documents at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, suggest that the US was closely following the use of chemical... 

The US extends its embassy closures through August 10, State Department has announced. The Al-Qaeda threat that forced US and European embassies in the Middle East and North Africa to shut down is the most serious in years according to a US lawmaker. Although some of the US diplomatic posts are scheduled to reopen on Monday, including those in Kabul, Baghdad and Algiers, most of 22 US embassies that... 

Experts believe that the rumors about the failure of the arms contract between Russia and Iraq could be provoked. As Pravda.Ru reported, Western publications referred to a representative of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who said that Iraq had decided to terminate the multi-billion dollar deal for the purchase of arms from Russia due to concerns about corruption. Iraqi Defense Minister Sadun... 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned Turkey and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) against military intervention in Syria. The premier made the remarks during his ongoing visit to Russia on Wednesday. Al-Maliki accused Ankara of trying to draw the Western military alliance into the conflict in neighboring Syria, noting that NATO should not... 

Tariq al-Hashemi (L) meets with Erdogan in Ankara in April 2011. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will continue to support Iraq’s fugitive vice president even after Interpol issued a worldwide alert for his arrest. Erdogan told a news conference in Italy on Tuesday that his government had always supported Tariq al-Hashemi and would continue to do so in future. The Turkish... 

Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, May 4, 2012. Interpol has issued an international Red Notice for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi “on suspicion of guiding and financing terrorist attacks.” “The Red Notice for al-Hashemi represents a regional and international alert to all of Interpol’s 190 member... 

Iraqi activists said this unnamed teenager was brutally killed by religious police for having an 'emo' hairstyle Iraqi activists sounded the bell over the killing of dozens of teenagers by religious police for having “emo” haircuts reported the Daily Mail and Al Arabiya in March 2012. Activists told the Lebanon-based al-Akhbar daily that at least 90 Iraqi teenagers with “emo” appearances... 

The site of a car bomb in the central town of Hilla on March 20, 2012 At least 43 people have been killed and over 230 others injured in bomb explosions in several Iraqi cities and towns ahead of the next week’s Arab League summit in the capital city of Baghdad, Press TV reports. The spate of violence, which rocked several Iraqi towns and cities spanning the southern holy city of Karbala and... 

Iraqi police officers parade in the capital city of Baghdad, January 9, 2012. Iraqi authorities have detained four armed American nationals over what the officials described as “suspicious” activity in the capital, Baghdad, Press TV reports. Iraqi sources said the suspects, including two women, were arrested on Thursday as they were found traveling in a BMW car with a local license plate,... 

Scene of a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad At least 24 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in four bombing attacks in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, Press TV reports. Iraqi officials said an explosives-laden motorbike exploded near a gathering of day laborers in the Shia suburb district of Sadr city, northeast of the capital on Thursday morning. A roadside bomb... 

A Baghdad ceremony marks the official end of the US military mission in Iraq on December 15, 2011. American troops are holding a ceremony in the Iraqi capital city, Baghdad, to mark the official end of the US military presence in the Middle Eastern country, Press TV reports. During the highly symbolic ceremony on Thursday, which according to a US army tradition is called “casing,” the US military... 

Iraqi protesters burned Israeli and US flags during a rally in Fallujah to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Dec. 14, 2011. Thousands of Iraqis have taken into the streets in the western city of Fallujah to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops from the country. Burning US and Israeli flags and carrying photos of Fallujah residents killed by US forces after the 2003 US-led invasion,... 

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks to troops and military families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, December 14, 2011. US President Barack Obama has marked the end of the nearly nine-year Iraq war that strained America’s armed forces and damaged to its status worldwide. “It is harder to end a war than to begin one,” Obama said in his speech to about 3,000 soldiers gathered at... 

On numerous occasions during President Obama’s 2008 campaign he promised to withdraw two brigades per month, with all US combat troops out by 2009. Three years have passed since Obama was elected into office and the US troops are still in Iraq. However it is possible that this time Obama will really withdraw the US troops because the 2012 Elections are coming and Obama needs an image boost. President...