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4/3/17 Patrick Osgood on Iraq’s present crisis and future prospects

by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Osgood, Kurdistan Bureau Chief for IraqOilReport.com, discusses the referendum on Kurdish independence, battling ISIS in Mosul and beyond, the impact of low oil prices on Iraq's economy, and whether Iraq can become a cohesive functioning state without a...

News Roundup 3/31/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog

Flynn offers to testify about the Trump campaign connections to Russia in exchange for immunity. [Link] Trump has given the military power to conduct offensive counterterrorism strikes against al-Shabaab in Somalia. Previously, the US was only about to conduct strikes...

News Roundup 3/30/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog

Seattle is suing the federal government for threatening to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities. [Link] A longtime State Department employee has been charged with lying to the FBI about gifts she received from China. [Link] States that have legalized medical...

US Commander: US Airstrike ‘Probably’ Behind Mosul Civilian Death Toll

by Jason Ditz | Mar 29, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Says Bombs Should Not Have Collapsed the Buildings On March 17, US airstrikes against the city of Mosul leveled multiple buildings, killing in excess of 200 people, by most estimates. The Pentagon had long been very evasive about the incident so far, confirming they’d...

News Roundup 3/28/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog

Jeff Sessions announced that he will look to strip funding from sanctuary cities. [Link] The US is boycotting nuclear disarmament talks taking place at the UN. [Link] US soldiers in Mosul have started to wear black uniforms to look more like Iraqi counterterrorism...

News Roundup 3/27/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog

Trump gave Merkel a $375 billion bill that he printed out himself. The bill was for defense services NATO provided to Germany. [Link] The US is investigating multiple airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. Those airstrikes killed a total of nearly 300 civilians. Of course, it...

News Roundup 3/26/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 26, 2017 | Blog

Trump issues the permit to build the Keystone XL Pipeline. [Link] FBI agents posed as documentary filmmakers during the Bundy Ranch Standoff to talk with protesters supporting the Bundy family. The FBI is now using those interviews in court to prove the guilt of...

News Roundup 3/24/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog

Trump's pick for Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, was a district attorney in Miami and gave a very lenient plea deal to Jeffery Epstein. Under the plea deal, Epstein was given 13 months in prison but was allowed to work from home during the day. Epstein was...

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