Iraq

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Kurdish Peshmerga Forces Attempt To Retake Sinjar From ISIS

6:27am November 12, 2015

With U.S. air support, they launched a long-awaited offensive on the eastern Iraqi city of Sinjar, to try to retake it from ISIS. Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Gordon of The New York Times.

For Jeb Bush, One More Father-Brother White House Question To Answer

11:29am November 06, 2015

by Ron Elving

The former Florida governor earlier this year announced a team of foreign policy advisers that included at least two well-known members of the Rumsfeld-Cheney team in the second Bush White House.

The Details Of Drones, From A Pilot Who Flew Them

7:51pm November 05, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley, a retired drone pilot who wrote the tactical manual for the Predator. His new memoir is called Hunter Killer.

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David Carlson served two tours in Iraq while in the military.

National

Behind Bars, Vets With PTSD Face A New War Zone, With Little Support

7:45pm November 05, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

"For my PTSD issues, jail is the least therapeutic atmosphere you could ever imagine," says Iraq veteran David Carlson. "You come in one way and you leave three times worse."

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Kurdish Forces Request More U.S. Support In Fight Against ISIS

5:19pm November 05, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Najmaldin Karim, governor of Iraq's Kirkuk province, about the Kurdish forces' continued struggle against ISIS.

Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi Politician Who Advocated For U.S. Invasion, Dies

4:28pm November 03, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Zaid Al-Ali, a visiting research scholar at Princeton University and author of The Struggle for Iraq's Future, about Chalabi, who helped convince the U.S. to invade Iraq.

Iraqi Politician Ahmed Chalabi Dead Of A Heart Attack, State TV Reports

11:26am November 03, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

Chalabi supplied information to the U.S. regarding Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons were found following the U.S. invasion.

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Politician Ahmad Chalabi Dies Of A Heart Attack, Iraqi TV Reports

6:10am November 03, 2015

by Alice Fordham

Prominent Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, who supported the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein, died of a heart attack, according to an Iraqi TV report. He was in his early 70s.

A car departs from Volkswagen's factory and company headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. The company says the fallout from its diesel emissions scandal is still becoming clear, as it reports a large quarterly loss.

Economy

VW Reports First Quarterly Loss In This Century, At $1.8 Billion

7:56pm October 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

That $1.8 billion figure represents the after-tax loss claimed by Volkswagen in its new quarterly statement. The carmaker's loss before taxes was far higher, at $3.8 billion.

A screenshot of Lucas Kinney, a 26-year-old Briton who recently began making videos for Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. Kinney's father is a veteran Hollywood assistant director who helped make such films as Rambo and the Indiana Jones s

World News

The New Propagandist For Al-Qaida In Syria And His Link To Hollywood

6:37pm October 27, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

Lucas Kinney, a 26-year-old Brit, is making propaganda videos for an al-Qaida affiliate. He may have learned a thing or two from his father, a Hollywood assistant director who worked on Rambo.

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