Baghdad : Change leaders or policies? - Alhurra
Elie Abouaoun appears on Alhurra Iraq to discuss the recent developments in Baghdad operations.
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Violent Extremism: How, Why, When and Where do People Get Radicalized? - ICERM Radio
Join the ICERM Radio talk show, “Lets Talk About It,” for an engaging panel discussion on “Violent Extremism: How, Why, When and Where do People Get Radicalized?” featuring three distinguished panelists with expertise on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) and Counter-Terrorism (CT).
Keeping US troops in Afghanistan sends the right message, generals and diplomats say - Washington Post
While President Obama's decision to keep 8,400 troops in Afghanistan is seen by some critics as a sign of political failure, it is being endorsed as a crucial necessity by a range of U.S. experts and former officials, including a long list of former ambassadors and senior generals who served in Afghanistan.
To defeat ISIS's widening reach: think global, act local - Christian Science Monitor
Countering the terrorist threat poses a massive challenge, including for the US to work with local governments that in some cases have abetted IS’s rise through repression, economic neglect, and corruption.
The Heat: Saudi Arabia blasts & unrest in Iraq - CCTV
Bombings from Saudi Arabia to Baghdad – ISIL targeting holy sites and big cities in a deadly series of attacks. Reeling from these bombings, how can these countries and the international community move forward?
Obama announces more U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan than previously said - FOX News
President Obama announced Wednesday that he will keep roughly 3,000 more U.S. troops in Afghanistan than previously announced – prolonging America’s role in a war that already has lasted more than a decade. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Obama says troop levels in Afghanistan won't be cut as he once pledged - LA Times
“I would be surprised if there’s a decision quickly to draw down further because we saw what happened in Iraq when we did that,” said Andrew Wilder, director of Afghanistan and Pakistan Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent federal institution that analyzes conflict around the world. “If we pull them out quickly,” he warned, “the government could collapse and Afghanistan could go back into being an ungoverned space, a haven for transnational terrorist groups.”
Iraq’s Deadliest Attack Since the U.S. Invasion - KCRW To the Point
Among the recent spate of terror attacks, the explosions that rocked Baghdad on Sunday were the deadliest by far -- the death toll stands at two hundred and fifty -- the highest number for a single attack there since 2003, when the US invaded.
UK Blasts Blair Over Iraq War - CNN
CNNI talks to Stephen Hadley, Chairman of United States Institute of Peace, about Iraq.
Obama says troop levels in Afghanistan won't be cut as he once pledged - Los Angeles Times
President Obama will hand off the 15-year-old war in Afghanistan to a third president, he said Wednesday, acknowledging that he will fall short of his campaign-era promise to extract the U.S. from punishing ground wars overseas.