NOVANEWS The Latest Regional Slugfest by MIKE WHITNEY While President Barack Obama’s top political and military advisers deliberate on how best to address the growing crisis in Iraq, a small army of battle-hardened Islamic extremists, […]
NOVANEWS The War on Terror Has Failed by SHAMUS COOKE The fall of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, to an al-Qaeda linked militia elicited a curiously muted response from the Obama administration. Yes, Obama “denounced” the […]
NOVANEWS The Latest Debacle in Iraq by MIKE WHITNEY ”The whole of Mosul collapsed today. We’ve fled our homes and neighborhoods, and we’re looking for God’s mercy. We are waiting to die.” – Mahmoud Al […]
NOVANEWS Estimated half million people have fled Mosul as Sunni militia forces expand south towards Baghdad – Jon Queally This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, shows Shakir Waheib, a […]
NOVANEWS Seven years after deadly Nisour Square incident, four former guards to stand trial – Andrea Germanos Photo: CODEPINK Women For Peace/cc/via flickrJury selection began Wednesday for the trial of four former Blackwater guards charged […]
NOVANEWS Terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the world’s richest terrorist group, now controls large portions of both Iraq and Syria. Even though al-Qaida ended formal association with the Islamic extremists in February, […]
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NOVANEWS A Wave of New Attacks by PATRICK COCKBURN Islamic fundamentalists have opened new fronts in their battle to establish an Islamic state across Iraq and Syria as they launch attacks in cities which were […]