Iraq

This story is definitely a must-read.

ISIS has taken responsibility for this most recent attack in Iraq's capital.

Sadly, this type of violence is not rare. In the first six months of 2016, 2,735 Iraqi civilians have been killed by terrorists.

Seventeen of the dead victims were boys between the ages of 10 and 16.

Ava DuVernay needs to buy the rights to this story asap!

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is getting the business for falsely reporting a war story from Iraq more than a decade ago. In 2013 he told late night host David Letterman that he was aboard a helicopter that was hit and forced down during the invasion of Iraq on March 24, 2003. Williams backtracked […]

via: cnn.com President Obama participates in a ceremony marking the return of the United States Forces-Iraq Colors. Watch Obama Live Here See More

On a recent episode of TLC’s “Surprise Homecoming” an Army Sgt. serving overseas surprises his three boys in the supermarket. Sgt. Davis was reunited with his sons Mikey, Xavier and Sidney as they were paying for their groceries. The reaction is priceless.

// // From Arwa Damon, CNN// : The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1. Their departure leaves about 56,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to the U.S. military. Capt. […]

// The video provides a rare, disturbing close-up of modern urban warfare at a time when violence was near its peak in Baghdad and the U.S. death toll was mounting. In this incident, soldiers flying attack helicopters were called in to assist ground troops who had been pinned down by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. […]