Medea Benjamin speaks at Harvard on New Wars in Syria and Iraq, Oct 22, 2014
Paul Shannon introduces Medea Benjamin, who speaks about the new wars in Syria and Iraq and how to respond to them. She also covered a range of other topics, including how to build on the ...
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Analysis The Rise of ISIS: An End for Iraq and Syria? 31.07.14 Part 2
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Iraq Kurds to Send upto 200 Fighters to Syria Next Week: BREAKING NEWS
Iraq #39;s autonomous Kurdish region will send next week up to 200 fighters from its peshmerga security forces to aid the embattled Syrian town of Kobane, a spokesman said on Friday. The town...
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A 19 year-old Marine from Riverside has died in Iraq, becoming the second U.S. military member to die as the U.S. fights the advance of Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
Lance Cpl. Sean P. Neal, a specialist in the use of mortars, died in a non-combat related incident Thursday in Baghdad, the Department of Defense announced Friday. The incident is under investigation.
Neal was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment at Twentynine Palms. The battalion deployed last month to the Middle East as part of what Marines call a Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force.
The task force is meant to bolster the crisis response capability in the region. The announcement of Neals death marks the first indication that Marines from the task force are in Iraq.
In its Sept. 30 announcement about the deployment of the task force, the U.S. Central Command said that it was "not in response to the ongoing operations in Iraq" and that the Marines would be spread to several spots in the region.
Central Command said late Friday that there are approximately 150 Marines from the task force assigned to Iraq to provide additional security for U.S. personnel and facilities.
President Obama has insisted that there will be no U.S. ground combat troops in Iraq, but last month the administration approved sending additional troops to the Iraqi capital to bolster diplomatic security for State Department officials at the Baghdad embassy compound and its support facilities.
Not counting Marines from the special task force, the U.S. force in Iraq is now about 1,400.
The death of Neal, and the apparent deployment of task force Marines to Iraq, indicates the key role that Marines and sailors from California bases are playing in the U.S. mission.
Earlier this month, Cpl. Jordan Spears, 21, from the San Diego-based 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, became the first U.S. fatality in the mission that the Pentagon recently dubbed Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Riverside Marine dies in Iraq, second to die in Islamic State mission
Accidental shooting: Man shot down by celebratory gunfire at Kurdish wedding party in Iraq
A man might be dead, it #39;s hard to say. Taking an educated guess, we #39;d say the guy in the black polo who takes a number of bullets at point blank is screwed. The video, uploaded to Liveleak...
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