Iraq War

You must have heard of the famous “Pottery Barn Rule.” It states that in a retail store you are responsible for any damage you cause to the goods on display. In other words: Once you break it, you own it.

We have been talking more than usual about Turkey’s energy policies and prices over the last few days. The primary reason is world oil prices that have been following a low course for some time, but another important factor is the new agreement reached between North Iraq and the Iraqi central administration.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Nov. 16 the Pentagon will accelerate its mission to train Iraqi forces to combat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, using troops already in Iraq to start the effort while funding is sought for a broader initiative.
  

A senior Iraqi official has expressed the new Iraqi government’s intention to demand the money collected in a Turkish bank over the Kurdistan regional government’s unilateral sale of oil through Turkey that sparked a row between Ankara and Baghdad during Nouri al-Maliki’s rule.

President Barack Obama said on Nov. 5 he would seek fresh authorization from Congress in the next few weeks for the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), taking a new approach to congressional backing for the fight.

Iraq's most senior Shi'ite cleric called on the government on Oct. 31 to rush to the aid of Sunni tribes battling Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after the militant group executed at least 220 tribesmen west of Baghdad this week.
   

US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists near the Syrian town of Kobane, as Iraqi peshmerga soldiers prepared to reinforce their fellow Kurds in the border area, the US military said on Oct. 29.

The Pentagon has revised its estimate of the cost of the U.S. air war in Iraq and Syria, saying the price tag for the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) comes to about $8.3 million a day.

Four former Blackwater security guards were found guilty Wednesday for their roles in a notorious 2007 mass shooting in Baghdad that left at least 14 civilians dead and deepened resentment of America's involvement in Iraq.
      

Former Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) head Teodor Melescanu said on Friday that President Traian Basescu didn't request him to present a list, but the names of Government members that also served as undercover officers.