“Repeal of these authorizations would have no impact on current U.S. military operations and would support this administration’s commitment to a strong and comprehensive relationship with our Iraqi partners.” As the U.S. Senate on Thursday teed up a vote to end the congressional authorizations for the Gulf and Iraq wars, President Joe Biden formally backed […]
WASHINGTON — General Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and a former chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday from complications of COVID-19. He was 84. His family announced his death in a Facebook posting, saying, “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.” […]
“We call for calm and to avoid escalation in all its forms,” the Iraqi statement added. Echoing criticism from across the globe on Monday, the Iraqi government slammed the Biden administration for overnight U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria at facilities the Pentagon says were used by Iran-backed militias. “We condemn the U.S. air attack that targeted a […]
“These pardons violate U.S. obligations under international law and more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level.” A group of United Nations experts on the use of mercenaries said Wednesday that President Donald Trump committed an “affront to justice” last week when he pardoned four former Blackwater security contractors for the war […]