Iraq

Here are seven worst-case scenarios in a part of the world where the worst case has regularly been the best that's on offer.

Contamination from depleted uranium munitions is causing sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq.

The foreign armies that the US invests so much money, time, and effort in training and equipping don't act as if the US' enemies are their enemies.

“Amid the waves of fear and continual headlines about terror plots, we, the people, have now largely been relegated to the role of frightened spectators.”

Osama Bin Laden explicitly described his terror tactics as drawing the US, and the West generally, into an endless war.

Scholar Edmund Ghareeb explains how the authorization for military force against Islamic State by the Turkish parliament will affect peace negotiations with the Kurds.

Author Jeremy Scahill talks about how the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 helped create the threat now posed by the Islamic State.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Iraq Veterans Against the War members say it is a bittersweet moment as the US has resumed bombing in Iraq.

The Obama administration's war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail.

With US and allied aircraft now bombing Islamic State and Al Qaeda positions in Iraq and Syria, many analysts foresee a boost to bottom lines for munitions manufacturers, weapons …