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North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho has derided US President Donald Trump as “mentally deranged” (AFP Photo/Jewel SAMAD)
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FILE PHOTO – A pair of B-1B Lancer bombers soar over Wyoming in an undated file photo. Staff Sgt. Steve Thurow/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
Pentagon Says US Bombers Fly off East Coast of N.Korea
US bombers flew off the east coast of North Korea Saturday in a show of force designed to project American military might in the face of Pyongyang’s weapons programs, escalating already sky-high tensions. “This mission is a demonstration of US resolve and...Caption:
Turkish soldiers fire an upgraded M60 tank during fighting alongside members of the Free Syrian Army against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists near the northern Syrian village of Beraan, north of the embattled city of Aleppo, on October 24, 2016. / AFP / Nazeer al-Khatib (Photo credit should read NAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkey Extends Mandate on Troop Deployment in Iraq, Syria
Turkey’s parliament voted on Saturday to extend by a year a mandate authorising the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria, two days before a planned independence referendum in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. Turkey said earlier it would take security,...Caption:
Kurdish people attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq September 16, 2017.
Kurdish Referendum : Thinking, Not Threats
I was the head of the political office at the American Embassy in Baghdad in 2005 during the long, difficult negotiations between Iraqi political leaders about the new Iraqi constitution. The negotiations centered on issues like decentralization, accountability and...Caption:
A voter heads to the booth to fill out his ballot at a polling site in Stillwater, Oklahoma, March 1, 2016. (Reuters)