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Media coverage of the Gulf War. The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) and commonly referred to as the Gulf War, was a war waged by a United Nations -authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's ...
The most popular cable network in the United States for news on the war was Fox News, and had begun influencing other media outlets' coverage. [1] At the time, Fox News was owned by Rupert Murdoch, a strong supporter of the war. [2] On-screen during all live war coverage by Fox News was a waving flag animation in the upper left corner and the ...
The Iraq War documents leak is the disclosure to WikiLeaks of 391,832 [1] United States Army field reports, also called the Iraq War Logs, of the Iraq War from 2004 to 2009 and published on the Internet on 22 October 2010. [2] [3] [4] The files record 66,081 civilian deaths out of 109,000 recorded deaths.
July 22, 2024 at 2:45 PM. By Timour Azhari and Ahmed Rasheed. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq wants troops from a U.S.-led military coalition to begin withdrawing in September and to formally end the ...
August 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM. CAIRO (Reuters) -Iraq's foreign ministry said on Thursday that an announcement on an end date for the U.S.-led coalition's mission has been postponed due to the "latest ...
The siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy the main power base of the insurgent Mahdi Army in Baghdad. The siege began on 4 April 2004 – later dubbed " Black Sunday " [ 4] – with an uprising against the Coalition Provisional ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack ...
In July 2021, President Joe Biden announced that he would end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, with remaining U.S. troops serving in an advisory and assistance role. [ 7] The U.S. combat mission formally concluded on 9 December 2021, with 2,500 U.S. troops remaining in the country. [ 1]