Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iraq has become the second Middle East state to employ barrel bombs, a human rights group said. Human Rights Watch has determined that Iraq was deploying barrel bombs in its effort to quell the Sunni revolt in the Anbar province. The New York-based organization said Iraq’s U.S.-equipped military has been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been training Iraqi special operations forces to quell the Sunni revolt. Officials said U.S. advisers were training and mentoring Iraqi SOF units in the war in Anbar. The officials said the advisers were training the Iraqis in urban warfare, counter-insurgency techniques, bomb detection and coordinated helicopter […]
