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  • Pompeo makes unannounced visit to Baghdad amid rising tensions with Iran

    05/07/2019 4:03:22 PM PDT · by Innovative · 60 replies
    Washington Post ^ | May 7, 2019 | Carol Morello
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a sudden, unscheduled trip to Baghdad on Tuesday, as an aircraft carrier and Air Force bombers headed to the Middle East amid warnings that Iran was contemplating an attack on U.S. troops in the region. The surprise visit came after Pompeo abruptly canceled a trip to Germany, where he was scheduled to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The State Department initially said only that the change was made because “pressing issues” had arisen. Pompeo’s visit to Baghdad, which followed an Arctic Council meeting in Finland, took on an air...
  • After Syria attack, U.S. and Russia tensions rise but fears ease of wider military confrontation

    04/14/2018 7:21:58 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 5 replies
    The Washington Compost ^ | April 14 at 10:11 AM | Carol Morello, Anne Gearan and Missy Ryan
    Western leaders warned Syria on Saturday that they could launch further missile strikes if chemical weapons are used again, while the pre-dawn attacks were denounced by Damascus and its backers as illegal actions that would carry repercussions. But one major worry appeared to ease: That the coordinated attacks by the United States, France and Britain late Friday could have set off a direct confrontation with Syria’s most powerful military partner, Russia. At the Pentagon, the director of the Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, said the more than 100 missile strikes delivered a blow to the “heart” of Syria’s chemical...