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Remaining US Troops In Iraq Patrol Restive Babil Province ISKANDARIYA, IRAQ - JULY 19: U.S. soldiers with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol a new ditch they have dug to protect the base from attack on July 19, 2011 in Iskandariya, Babil Province Iraq. As the deadline for the departure of the remaining American forces in Iraq approaches, Iraqi politicians have agreed to meet in two weeks time in order to give a final decision about extending the U.S. troops' presence beyond the end of the 2011 deadline. Violence against foreign troops has recently picked-up with June being the worst month in combat-related deaths for the military in Iraq in more than two years. Currently about 46,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

U.S. Army Bases In Iraq And Syria Have Been Attacked 23 Times In 2 Weeks

Since mid-October, United States coalition forces in the Middle East have been attacked 23 times.

Reaper Aircraft Flies Without Pilot From Creech AFB CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NV - AUGUST 08: An MQ-9 Reaper flies by August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Reaper is the Air Force's first "hunter-killer" unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), designed to engage time-sensitive targets on the battlefield as well as provide intelligence and surveillance. The jet-fighter sized Reapers are 36 feet long with 66-foot wingspans and can fly for up to 14 hours fully loaded with laser-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. They can fly twice as fast and high as the smaller MQ-1 Predators, reaching speeds of 300 mph at an altitude of up to 50,000 feet. The aircraft are flown by a pilot and a sensor operator from ground control stations. The Reapers are expected to be used in combat operations by the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq within the next year. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

24 American Soldiers Injured In Iraq, Syria U.S. Base Drone Attacks

Two dozen Americans have been injured amid drone attacks at United States military base’s in Iraq and Syria.

IRAQ-FIRE-FUNERAL Mourners attend the funeral of victims who were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded wedding hall in the mainly Christian northern city of Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniyah, on September 27, 2023. At least 100 people were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded Iraqi wedding hall, officials said, pointing to indoor fireworks as the likely cause for the blaze that sparked a panicked stampede for the exits. (Photo by Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP) (Photo by ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images)

Death Toll Rises Over 100 In Fire At Wedding in Iraq

A venue in Iraq set on fire during a wedding killed more than hundred people inside.

IRAQ-SWEDEN-RELIGION-KORAN Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr burn posters depicting an LGBTQ+ flag during a protest in Karbala on June 29, 2023, denouncing the burning of the Koran in Sweden. Iraqi protesters breached Sweden's embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, angered by a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked condemnation across the Muslim world. (Photo by Mohammed SAWAF / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq Bans The Usage Of Word ‘Homosexuality’ In Media

Iraq issued an order telling all national media outlets and social media sites to stop using the word “homosexuality” and start using the term “sexual deviancy.”

A supporter of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wearing a traffic cone on his masked head and holding an Iraqi flag defaced with slogans supporting the Prophet Mohamed stands at a protest outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on July 20, 2023. Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital early on July 20 ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. Swedish authorities approved an assembly to be held later on July 20 outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, where organisers plan to burn a copy of the Koran as well as an Iraqi flag. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters Rush Swedish Embassy In Baghdad In Protest Of Quran Burning

Protesters attacked the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital city, in the early hours of Thursday in protest of a scheduled Quran burning in Sweden.

Video still from Dr. Sumantra Maitra's interview with Tipping Point on One America News Network

Biden Says Putin Is “Losing the War in Iraq”

with Dr. Sumantra Maitra