America, Iran, and Iraq: The Last Week in Middle East Politics Explained
Channel: That's All I Have To Say About That
Date: 2020-01-06

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Starting December 27th, we saw an escalation in hostilities between America and Iran. It started with a rocket attack on an American base in Kirkuk and by the end of the week America had assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. The battlefield for this escalating tit for tat was the streets of Iraq. Here’s what happened and what it means. 

Sources:

New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/us-iraq.html
A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/world/middleeast/iraq-airstrikes-us-iran-militias.html
American Airstrikes Rally Iraqis Against U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/world/middleeast/Iran-us-trump.html
Iran Shifts on a Landmark Nuclear Deal: Live Updates
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html
U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/01/05/world/middleeast/ap-ml-iraq-us.html
U.S. Troops in Middle East Come Into Focus Amid Threats
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/world/middleeast/us-embassy-baghdad-iraq.html
Pro-Iranian Protesters End Siege of U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/iraq-embassy-baghdad-airport-attack.html
Maps: How the Confrontation Between the U.S. and Iran Escalated

The Economist:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/01/02/america-shows-how-not-to-tame-iran
America shows how not to tame Iran
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/01/02/the-conflict-between-america-and-iran-intensifies-in-iraq
The conflict between America and Iran intensifies in Iraq

The AP:
https://apnews.com/cde30d5913e29ad7aa067fd09e84909e
Iran-backed Iraqi militia vows revenge to US strikes
https://apnews.com/5597ff0f046a67805cc233d5933a53ed
US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike
https://apnews.com/2fd2efad28f41f82f8204d4d3ae05ba6
The Latest: Baghdad residents say 3 blasts hit Green Zone

NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793364307/timeline-how-the-u-s-came-to-strike-and-kill-a-top-iranian-general
Timeline: How The U.S. Came To Strike And Kill A Top Iranian General

Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.com/pence-incorrectly-links-iran-to-911-justify-killing-of-soleimani-2020-1
Pence incorrectly links Iran to 9/11 while trying to justify America's assassination of the country's top general

The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-war-weary-baghdad-fears-that-us-and-iran-showdowns-could-leave-iraq-caught-in-the-middle/2020/01/04/6378f87a-2f09-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html
In Baghdad, fears that U.S.-Iran showdowns could leave Iraq caught in middle

Politico:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/05/iran-abandons-nuclear-deal-killing-soleimani-094197
Iran abandons nuclear deal over slaying of general

USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/world/2020/01/03/iran-iraq-trump-soleimani-assassination/2803733001/
7 days in Iraq: How US-Iran conflict led to general's death

The Intercept:
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/18/iran-isis-iraq-kurds/
IRAN’S SHADOW WAR ON ISIS

Congressional Research Service:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/pres-aumf.pdf
Presidential References to the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force in Publicly Available Executive Actions and Reports to Congress

The 9/11 Commission Report:
https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf