13 h. ago America made a catastrophic mistake with the Iraq war. Is it about to repeat it in Iran? | Stephen Werthheim

If the United States joins Israel’s fight to try to finish Israel’s job, it will enter into a war of unknowable scope against a country of 90 million peopleTwo decades ago, as Americans debated whether their country should invade Iraq, one question loomed the largest: did Saddam Hussein possess weapons of mass destruction? If so, the implication was that the United States should disarm and overthrow his regime by military force. If not, Washington could keep that option in reserve and continue to contain Saddam through economic sanctions and routine bombings.In time, the implications of the Iraq war far exceeded the boundaries of the original debate. Saddam, it turned out, had no weapons of mass destruction. But suppose he had possessed the chemical and biological agents that the war’s advocates claimed. Invading his country to destroy his regime would have given him the greatest possible incentive to use the worst weapons at his disposal. The war would have been just as mistaken — ...

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3 d. ago Couple says they are ‘traumatized’ after being attacked by three small dogs in their yard

Melody and Michael Barnhill say their neighbor’s three dogs attacked them unprompted on Memorial Day.

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5 d. ago Gemma Atkinson's tearjerking Father's Day letter to late dad after heart attack at 52

This Father's Day. TV star and radio host Gemma Atkinson shares precious memories of her father and the pain of his passing in this heartbreakingly beautiful tribute, in her own words

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1 week ago Mom ‘engulfed in flames’ and suffered burns to 48% of her body in horrific smoker BBQ explosion

Isabell Anderson suffered burns to over 46 percent of her body after a smoker engulfed the mother of three in flames on Memorial Day.

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2 w. ago Lawyer for South Carolina party boat shooting victim says no one checked IDs or for weapons

A lawyer for one of the victims of a party boat shooting over Memorial Day weekend in South Carolina says no one was checking IDs or for weapons

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2 w. ago Cardi B goes Instagram official with NFL star Stefon Diggs amid Offset divorce

The rapper shared a carousel of photos on Instagram giving fans a glimpse into her Memorial Day weekend in Miami

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3 w. ago Joe Biden delivers first public remarks since prostate cancer diagnosis: ‘Our politics have become so divided and bitter’

‘Our troops do not wear a uniform that says I‘m a Democrat or a Republican. It says, I am an American,’ Joe Biden declared during a fairly energetic Memorial Day speech

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3 w. ago Terror in Rhode Island as enormous TWENTY FOOT shark is spotted swimming in pond

Footage of the large animal first surfaced on Memorial Day, after diners spotted a large dorsal fin rising out of the waters in the state's Great Salt Pond.

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3 w. ago Wave pool shuts down after kids report electric shocks in the water over Memorial Day weekend: ‘Extremely painful’

Several people, including children, reported feeling what they described as “electric shock” in the wave pool at a Georgia water park on Memorial Day.

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3 w. ago What to know about the death of Air Force prep graduate Ava Moore in a crash on a Texas lake

Authorities say an 18-year-old woman about to begin her first year at the U.S. Air Force Academy was killed when a personal watercraft hit her kayak on a Texas lake over Memorial Day weekend

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3 w. ago Coast Guard warns there are three unexploded devices somewhere in Lake Michigan

A lifeguard found one of the armed flares along Montrose Beach near Chicago on Memorial Day

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3 w. ago Rihanna linked to Diddy trial as assistant testifies about nightmare vacation

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering is on its third week in New York after a Memorial Day break.

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3 w. ago Putin mouthpiece issues dire World War III warning after Trump tirade

The president amplified a post by another user of Truth Social which said: 'They stole the 2020 election and hijacked the country using a decrepit corpse as a frontman.

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3 w. ago Rihanna linked to Diddy trial as assistant testifies about nightmare vacation: Live trial updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering is on its third week in New York after a Memorial Day break.

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3 w. ago Putin mouthpiece issues dire World War III warning after Trump tirade: Live updates

The president amplified a post by another user of Truth Social which said: 'They stole the 2020 election and hijacked the country using a decrepit corpse as a frontman.

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3 w. ago 2 killed and 9 injured in a Memorial Day shooting at a Philadelphia park

Philadelphia's mayor says there are no excuses for violence like the Memorial Day shooting that killed two people and injured another nine at a park in the city

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3 w. ago Horror as families celebrating Memorial Day by South Carolina river find body

The body was found near a boat landing next to the Congaree River

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3 w. ago Diddy's assistant Capricorn Clark exposes his list of celebrity enemies in bombshell court testimony: Live trial updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering is on its third week in New York after a Memorial Day break.

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3 w. ago Memorial Day boat explosion in Florida sends 11 people to the hospital

A boat explosion near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day sent 11 people to the hospital, including many suffering from burns

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3 w. ago Diddy's shooting plot against 50 Cent revealed at trial as assistant testifies: Live updates

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering is on its third week in New York after a Memorial Day break.

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