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The "Coalition of the willing" named by the White House in 2003. In November 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush, visiting Europe for a NATO summit, declared that "should Iraqi President Saddam Hussein choose not to disarm, the United States will lead a coalition of the willing to disarm him." [1]
The term was coined in the early 1970s by MIT professor Lincoln P. Bloomfield and his colleagues, including Harland Cleveland of the University of Minnesota. [2] In July 1971, Bloomfield described the need for a coalition of willing nations to support important peacekeeping or conflict stabilization goals endorsed by the UN, in a NYT op-ed. [3] The term was picked up by Secretary of State ...
Iraqi refugees have mainly fled into urban centers across region, rather than in refugee camps. [1] There are roughly 2 million Iraqi refugees living in countries neighboring Iraq [5] [6] and 95% of them still live in the Middle East - although other nations in Europe have begun to accept Iraqi refugees. [4]
The Iraqi government has postponed an order to clear out camps in the country’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region that house thousands of people who fled when the Islamic State group ...
Iraq urged countries on Monday to repatriate their citizens from a sprawling camp in Syria housing tens of thousands linked to the extremist Islamic State group, saying it has become a “source ...
The Coalition of the Willing may refer to: Coalition of the willing, a post-1990 political phrase Coalition of the willing (Iraq war), the military command during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and much of the ensuing war; The Coalition of the Willing, a 2006 album by Bobby Previte; The Coalition of the Willing, an instrumental ensemble led by Bobby ...
Iraq also says the coalition's presence has become a magnet for instability amid near-daily attacks by Iran-backed militias on bases housing the forces and U.S. retaliatory strikes, escalating ...
In an attempt to prevent large movements of Iraqi refugees into its country resulting from the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Turkish government tightened its security at its border with Iraq during the Iraq War. As a result of Turkey's efforts, only 6,000-10,000 Iraqi refugees made it to Turkey, of whom 5,400 were registered in 2008.