World, make us one. Bring unity to our congress, nation, and world. Lord, help us to see that awesome things can be accomplished when we stop worrying about who will get the credit. With this unity, infuse us also with hope, pragmatism, and courage. Lord, give us realistic expectations about our future, reminding us that many problems that took decades to create will not be quickly solved. Motivate us to make the necessary sacrifices so that the rough places will be made smooth, the crooked places will be made straight, and the stars of hope will shine again in our hearts. We pray in your magnificent name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , october 19, 2023. To the senate under
Islamic state remnants across the region. Those demonstrators storming the embassy upset that the u. S. Conducted those airstrikes on sunday. Yesterday, u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo was on fox talking about really how all of this started on friday of last week. There was a rocket attack against an iraqi base that houses american troops. One American Contractor was killed. And four u. S. Service members injured. This was the reason that President Trump decided to launch this operation within iraq. But it has been controversial with iraqi leadership. Iraqi Prime Minister called it a violation of iraqi sovereignty. The iranian government who does back this Militia Group said this was support of terrorism by the United States. So the big question now is how is all of this going to affect future americaniraqi relations moving forward. What we know right now hundreds of iraqi demonstrators in baghdad have stormed the u. S. Embassy there are some reports of rubber bullets and tear gas
ISIS may have been defeated by an international coalition in 2019, but it's far from a spent force. It's making a speciality of exploiting weak regimes and unresolved conflicts.
The aftermath of the U.S. military strikes targeting sites in Syria and Iraq began coming into focus Saturday morning as a Britain-based Syria monitoring group said that at least 18 members of an Iran-backed group had been killed in strikes there and the Iraqi government said that 16 people had been killed, including civilians.
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