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In our news wrap Tuesday, violence broke out in Baghdad as security forces fired on crowds protesting corruption and a lack of jobs. Officials said one person was killed and some 200 hurt. Also, a mass march in Hong Kong erupted into some of the worst violence yet, as police shot a protester for the...
All medical officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with Iraqi health ministry regulations. A joint statement issued by the Iraqi interior and health ministries said one person was killed and 200 injured Baghdad's running clashes, including 40 members of the security forces. It said it "regretted" the ...
He was the senior U.S. diplomat in Baghdad during the first Gulf War, which lasted from 1990 to 1991, and was the last American official to meet with Saddam before the Desert Storm offensive. Wilson drew intense criticism from Republican lawmakers over his statements regarding Iraq and weapons of ...
Chirac's outspoken opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 rocked relations with France's top ally.
... they were not authorized to speak to the press. At least 10 among the injured pilgrims were in critical condition, according to the officials. No Iraqi media immediately released images of the walkway collapse or ensuing stampede. "We lament this tragic loss of life and wish those injured a swift ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former State Department contractor sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians is asking for a new trial because of what he says is newly discovered evidence. Lawyers for former Blackwater employee Nicholas Slatten said they received a State ...
... invitation of the government to help battle the Islamic State group after it seized vast areas in the north and west of the country, including Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul. A U.S.-led coalition provided crucial air support as Iraqi forces regrouped and, together with the PMF, drove ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Blackwater security contractor to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq. Judge Royce Lamberth issued the sentence Wednesday after friends and relatives requested leniency for Nicholas Slatten, who was found guilty of first ...
... exact cause, but that he had suffered from mental health issues and diabetes. Al-Daoud, who lived in the Detroit area, was among hundreds of Iraqi nationals who were arrested to enforce deportation orders. They had been allowed to stay in the U.S. for years because Iraq wouldn't ...
... Minister whether or not there has been a thorough investigation into the causes. Simona Foltyn: I spent a week on the ground reporting in northern Iraq, and I spoke to almost two dozen farmers, government officials, security officials, and all of them said that there had not been an official ...
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