Sep 10 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Pompeo denies reports of U.S. informant rescued from Russia In our Tuesday news wrap, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called news accounts that a CIA informant was rescued from Russia in 2017 “factually wrong.” Sources had reported the Kremlin mole had been in danger after exposure of Russian interference… Continue watching
Sep 10 Iraqi pilgrims killed in stampede during holiday By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Zeina Karam, Associated Press It was the deadliest stampede in recent history during Ashoura commemorations, when hundreds of thousands of people converge on the city, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, for the occasion every year. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 2:05 Honor Roll for September 9, 2019 A tribute to American service personnel killed in combat during U.S. military operations overseas. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 12:35 James Mattis on why he left the Trump administration but won't criticize it By Judy Woodruff Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis served as President Trump’s first defense secretary, resigning his post in protest after Trump announced he would pull U.S. forces out of Syria. Now, Mattis has written a book, “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to… Continue watching
Aug 26 Iraq coalition calls Israeli strikes a 'declaration of war' By Ali Abdul Hassan and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press The Fatah Coalition said it holds the United States fully responsible for the alleged Israeli aggression, "which we consider to be a declaration of war on Iraq and its people." The coalition is a parliament bloc representing Iran-backed paramilitary militias… Continue reading
Aug 14 Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life for Iraq shootings By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Prosecutors charged that Nicholas Slatten was the first to fire shots in the September 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. Continue reading
Aug 09 Iraqi national dies 2 months after being deported from U.S. By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press A 41-year-old Iraqi-born man who had lived in the U.S. since he was an infant but was deported in June for committing multiple crimes died in Baghdad, American Civil Liberties Union officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 10:33 Iraq's record crop yield threatened by suspicious fires By Simona Foltyn Iraq is nearing record wheat production this year, even as widespread fires have destroyed thousands of acres of farmland in minority Sunni Arab and Yazidi communities. The Islamic State once terrorized the region in northern Iraq, where disputes over land… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch 7:01 Why Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering Iraqi captive After two weeks of testimony, Chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering a suspected ISIS prisoner in Iraq. The decorated Navy SEAL had been accused of stabbing the wounded teenage captive, as well as attempted murder of Iraqi… Continue watching
Jul 03 Navy SEAL acquitted of killing says he made 'tactical, ethical, moral' mistakes By Julie Watson, Brian Melley, Associated Press Special Operator Edward Gallagher, who did not testify during his two-week court-martial, addressed the jurors a day after they acquitted him of murder, attempted murder and other counts stemming from an incident during a 2017 deployment to Iraq. Continue reading