Christian Science Monitor | Death Sentence for a Top Iraqi Leader in a Day of Bloodshed New York Times BAGHDAD — The vice president of Iraq, a prominent Sunni Muslim, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death on Sunday in a trial conducted in absentia. The verdict coincided with a wave of bombings and insurgent attacks that claimed at least 100 ... Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence Iraq's exiled vice president sentenced to death as violence grows Wave of attacks in Iraq kill at least 75 |
Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 92 The Associated Press By LARA JAKES, Associated Press – 3 hours ago. BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in ... |
Iraq's Sunni vice president sentenced to death The Associated Press By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press – 3 minutes ago. BAGHDAD (AP) — A Baghdad court sentenced Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president to death Sunday after finding him guilty of masterminding the killings of a lawyer and a government security official ... |
Fugitive Iraq VP sentenced to death, official says CNN Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who fled the country months ago, was sentenced to death Sunday, an official said. Al-Hashimi was sentenced to hang "because he was involved directly in killing a female lawyer and a general ... |
Wall Street Journal | Iraq Court Sentences Sunni Vice President to Death Wall Street Journal "These attacks come within the context of the strategy of the forces of terror to exploit the internal and regional political climate," said Iraq's Ministry of Interior in a statement about Sunday's attacks. The ministry said the attacks were "obvious ... |
Iraq's Sunni VP sentenced to death after court convicts him of masterminding 2 ... Washington Post BAGHDAD — A Baghdad court sentenced Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president to death Sunday after finding him guilty of masterminding the killings of a lawyer and a government security official. Tariq al-Hashemi has denied the allegations. He fled the ... |
Washington Times | Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Stance on Iraq is naïve and dogmatic Washington Times Along with like-minded critics of the Iraq war, Tutu can't name the crime that Bush and Blair committed. Tutu did not even allege any specific crime, so it's impossible to tell what he believes the world should charge Bush and Blair with. Tutu ... |
Iraq Bombings: Wave Of Attacks Kill At Least 44 In Iraq Huffington Post BAGHDAD — Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability ... |
Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence Reuters BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Car bombs tore through mainly Shi'ite Baghdad districts on Sunday after Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, as more than 100 people were killed across the country in one of the bloodiest ... |
Surprising methods heal wounded troops NavyTimes.com In Los Angeles, surgeons used part of Michael Mills' forehead to rebuild his nose after a bomb disfigured him in Iraq. • In Pittsburgh, doctors used an experimental therapy from pig tissue to help re-grow part of a thigh muscle that Ron Strang lost in ... |