Telegraph.co.uk | Iraq is still bleeding 10 years after Saddam Hussein's capture Telegraph.co.uk Ten years after the capture of Saddam Hussein, Iraq is at risk of becoming a failed state again as al-Qaeda reclaims vast swathes of the country. Friday's anniversary of the Iraqi dictator's arrest sees the country still struggling with his legacy ... Decade after arrest, Saddam legacy looms over Iraq When a name turns into a curse: Saddam Husseins suffer in Iraq |
New York Daily News | Two charged in slaying of Iraq war vet who wanted to buy iPad CNN (CNN) -- Two Indianapolis brothers have been charged in the slaying of an Iraq war veteran who was trying to purchase an iPad through Craigslist, the Marion County prosecutor's office said. James Vester, 32, was shot to death Wednesday in an ... Brothers charged with killing Iraq war vet for iPad Pictured: Teen brothers accused of killing Iraq war veteran after arranging to ... Cops: Black teens kill Iraq vet in Craigslist ruse |
WBUR | Iraq's Exiled Jews Fight To Keep Memorabilia WBUR At one time there were 150,000 Jews living in Iraq. Iraq had one of the oldest Jewish populations in the world, dating back some 2,600 years. For centuries, Jews lived peacefully in Iraq until the 1930s, when Nazi ideology began to take hold. That's ... Seized from Iraq's Jews: Column |
IHS Jane's 360 | Iraq Signs Deal to Buy South Korean Fighter Jets ABC News Iraqi government has signed a $ 1.1 billion deal with a South Korean company to buy 24 multi-role light fighters to boost its defense capabilities. The agreement to buy the T-50IQ aircraft was inked on Thursday during a ceremony held in Baghdad, the ... S.Korea's KAI sells fighter jets worth $1.1 billion to Iraq S. Korea Sells 24 Light Attack Jets to Iraq Iraq orders South Korean FA-50 trainer and light fighter aircraft |
Antiwar.com | This Map Of Al Qaeda In Iraq Is Alarming Business Insider The scariest part is not even highlighted: Next door in Syria, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) administrates the largest rebel-held city, Raqqa, and fights to control the shared borders of both Iraq and Turkey. "Establishing a geographical ... Al Qaeda tightens grip on western Iraq in bid for Islamic state Al-Qaeda Carving Out a State in Western Iraq Al Qaeda tightens grip on western Iraq |
FAIR (blog) | Obamacare Website = Iraq War, Now with Bill Kristol FAIR (blog) He notes that Bush's credibility was damaged when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, a primary reason he had given for ordering the invasion; Obama's credibility was hurt when his repeated assurances that anyone who liked their ... |
The Guardian | UN to fly aid supplies to Syria from Iraq The Guardian The United Nations' first relief airlift to Syria from Iraq will deliver food and winter supplies to the mostly Kurdish north-east this week with the permission of both governments, the UNHCR refugee agency has said. Ilyushin-76 commercial cargo planes ... UN to airlift aid from Iraq to Syria UN to Deliver Relief Supplies to Syria Via Iraq UN plans first aid airlift to Syria from Iraq as winter grips |
NBC Bay Area | Oakland Settles With Occupy Protester, Iraq War Vet For $645000 CBS Local OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The city of Oakland has agreed to settle a claim by a U.S. Army veteran from the Iraq War who was beaten by a police officer during an Occupy Oakland protest two years ago. According to the Oakland Tribune, the City Council on ... Oakland settles with Iraq War veteran beaten at Occupy protest City Of Oakland Settles With Iraq Vet Injured In Occupy Protests Iraq War vet to get $645K in California police beating |
Man sentenced to life in prison for Iraq War vet slaying Chicago Tribune A Cook County judge today sentenced a Maywood man to life in prison for the fatal gang related shooting of an innocent bystander who was an Iraq War veteran in Maywood, prosecutors said. Judge Noreen Love issued the sentence to Cordelrow D. Brown, ... Natural Life For Gang Member For Murder Of Iraq Vet |
Aljazeera.com | Several dead in Iraq bomb blast Aljazeera.com A car bomb near a cafe in central Iraq has killed at least eight people in the latest in a series of attacks. Monday's blast in the town of Buhriz, south of Baquba, also wounded 22 people, police and medical sources said. The attack came a day after a ... Car bomb attacks across Iraq kill at least 39 Iraq Forces Clash With Gunmen in Syria Border Area At least 39 killed, 120 wounded in string of Iraq bombings |