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Brian Williams Under Fire Over His Shifting Story Of Iraq Helicopter Attack - Huffington Post Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:26:54 GMT

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Brian Williams Under Fire Over His Shifting Story Of Iraq Helicopter Attack Huffington Post NEW YORK -– NBC News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday night that he was not riding in a helicopter hit by rocket-propelled grenade fire in Iraq, as he had claimed, but now the media are picking over his shifting accounts of the incident over ... With Apology, Brian Williams Digs Himself DeeperNew York Times Controversy grows over Brian Williams' Iraq apologyCNNMoney Can Brian Williams' NBC career survive the retraction of his Iraq tale?The Guardian Politico (blog) -New York Daily News -TIME all 1,177 news articles »

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Jordanians Step Up Bombing Raids on ISIS - New York Times Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:52:46 GMT

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Jordanians Step Up Bombing Raids on ISIS New York Times WASHINGTON — Jordan sharply increased airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria on Thursday in retaliation for the immolation of one of its pilots, as the United States sent additional Black Hawk helicopters to Erbil in northern Iraq to increase ... Q&A: Jordan, Already Attacking IS in Syria, Joins Iraq FightABC News Jordan pounds Islamic State targets inside Iraq, SyriaUSA TODAY Official: US Military moved search and rescue assets to Northern IraqCNN Fox News -Wall Street Journal -Reuters all 5,833 news articles »

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How Brian Williams' Iraq story changed - CNNMoney Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:30:23 GMT

How Brian Williams' Iraq story changed CNNMoney Downing died, Williams suggests that all the choppers, including his, were fired upon: he says "when the Chinook helicopters we were traveling in at the start of the Iraq War were fired on and forced down for three days in a stretch of hostile desert ...

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Brian Williams Admits He Wasn't on Copter Shot Down in Iraq - New York Times Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:23:07 GMT

New York Times

Brian Williams Admits He Wasn't on Copter Shot Down in Iraq New York Times The NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologized Wednesday for mistakenly claiming he had been on a helicopter that was shot down by ground fire in Iraq in 2003. Last week, NBC Nightly News filmed Mr. Williams taking a soldier to a New York Rangers ...

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ISIS is killing, torturing and raping children in Iraq, UN says - CBS News Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:04:19 GMT

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ISIS is killing, torturing and raping children in Iraq, UN says CBS News BERLIN -- The United Nations says the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is systematically killing, torturing and raping children and families of minority groups in Iraq, and it is calling on government forces there to do more to protect them. In a ... Britain must play a greater role in fighting Islamic State in Iraq, say MPsThe Guardian ISIS Is Losing in Iraq. But What Happens Next?New York Times ISIS selling, crucifying, burying children alive in Iraq: UNAl-Arabiya Military Times all 516 news articles »

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NBC's Brian Williams recants Iraq claim - USA TODAY Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:19:37 GMT

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NBC's Brian Williams recants Iraq claim USA TODAY NBC News anchor Brian Williams is recanting his claims that he was on board a helicopter forced down in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq. The claim has been widely cited and Williams repeated it on the air on Friday, but he subsequently said in a ...

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NBC's Brian Williams apologizes for false Iraq war story - PBS NewsHour Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:56:56 GMT

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NBC's Brian Williams apologizes for false Iraq war story PBS NewsHour Brian Williams recanted on Wednesday a 12-year-old story that he was aboard a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire during the Iraq War invasion in 2003. “I would not have chosen to make this mistake,” Williams told Stars and Stripes. “I don't ...

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NBC's Brian Williams Admits His Helicopter Took No Fire In Iraq - NPR (blog) Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:29:56 GMT

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NBC's Brian Williams Admits His Helicopter Took No Fire In Iraq NPR (blog) Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor, has acknowledged he was not aboard a helicopter that was hit and forced down by enemy fire during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. It's an about-face for Williams and the network, which for years ...

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Brian Williams faces fierce mockery after recanting Iraq war story - Washington Post Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:57:42 GMT

Washington Post

Brian Williams faces fierce mockery after recanting Iraq war story Washington Post NBC News anchor Brian Williams faced swift, and often harsh and sarcastic, reaction Wednesday after he recanted a story that he was aboard an Army helicopter that was hit with enemy fire in Iraq and forced to land. The longtime NBC News journalist ...

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Veterans slam Brian Williams for Iraq 'lie,' question his apology - Fox News Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:26:33 GMT

Veterans slam Brian Williams for Iraq 'lie,' question his apology Fox News Over the past 12 years Williams and NBC claimed that he was on-board a Chinook helicopter that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire in Iraq in 2003, when in fact he arrived at the scene in a separate helicopter about an hour later and was never ...