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Ex-Blackwater Guard's Conviction in Iraq Massacre Overturned, Appeals Court Rules - NBCNews.com Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:31:19 GMT

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Ex-Blackwater Guard's Conviction in Iraq Massacre Overturned, Appeals Court Rules
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Nicolas Slatten, 33, was convicted in April 2015 of first-degree murder by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., but now gets a retrial in the case. Three former guards with the private military company who were found guilty in the same incident — each ...
Blackwater guard gets murder conviction tossed in Iraq massacreNew York Post
Murder conviction in Blackwater Iraq shooting case thrown outThe Mercury News
In Blackwater Case, Court Rejects a Murder Conviction and Voids 3 SentencesNew York Times
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US-led Coalition says 624 civilian casualties from airstrikes in Iraq, Syria - RT Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:08:41 GMT

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US-led Coalition says 624 civilian casualties from airstrikes in Iraq, Syria
RT
The international forces said they “carried over 180 open reports of possible civilian casualties from previous months and received 72 new reports resulting from Coalition airstrikes in support of partner forces operations to defeat ISIS (Islamic State ...
Coalition says killed 624 civilians “unintentionally” in Iraq, SyriaIraqi News
ISIS is Fighting For Survival After Losing Major Parts of Iraq And Syria, Claims USNews18
US Coalition Updates Number of Civilians Killed in Strikes in Iraq, Syria to 624Sputnik International
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NATO helps Iraq boost civil-military cooperation in dealing with terrorist challenges - NATO HQ (press release) Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:47:48 GMT

NATO HQ (press release)

NATO helps Iraq boost civil-military cooperation in dealing with terrorist challenges
NATO HQ (press release)
It was aimed at bolstering civil-military cooperation in dealing with terrorism and crisis management. As one of the participants from the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service underlined, “What Iraq needs most is trust. Today we set another step in that ...

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Mass grave discovered in former Daesh-held city in Iraq - TRT World Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:06:34 GMT

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Mass grave discovered in former Daesh-held city in Iraq
TRT World
It is the latest of dozens of such grisly finds made by Iraqi forces since they drove the extremists out of the swathes of northern and western Iraq that they had occupied in 2014. Ammar Nuri al Dulaimi, an official from a Martyrs Committee for Anbar ...
Mass grave of 40 found south of Ramadi: officialIraqi News

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The US Must Act On The Genocide Of Iraq's Christians - The Daily Caller Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:16:05 GMT

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The US Must Act On The Genocide Of Iraq's Christians
The Daily Caller
Three years ago this week, disturbing images of women and children fleeing the Islamic State in northern Iraq shocked the world. During the siege of Mt. Sinjar, reports emerged of ISIS militants ruthlessly massacring Yazidi men and kidnapping and ...
UN: Yazidi genocide in Iraq still ongoing, unaddressedAljazeera.com
Islamic State Still Committing Genocide Against Iraq's Yazidis, UN SaysRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Yazidis gather in Lincoln to remember attacks in IraqNET Website
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Court Overturns Sentences of Blackwater Guards in 2007 Iraq Shooting - Wall Street Journal (subscription) Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:15:13 GMT

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Court Overturns Sentences of Blackwater Guards in 2007 Iraq Shooting
Wall Street Journal (subscription)
A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday overturned lengthy sentences imposed on three former Blackwater USA private security guards for the 2007 shooting deaths of 14 Iraqis in Baghdad, and granted a new trial for another. The ruling was the ...


Samantha Bee finds Trump supporters in Iraq - New York Post Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:08:47 GMT

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Samantha Bee finds Trump supporters in Iraq
New York Post
When comedian Samantha Bee traveled to northern Iraq, she was stunned to find Kurds, who are Muslim, who love Trump so much, one couple even named their son after the U.S. president. “This is my son, Trump. I've called him Trump since the day he was ...
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Iraq Situation: UNHCR Flash Update - 3 August 2017 - ReliefWeb Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:50:35 GMT

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Iraq Situation: UNHCR Flash Update - 3 August 2017
ReliefWeb
According to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), nearly 250 civilians were killed in Iraq in July, a drop in casualty figures from June, with the conclusion of major operations in Mosul. In June, 415 civilians were killed and 300 ...


Mobile payment system in Iraq aims to help 12000 farmers return - Rudaw Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:37:47 GMT

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Mobile payment system in Iraq aims to help 12000 farmers return
Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Short message service (SMS) technology will allow thousands of rural farmers to be paid electronically and return to their agrarian livelihoods in areas of northern Iraq recently liberated from ISIS and in the Kurdistan Region.


Knights to send $2 million to restore Christian town in Iraq - Catholic Herald Online Fri, 04 Aug 2017 06:58:25 GMT

Catholic Herald Online

Knights to send $2 million to restore Christian town in Iraq
Catholic Herald Online
In 2014, the Islamic State removed hundreds of families of religious minorities from their homes in Karamdes, a mostly Christian town on the Ninevah Plain in Iraq. Just over two years later, the town, also known as Karemlash, was liberated. The Knights ...

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