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Iraqi forces kill senior Islamic State leader in a raid in Syria
Reuters via AOL· 5 days agoIraqi security forces have killed a senior member of the Islamic State group in Syria who was responsible for carrying out attacks against Iraqi government ...
Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting
Washington Post· 1 hour agoThe alleged offense was trying to steal a soon-to-be-released copy of former prime minister Tony...
Rare Battlefield War Crimes Case Reaches Sentencing Phase at Guantánamo Bay
New York Times· 5 days agoTwenty years ago, when the Eggers family of Cape Coral, Fla., got the devastating news that their...
Iraq: Policing The Blood Lands
Strategy Page· 7 days agoApril 23, 2020: ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is still the greatest security threat and so far this year has killed 170 civilians and security personnel. A covid19 death can easily be mistaken for pneumonia.
War Veterans and Family Testify at Al Qaeda Commander’s War Crimes Tribunal
New York Times· 2 days agoA former bomb squad member described two decades of trauma and anxiety from dismantling a car bomb...
Iraq counts cost of stray bullets fired in anger or joy
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAt weddings, football matches and other special events, some Iraqi men like to fire salvos of...
This week in history: June 10-16
World Socialist Web Site· 7 days agoOn June 12, soldiers of NATO’s “KFOR” 30,000-strong occupation army began entering Kosovo, though in a significant embarrassment to Washington, the NATO...
US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels
Quad-City Times· 8 hours agoThe U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fight the Soviet Union, then later Russia and...
Howard Fineman, political correspondent with analytical eye, dies at 75
Washington Post· 4 days agoHoward Fineman, a Newsweek political correspondent and television commentator for decades who...
Iran and Sweden exchange prisoners in Oman-mediated swap
CBS News· 1 day agoIran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday that saw a former Iranian official...
