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In Iraq in June 2006, two soldiers of the United States Army were abducted and later killed and mutilated by members of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, during a time when military forces of the U.S. and a dozen other countries were conducting military operations in Iraq to "bring order to parts of that country that remain[ed] dangerous". [1]
Iraqi insurgents released images of the Common Access Cards of two of the soldiers in early June 2007 [1] [2]. The May 2007 abduction of American soldiers in Iraq occurred when Iraqi insurgents attacked a military outpost in Al Taqa, Iraq, killing four U.S. Army soldiers and an Iraqi soldier before capturing Private Byron Wayne Fouty, Specialist Alex Ramon Jimenez, and Private First Class ...
A U.S. Army soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. On April 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division gave the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [3 ...
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S.led invasion of Iraq. Then-President George W. Bush and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Tony Blair, signed off on a war based on the myth ...
Photos of the event, showing jubilant Iraqis posing with the charred corpses, were released to news agencies worldwide, which caused a great deal of indignation in the United States. The ambush led to the First Battle of Fallujah, a U.S.-led operation to retake control of the city. The battle was halted mid-way for political reasons, an outcome ...
One Nepali citizen, beheaded in August 2004 in Iraq by JTJ jihadists. [24] Eugene Armstrong, U.S. citizen, beheaded in September 2004 in Iraq by JTJ jihadists. [25] [26] Jack Hensley, U.S. citizen, beheaded in September 2004 in Iraq by JTJ jihadists. [26] [27] Kenneth Bigley, British citizen, beheaded on October 7, 2004 in Iraq by JTJ jihadists ...
By JULIE PACE TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American ...
The Foley video cut out from his beheading just as the knife touched his throat to show only his head sitting on top of his lifeless body, Sotloff's execution was much more graphically depicted.