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The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were a series of war crimes committed by five U.S. Army soldiers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her family on March 12, 2006.
According to sources, Doski had been receiving death threats from her family for some time and had been living in fear for her life. [2] She had previously contacted IraQueer, an Iraqi LGBT organisation, to report harassment. Her friends say that she had spoken to them about previous intimidations by her family. [6]
In September 2005, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) deployed to Haditha, an agricultural town along the Euphrates river in western Iraq. [12] Prior to the deployment, a Guardian investigation reported that two Iraqi insurgent groups—Ansar al-Sunna and Al-Qaeda—had taken over operations of the town after driving out local police and civil servants. [13]
Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade saw a relatively low turnout and largely benefitted traditional parties, according to results announced Tuesday by the country’s election authorities.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday and met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to discuss Syria's political transition ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Overnight U.S. strikes on Iraqi militant groups that are part of the country's formal security forces showed "clear determination to harm security and stability in Iraq," a ...
The British Government appointed them as Iraq's royal family after a plebiscite in 1921. [1] The Hashemites were largely opposed by the Iraqi Shiites and Kurds. The Kingdom of Iraq existed until an Iraqi nationalist coup d'état in 1958 known as the 14 July Revolution established the Iraqi Republic.
Iraq's central bank must address continued risks of the misuse of dollars at Iraqi commercial banks to avoid new punitive measures targeting the country's financial sector, a top U.S. Treasury ...