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US Contractor To Pay $42 Million To 3 Iraqis Tortured At Baghdad Prison
A federal jury on Tuesday found US defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war.
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Iraq Executes 8 Convicted Of "Terrorism" In 3rd Round Of Hangings This Month
Iraq executed eight people convicted of "terrorism", a security source and health official said Friday, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.
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TikTokers Jailed In Iraq For "Decadent Content"
Dancing to Iraqi pop made TikTok personality Om Fahad a hit among tens of thousands of followers, but now she is in prison, caught up in a state campaign targeting "decadent content".
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Iraq YouTuber, TikToker Jailed Over "Indecent Speech" In Videos
A court in Baghdad has sentenced two Iraqis to prison time over "indecent" videos on social media that "undermine modesty and public morality", the judiciary said Wednesday.
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Iraq Sentences British Man To 15 years In Prison For Smuggling Artifacts
Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.
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Awards Given To Lawyers In US Navy SEAL War Crimes Trial Revoked
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Wednesday revoked awards given to several military prosecutors in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body.
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US Navy SEAL's Trial For War Crimes Begins In San Diego
Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a US Navy SEAL platoon leader court-martialed on charges of murdering a wounded Iraqi prisoner and shooting unarmed civilians, a war crimes case that has drawn the attention of US President Donald Trump.
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The Intriguing Details Of Saddam Hussein's Final Days, Details New Book
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein spent his final days listening to American singer Mary J Blige, eating muffins and telling anecdotes to US prison guards whom he befriended, according to a new book.
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Inside A Prison In Fallujah Where The Islamic State Tortured And Killed
From the outside, there's not a lot that stands out about the three neighboring houses on this residential street in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
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Iraq Forces Free Prisoners From Underground ISIS Jail: Officials
Iraqi forces freed a large number of prisoners from an underground ISIS jail during a battle to retake a western town from the jihadists, officials said on Saturday.
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British Captive Appears In New ISIS Video
British journalist John Cantlie, who is being held prisoner by the ISIS group, appeared in a new video released Saturday supposedly filmed in the jihadists' Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.
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Accused 9/11 Plotters' Objections To Female Guards A Bid To Stall Trial: US Officer
Prisoners' religious objections to being touched by female guards at Guantanamo Bay are an attempt to stall proceedings in the death penalty trial of five men accused of a role in the September 11 attacks, a US military commander testified on Thursday.
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In an Islamic State Prison, He Had No Hope. But Then He Heard the Drones.
Two prisoners held in the facility described life in an Islamic State prison and the mission that set them free. The operation, which a Kurdish commando also detailed, freed 69 detainees and was the first confirmed time that U.S. troops had directly accompanied Iraqi forces on the battlefield in the fight against the Islamic State.
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Jailed 'Voice of Saddam' Tareq Aziz Dies, Says Provincial Official
Tareq Aziz, who served as the voice of Saddam Hussein's regime, died in Iraqi hospital today aged 79 after many years of poor health as a convicted prisoner, a provincial official said.
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Islamic State Claim 'Bloody' Prison Break in Iraq, 40 Inmates Escape
Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Saturday.
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US Contractor To Pay $42 Million To 3 Iraqis Tortured At Baghdad Prison
A federal jury on Tuesday found US defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war.
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Iraq Executes 8 Convicted Of "Terrorism" In 3rd Round Of Hangings This Month
Iraq executed eight people convicted of "terrorism", a security source and health official said Friday, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.
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TikTokers Jailed In Iraq For "Decadent Content"
Dancing to Iraqi pop made TikTok personality Om Fahad a hit among tens of thousands of followers, but now she is in prison, caught up in a state campaign targeting "decadent content".
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Iraq YouTuber, TikToker Jailed Over "Indecent Speech" In Videos
A court in Baghdad has sentenced two Iraqis to prison time over "indecent" videos on social media that "undermine modesty and public morality", the judiciary said Wednesday.
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Iraq Sentences British Man To 15 years In Prison For Smuggling Artifacts
Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.
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Awards Given To Lawyers In US Navy SEAL War Crimes Trial Revoked
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Wednesday revoked awards given to several military prosecutors in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body.
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US Navy SEAL's Trial For War Crimes Begins In San Diego
Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a US Navy SEAL platoon leader court-martialed on charges of murdering a wounded Iraqi prisoner and shooting unarmed civilians, a war crimes case that has drawn the attention of US President Donald Trump.
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The Intriguing Details Of Saddam Hussein's Final Days, Details New Book
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein spent his final days listening to American singer Mary J Blige, eating muffins and telling anecdotes to US prison guards whom he befriended, according to a new book.
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Inside A Prison In Fallujah Where The Islamic State Tortured And Killed
From the outside, there's not a lot that stands out about the three neighboring houses on this residential street in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
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Iraq Forces Free Prisoners From Underground ISIS Jail: Officials
Iraqi forces freed a large number of prisoners from an underground ISIS jail during a battle to retake a western town from the jihadists, officials said on Saturday.
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British Captive Appears In New ISIS Video
British journalist John Cantlie, who is being held prisoner by the ISIS group, appeared in a new video released Saturday supposedly filmed in the jihadists' Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.
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Accused 9/11 Plotters' Objections To Female Guards A Bid To Stall Trial: US Officer
Prisoners' religious objections to being touched by female guards at Guantanamo Bay are an attempt to stall proceedings in the death penalty trial of five men accused of a role in the September 11 attacks, a US military commander testified on Thursday.
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In an Islamic State Prison, He Had No Hope. But Then He Heard the Drones.
Two prisoners held in the facility described life in an Islamic State prison and the mission that set them free. The operation, which a Kurdish commando also detailed, freed 69 detainees and was the first confirmed time that U.S. troops had directly accompanied Iraqi forces on the battlefield in the fight against the Islamic State.
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Jailed 'Voice of Saddam' Tareq Aziz Dies, Says Provincial Official
Tareq Aziz, who served as the voice of Saddam Hussein's regime, died in Iraqi hospital today aged 79 after many years of poor health as a convicted prisoner, a provincial official said.
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Islamic State Claim 'Bloody' Prison Break in Iraq, 40 Inmates Escape
Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Saturday.
