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Jarrett Taylor, 23, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was convicted at a special court martial at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, that ended on Friday, the military said. He was found guilty of making false official statements and cruelty and maltreatment of subordinates. The...
Tags: Jarrett Taylor, Kevin Olson, Keiffer P. Wilhelm, court martial, Iraq, Basra, War Conflict, Platoon, films, Law Crime
The demonstrators have called on Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi to reverse the veto against a key election legislation voted by a majority of the Iraqi parliament. The protestors also denounced the return of former Baathists in the upcoming...
Tags: Iraqi, Iraq, Basra, Government of Iraq from, U.S.¬タモIraq Status of Forces Agreement, Iraq ¬タモ United States relations, Occupation of Iraq, Tariq Al-Hashimi, Politics, Iraqi insurgency, Ali al-Sistani, Hashemi
R An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary. An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to...
Tags: Tracy Barker, Halliburton Co., Iraq, Basra
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Baha Musa, who was arrested by soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment in 2003 during an arms search at the hotel where he worked, had collapsed and his breathing had stopped. During his detention he had been forced to wear two...
Tags: Baha Musa, Mr Musa, Iraqi, Steven Winstanley, Iraq, Basra, Baha Mousa, Islamic history, Year of birth missing, Musa
Iraqis say British Army used Guant�namo interrogation methods David Brown Dozens of prisoners held at a secret British army interrogation centre in Iraq claim they suffered unlawful physical and mental abuse similar to that carried out by the US on...
Tags: Shaibah, solitary confinement, Iraqi, Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, Basra, Enhanced interrogation techniques, War Conflict, Human rights abuses, Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Majeed Shakir, a 75-year-old farmer, wakes each day before sunrise in order to escape the searing heat that will soon shroud his homestead at the southernmost tip of Iraq’s Basra province. "The first thing I think of when I get up early in the morning...
Tags: Basra Governorate Council, Basra Agricultural Directorate, Iraq-Iran, Abu Iraq, Majeed Shakir, fresh water, Al-Faw peninsula, salt water, saline level, Iraq, Basra, Euphrates River, Tigris River, Shatt al-Arab, Basra Governorate, Al-Faw Iraq, Fertile Crescent, Shatt al-Arab basin, Mesopotamia, Environment
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Tags: Iraq, Baghdad, Fertile Crescent, Basra
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stopped a Qatari prince from hunting in Iraq despite his having received permission to do so in advance, Azzaman reported. The Iraqi newspaper said Sunday that Sheik Jaber al-Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar was recently...
Tags: Maliki Bars Qatari Prince, Iraqi, Iraq, Basra, Emirates, Qatar, Western Asia, Maliki, Year of birth missing, State of Law Coalition, Government of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, Azzaman
Bombs and missiles from Iran were seized after being discovered in Iraq's Basra Province, a Border Guards Forces Command source said. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, said the large quantities of weaponry were seized after being temporarily...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, Iraq, Basra, Basra Governorate, Ninawa campaign, Post-invasion Iraq 2003¬タモpresent, Fertile Crescent, War Conflict, Politics