U.S. President Joe Biden met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to discuss pre-election tensions. Elsewhere, al least five Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded in light violence. Some attacks occurred yesterday but were left unreported until today.
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One year ago Thursday, the last Israeli tanks were lumbering out of the Gaza Strip, ending the 22-day Gaza War and leaving in their wake a decimated landscape and population. A year later, the humanitarian and security situation in the devastated coastal enclave...
Whistleblower Challenges Guantánamo ‘Suicides’
Is the administration of President Barack Obama concealing evidence suggesting that three suicides at Guantánamo Bay were not suicides at all? That is a question human rights groups, legal experts and national security specialists are pondering on the heels of an...
Winter of Discontent
Friday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded
Updated at 8:57 p.m. EST, Jan. 22, 2010 At least two Iraqis were killed and four more were wounded in light, prayer day violence. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flew to Iraq to stress Washington's concerns about upcoming elections. Despite that, the De-Ba'athification...
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US Names Bagram Prisoners, Withholds Details
After years of stonewalling, the U.S. Defense Department has released the names of people imprisoned at the notorious Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Made available in response to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, the...
Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 5 Iraqis Killed; 11 Iraqis Wounded
At least five Iraqis were killed and 11 were wounded in the latest attacks. One U.S. soldier died in a vehicular accident as well. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry warned that as much as 10 percent of the population is disabled due to the war. Elsewhere, a probe into the workings of the De-Ba’athification Committee could change the upcoming elections. Also, a British contractor faced an Iraqi court, while in Britain a former foreign secretary testified at the Iraq Inquiry.
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