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  • May 2008

    • Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 11, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'

      The Iraqi father who suffocated and stabbed his 17-year-old daughter has only one regret over her honor killing: That he didn't murder her "the instant her mother delivered her." "Speaking with a foreign solider, she lost what is the most precious thing for any woman," Abdel-Qader Ali tells the Guardian . More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • Basra  • British military  • Iraq police  • honor killings

  • April 2008

    • Iraqi Forces Rescue 40 Kidnapped Students

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Iraqi Forces Rescue 40 Kidnapped Students

      Iraqi police and soldiers have freed at least 40 students kidnapped by suspected members of Sunni Islamist al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. The young men had been seized by gunmen near Mosul in northern Iraq who set up a fake checkpoint and stopped two busloads of students returning to classes from a weekend break.  One bus managed to escape but students were wounded by gunfire. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • kidnapping  • Mosul  • Iraq Army  • Iraq police

    • 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Basra Battle

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 4, 08 5:00 AM CDT

      1,000 Iraqis Deserted Basra Battle

      Desertions from Iraqi forces during last week's Basra battles have raised fresh doubts about the effectiveness of the country's US-trained security forces, the New York Times reports. Over 1,000 soldiers and policemen—including dozens of officers—either deserted or refused to fight. The US has linked American troop withdrawals to the readiness of Iraqi forces to take charge. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop withdrawal  • Basra  • Shiite militia  • Iraq Army  • Sadrists  • Iraq police  • Iraqi security forces  • desertion

  • December 2007

    • US Hatred Fuels Iraq's Teen Fighters

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Dec 21, 07 2:55 PM CST

      US Hatred Fuels Iraq's Teen Fighters

      US and Iraqi forces trying to regain control of the country face a particularly troublesome category of insurgents—teenagers fueled with hatred against America, Der Spiegel reports. The German newspaper interviewed one such teen whose botched plot to kill US soldiers resulted instead in his arrest. He not only led police to accomplices but provided insight into the anti-occupation passion shared by his peers. More »

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      Iraq war  • terrorism  • US Marine Corps  • youth  • Iraq police

    • Iraq Disarms Female Cops

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 11, 07 12:15 PM CST

      Iraq Disarms Female Cops

      The female officers the US worked so hard to bring into the Iraqi police force are being undercut by the Interior Ministry, the Los Angeles Times reports. Policewomen have been ordered to turn in their guns or go without pay, a move a US liaison says will undermine pat-down searches and rape investigations. More »

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      Iraq  • Shiite  • gun  • Saddam Hussein  • female suicide bomber  • Iraq police  • Interior Ministry  • policewomen  • sex discrimination

  • October 2007
  • August 2007

    • No Chemical Ali, But Saddam's Soldiers Wanted in Army Again

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Aug 29, 07 7:22 PM CDT

      No Chemical Ali, But Saddam's Soldiers Wanted in Army Again

      The Iraqi Army and police need a few good men, and they’re more and more willing to look in Saddam’s old ledger. Many of the new forces’ problems are said to stem from the 2003 decision by the US to disband the standing army; now recruiters are trying to convince the old experts to return, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Saddam Hussein  • Iraq Army  • Iraq police

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