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NEWS ABOUT: Fallujah

Fallujah stories: 11 news summaries

Iraqi War Zone Sees
Big Spike in Birth Defects

Fallujah reports unusually high rate of abnormalities

Nov 14, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Doctors in Fallujah are seeing an alarming rise in the number of birth defects and early life cancers. They have no definitive evidence, but suspicion has naturally fallen on toxic materials left behind after years of modern warfare, reports the Guardian . The rate of birth defects—including multiple tumors, nervous... More »

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Iraq • warfare • Fallujah • chemical warfare • Iraq war • birth defect

(Newser) - A realistic video game featuring a historic Fallujah battle involving US forces in Iraq has incensed vets and their families, reports ABC News. Six Days in Fallujah is due out next year, and involves Marine consultants to ensure accuracy of the action. "It's upsetting," said a mom who... More »

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Iraq • military • Fallujah • ultimate fighting • Marine • video game developers • video games • Marine Corps • troops

(Newser) - A Marine was acquitted today in a court-martial for civilian deaths during the battle for Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Sgt. Ryan Weemer acted in self defense and had orders to fire, there was no forensic evidence, and he was manipulated by investigators, his lawyers argued.... More »

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civilian casualties • Fallujah • acquittal • court martial • Iraq war • Marine Sgt. Ryan Weemer • murder charges

Council Gives Iraq Security Deal Final Approval

Two bombings claim lives of Iraqi civilians, US troops

Dec 4, 08 10:43 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's presidential council today approved the security pact that lays out a 3-year timeframe for US troops to leave— the final step for the agreement to replace a UN mandate that expires Dec. 31, the AP reports. As the final legal hurdle to the deal was cleared, American soldiers and... More »

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Iraq • police • US military • bombing • Mosul • Iraq parliament • Fallujah

Marine In Iraq Suspended Over Bible-Quoting Coins

He reportedly handed them out to Iraqis

May 30, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US Marine has been suspended after he reportedly distributed coins with Bible verses at an entry point in Falluja, CNN reports. One coin reportedly asked, in Arabic, “Where will you spend eternity?” Military rules forbid troops from proselytizing. A US spokesman apologized to angry Muslims and said “... More »

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Iraq • US military • Fallujah • Bible • coins • Marine

Security Comes to Fallujah With Saddam-Like Iron Fist

US hails progress, but top cop relies on brutal tactics, says democracy not for Iraq

Mar 24, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fallujah, a hotbed of violence that has shown signs of stability, is trumpeted by the US as a success story of the Iraq war effort. But the security achieved there, largely the work of Faial Ismail al-Zobaie, the city’s police chief and a former insurgent, is the result of... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • troop surge • democracy • US military • Fallujah • Iraq war • security forces • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Faisal Ismail al-Zobaie

Fallen Marine's Dog Heading Home to His Family

Lex didn't want to leave dead buddy

Dec 21, 07 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Paramedics had to drag Lex the German shepherd away from the body of Cpl. Dustin Lee when the 20-year-old Marine from Mississippi was killed in a March mortar attack in Fallujah. Now Lex is back in the States and heading for retirement with Lee's family. “Lex was my son’... More »

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military • Mississippi • Fallujah • Dustin Lee • German shepherd • K 9 • dog

Grieving Mom Still Wants Answers from Blackwater

CEO offers to meet
after reading her story

Nov 7, 07 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Donna Zovko's son Jerry was working for Blackwater in 2004 when he was killed and his mutilated body dragged through Fallujah, and Zovko tells CNN she would trade her meeting with the Pope "for the truth of my Jerry's death." After seeing the story Blackwater's CEO offered to... More »

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Iraq • Blackwater • Fallujah • Donna Zovko

Blackwater's Legal, PR Counterstrike

Security firm goes on offensive to influence press, block suits

Nov 1, 07 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Blackwater reels from the threat of criminal prosecution in Iraq, civil suits in the US, and bad press everywhere, the New York Times looks at the private security firm's counterstrike. Blackwater has hired a clutch of Washington lawyers and damage-control experts, including a former Clinton White House counsel, to... More »

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Iraq • Blackwater • Fallujah

Blackwater Blamed for Fallujah  Bloodshed

Murder of unprepared patrol sparked battle

Sep 28, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blackwater, the private security firm under investigation for a dozen civilian deaths in Iraq last week, is now being faulted for actions that led to a 2004 battle in which 36 US soldiers and 600 civilians were killed.  Blackwater is charged with sending a disorganized, unprepared four-man team into... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Henry Waxman • State Department • Blackwater • contractors • Fallujah • David Marin • Donna Zovko • Wesley Batalona • Michael Teague • Scott Helvenston • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Iraqis Play With Heavy Hearts

Asia Cup final berth bittersweet in wake of suicide bombings that killed 50

Jul 27, 07 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - An undertrained, cobbled-together Iraq squad upset favored South Korea in Wednesday's Asian Cup semifinals, and the Iraqis now head into Sunday's final bearing a heavy burden: Car bombs exploded in crowds of fans celebrating in Baghdad, killing at least 50. Iraq's coach, who is Brazilian, dedicated the win to "... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • soccer • car bomb • Asian Cup • Nour Sabri • Ahmed Manajid • Fallujah

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