Iraq
US appeals court revives Abu Ghraib torture suit
A US appeals court in Virginia ruled that former detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison may continue their torture lawsuit against civilian military contractors.
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Iraq
Iraq bans alcoholic beverages
Iraq's parliament approved a law "forbidding the import, manufacture and sale of all kinds of alcohol drinks." Lawmakers from the Christian minority protest it as discriminatory.
Iraq
ISIS ‘sleeper cell’ unleashes terror in Kirkuk
As a US-led mixed Kurdish and Arab force advances on ISIS-held Mosul, an apparent ISIS "sleeper cell" of some 30 fully armed militants launched attacks in Kurdish-held Kirkuk.
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Iraq: disaster feared as Mosul campaign launched
UN humanitarian agencies in Iraq are bracing for a displacement catastrophe of massive proportions as the US-led offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS is launched.
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More US troops to Iraq —on whose side?
The Pentagon will send 600 additional troops to Iraq to help in the offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS—but it is unclear if they will be backing Shi'ite, Sunni or Kurdish forces.
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Iraq: protest Kurdish detention of Yazidi woman
Amnesty International is demanding that Iraq's Kurdish authorities immediately release a Yazidi woman who has been held for nearly two years after surviving ISIS captivity.
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Bill Weinberg explains the origins of ISIS
Bill Weinberg rants against the conspiranoid notion that the US intentionally created ISIS, dismissed as a "fairy tale" by progressive supporters of the Syrian Revolution.
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Iraq hangs 36 for Camp Speicher massacre
Iraqi authorities carried out the hanging of 36 accused ISIS militants convicted in the 2014 Camp Speicher massacre—but rights groups said the trials failed to meet judicial standards.
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UN: ISIS genocide continues in northern Iraq
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that ongoing human rights violations against the Yazidi minority in Iraq at the hands of ISIS may amount to genocide.
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Iraq: keep abusive militias out of Mosul campaign
Human Rights Watch urged Iraqi military commanders to prevent abusive sectarian militias from participating in the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS.
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Iraq: 560 more US troops for Mosul offensive
The US will send an additional 560 troops to Iraq to help secure a newly retaken air-base as a staging hub for the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS.
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UK entry into Iraq war not justified: report
The findings of the seven-year inquiry into Britain's role in the 2003 Iraq invasion were delivered in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony Blair.