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Tag: Iraq

Iraq

Supreme Court hears Iraq immunity cases; insurgent sentenced

The Supreme Court is hearing two cases that will determine whether Iraq has sovereign immunity in suits involving Saddam-era misdeeds. Meanwhile, a DC court sentenced an insurgent to 25 years.

Iraq

University of London figures reveal toll of Iraq’s sectarian war

The New England Journal of Medicine is releasing a new study by the University of London, finding that sectarian militias were responsible for a full third of killings in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.

Iraq

Third US Army sergeant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees

US Army Sgt.John Hatley was convicted of murder and conspiracy in court-martial proceedings for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners, and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.

Iraq

US Army sergeant pleads not guilty to killing Iraq detainees

US Army Sgt. John Hatley entered a plea of not guilty to murder charges at his court-martial for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007.

Iraq

Iraq court reduces sentence of shoe-throwing journalist

An appeals court in Baghdad reduced the sentence for Muntadar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoe at former US president George W. Bush, from three years to one year.

Iraq

Military jury acquits Marine of all charges in Fallujah detainee killing

A jury of US Marines acquitted Sgt. Ryan Weemer of murder and dereliction for his involvement in the shooting death of a detained Iraqi during a November 2004 offensive in Fallujah.

Iraq

Iraq: labor conference pledges to fight for workers’ rights, against privatization

Union leaders from around the world gathered for the First International Iraqi Labor Conference in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, pledging to support workers’ struggles in Iraq, and fight privatization.

Iraq

Iraq: Obama won’t speed pullout; clashes in Baghdad

President Barack Obama says he won’t consider speeding up the troop pullout from Iraq—as Baghdad clashes between Sunni Guardians and security forces left three dead and several detained.

Iraq

Second US Army segreant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees

US Army Sgt. First Class Joseph Mayo was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007.

Iraq

Iraq: al-Qaeda plot to spark Kurdish conflict?

Kuwait’s Arab Times speculates that with the deadly suicide blast in the contested city of Jalawla, al-Qaeda in Iraq is trying to spark an Arab-Kurdish war.

Iraq

Military court upholds dismissal of charges against Haditha killings defendant

The US Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a military judge’s dismissal of charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani in the killing of 24 Iraqis in at Haditha.

Iraq

Iraqi unions announce new confederation at Irbil international labor conference

At the first International Labor Conference ever held in Iraq, three of the country’s major labor organizations signed a pact in Irbil, announcing formation of a new labor confederation.

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