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  • UK must hold separate inquiries into each Iraqi civilian deaths high сourt rules

    UK The British high court has ruled that 161 killings by the British military should be subject to hearings modeled on a coroner's inquest. The ground breaking judgment may decide how the British military is able to carry out operations in the future. In practice a series of hearings, possibly amounting to more than 100, are likely to be held as a result of the judgment; the consequence ...

  • New book tells untold stories from Iraq

    Photojournalist Michael Kamber joins MSNBC's Craig Melvin and fellow photojournalists Carolyn Cole and Ed Kashi to talk about his new book, "The Untold Stories From Iraq: Photojournalists on War" (University of Texas Press, May ...

  • Baghdad likes to live from crisis to crisis Civil war looms in Iraq

    As Iraq edges closer to all-out sectarian civil war, with 400 people killed so far this month, Najmaldin Karim, governor of one of the country's most violent provinces, is pessimistic about the ability of the government in Baghdad to prevent greater turmoil. "This government is incapable," he says. "It likes to live from crisis to crisis, without managing any one of them. You ...

  • How Baghdad Fuels Iraqs Sectarian Fire

    The Iraqi government has hurled the country to the brink of a new civil war. In under a month, Baghdad launched a vicious assault on a Sunni protest camp, resulting in 44 deaths; executed 21 alleged Sunni terrorists in one day, and suspended the licenses of 10 satellite channels, 9 of them deemed pro-Sunni. Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s message to his country’s extremely ...

  • Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims and 1 Iraqi north of Baghdad

    BAGHDAD - Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi. They added that 14 others were wounded in the attack, which occurred near the city of Samarra. A medical official confirmed the casualty figure. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release ...

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The Omen (2006)

The Omen (2006)

The opening scene of John Moore's remake of 1976's The Omen presents us with a series of uneasy recent news images--the space shuttle exploding, the Twin Towers falling, the tsunami in Thailand, violence in the Middle East--that are meant to be interpreted as the fulfillment of signs in Bi ... ...

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  • Car bomb explosions in Baghdad kill more than 60

    At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in Iraq, raising concerns the country may slip back into civil war. NBC's Annabel Roberts and Richard O'Kelly ...

  • Iraq bombs kill scores as violence spreads

    At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in Iraq, raising concerns the country may slip back into civil war. NBC's Annabel Roberts and Richard O'Kelly ...

  • Iraq buys 150000 tonnes of Thai rice - source

    (Adds rice suppliers, background) BAGHDAD, May 25 (Reuters) - Iraq has purchased 150,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand in a nominal tender for at least 30,000 tonnes, a trade ministry source said on Saturday. The tender had closed on May 19, and offers had to remain valid until May 23. Iraq had sought rice from the United States, Uruguay, Thailand and Argentina. Volumes in Iraq's ...

  • Iraq forces strike Sunni militants near Syria

    Sunnis heading to fight in neighboring Syria.Some 20,000 troops attacked suspected hideouts of fighters linked to Sunni militant groups, including Al-Qaeda, and looked to secure a key road leading to Syria, top officers said.Troops were also moved to the 600-kilometre (375-mile) border with Syria."The operation is large and backed by the air force," Staff General Ali Ghaidan Majeed, ...

  • Saudi missing for 10 years found imprisoned in Iraq

    (MENAFN - Arab News) The Human Rights Commission following up on the conditions of missing and imprisoned Saudis in Iraqi prisons announced that it found a Saudi national missing for 10 years.Mohammad Bin Abdullah bin Al Johari Al Huwiati was isolated in solitary confinement in the 52nd Crime ...

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