Tag / baghdad
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Leaked Footage of Journalist Death Fuels Questions
The 2007 video of Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen’s death in Iraq at the hands of American troops was leaked on Tuesday, after 3 years in which the Pentagon deemed the footage classified information and denied access to it. The leak stirred questions about the behavior of American troops in the battlefield and about the U.S.…
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Violence Sweeps Baghdad
Violence has escalated in Baghdad in the weeks after the Iraqi parliamentary elections, leading to civilian casualties and a growing concern over the Iraqi government’s capacity to instill security, with the exit of many United States combat troops from the region slated for the end of this summer. This Tuesday, seven bombings in residential areas…
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