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Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts (AP)
BAGHDAD – Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country’s looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein’s image. The 542 pieces are among the most recent artifacts recovered from a heartbreaking frenzy of looting at museums and archaeological sites after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and in earlier years of war and upheaval.
Obama takes credit for ending U.S. combat mission in Iraq
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday declared that at month’s end the U.S. will end its combat mission in Iraq “as promised and on schedule,” and he pledged to veterans, “Your country is going to take care of you when you come home.” Obama’s remarks were designed to remind voters that he’s fulfilling his pledge to end the U.S.
Audit reveals billions of dollars of Iraqi oil funds gone missing
A worker at the K-1 pumping station near the Babagurgur oil fields in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP The US department of defence has called in forensic accountants to help track $8.1bn (£5.2bn) of $9.1bn in Iraq ‘s oil revenue entrusted to it after the fall of Baghdad, following an official audit that revealed the money was missing.
Iraqi officials investigate warden’s involvement in al-Qaida jailbreak
Camp Cropper in Baghdad, which is now under the control of the Iraqi government. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Iraqi forces were today posting “wanted” photos of four alleged senior al-Qaida figures who escaped last week from the US-built Camp Cropper prison along with the warden suspected of helping them flee.
Iraqi conjoined twins to have surgery in Saudi
NAJAF, Iraq (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — Iraqi conjoined twins were to be flown in coming days to Saudi Arabia to undergo separation surgery after the Saudi king offered to pay for the…
Families of MEK Victims in Camp Ashraf, Iraq Want Same Visiting Rights as U.S. Detainee Families in Iran
LONDON, May 18 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — A group of Iranian families today asked the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, for his help in negotiating with the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organisation (aka Rajavi cult, MEK, MKO, PMOI, NCRI) to give visiting rights to the detainees in Camp Ashraf in Diyala province.
Gates: Europe’s demilitarization has gone too far
WASHINGTON — Europeans’ aversion to military force is limiting NATO’s ability to fight wars effectively, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. In remarks to a forum on rewriting the basic mission plan for the NATO alliance, Gates called for far-reaching reforms in an organization that was created 61 years ago as a political and military bulwark against the former Soviet Union and its Red Army.
Gurnee trustee sues village over memorial
Gurnee Trustee Kirk Morris has filed a lawsuit against the village and mayor over her effort to remove his foundation as the developer of a memorial on public land for…
Former U.S. Immigration Officer Pleads Guilty to Destroying Government Files, Producing False Immigration Document
A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer pleaded guilty today to federal charges of obstruction of justice and producing a fraudulent immigration document. The defendant, Thomas P….
Former Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Immigration Violations, Defendant Lied On Immigration Documents About Working for the Government of Iraq
Mouyad Mahmoud Darwish, age 48, formerly of Maryland, pleaded guilty today to making a false statement in connection with an immigration matter, announced United States Attorney for the District of…