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At Lookingglass, a tiger tale set in Iraq
Can a talking Bengal tiger in the Baghdad zoo serve as both a narrator and a ghost? That might sound like a bizarre question, but it comes to mind presently at the Lookingglass Theatre. The titular big cat in Rajiv Joseph's distinctive drama “...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Robin Williams, Iraq, Water Supply, Water Tower
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2 car bombs kill 9 in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs went off Sunday in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing nine and wounding 24 in a rare attack in the Shiite-dominated south of the country. All nine deaths resulted from a blast near an outdoor market, said Ali Ghanim,...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Basra (Iraq), Iraq, Explosions, Bombings
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New ESPN doc shines a light on Muhammad Ali trip to Iraq [video]
Once relegated to a dusty corner of film festivals, shorts have started to take on a more central role in the age of digital video. Can they get a boost from compelling sports stories? ESPN, which has drawn plaudits for its “30 for 30”...
Tags: Muhammad Ali, Iraq War (2003-2011), American Idol (tv program), Entertainment, Academy Awards
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Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. In his final report to...
Tags: Leon Panetta, George W. Bush, Chuck Hagel, Politics, Islam
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Bradley Manning says U.S. 'obsessed with killing' opponents
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.FT. MEADE, Md. – Army Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 charges that he illegally acquired and transferred highly classified U.S. materials later published by WikiLeaks, saying he was motivated by a U.S foreign policy that “...Tags: U.S. Army, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Bradley Manning, Iraq, Trials
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Chuck Hagel: A man to watch -- carefully
Paul GreenbergIt should be interesting, the confirmation hearings on the nomination of Charles Hagel to be the next secretary of defense of the United States. . . . A lot more interesting than the hearings on John Kerry's nomination as secretary of state or John...Tags: Bashar Assad, Chuck Hagel, Judaism, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Statehood for Kurds?
The Baghdad newspaper Sabah published a surprising article a few weeks ago. Its editor, Abd Jabbar Shabbout, suggested it was time to settle the "age-old problem" between Iraq's Arabs and Kurds by establishing a "Kurdish state." Never before had I heard...
Tags: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Bashar Assad, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ankara (Turkey)
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Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at 78
Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf...Tags: Kuwait, George W. Bush, Elizabeth II, Iraq War (2003-2011), Politics
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Lawsuit challenges ban on women serving in combat positions
L.A. NOWThe American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense, challenging its policy that since 1994 has categorically excluded women from most direct combat positions. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in... -
Manning held improperly in brig, Marine official testifies
An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was wrongly kept on suicide watch for at least seven days of his nine months' confinement at a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., the Marines'...
Tags: Punishment, Bradley Manning, Fort Meade (military base), Justice System, Psychiatrists
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Psychiatrists recommended easing of Manning custody, official testifies
The former commander of the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., told a military court on Tuesday that accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning was held in highly restrictive "prevention-of-injury" custody even though psychiatrists recommended the conditions...
Tags: Fort Meade (military base), Bradley Manning, Justice System, Psychiatrists, Military Justice
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