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Iraqi inquiries find excessive force in Sunni protest camp raid
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security used disproportionate force, including shooting unarmed civilians, during a raid on an encampment of Sunni Arab protesters last week that left 45 people dead, according to two government investigations and foreign diplomats....
Tags: Political Dissent, Baghdad (Iraq), Nouri Maliki, Politics, Religious Conflicts
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U.N.: April was deadliest month in Iraq in nearly 5 years
April was the deadliest month in Iraq in nearly five years, the country's United Nations assistance mission said Thursday, tallying 712 lives lost and 1,633 people wounded in the violence. Most of those killed or injured were civilians, according to the...
Tags: Iraq, Religious Conflicts, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions
NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Aung San Suu Kyi, New Delhi (India), Thein Sein, Islam
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4 Iraqi soldiers killed at Sunni checkpoint
BAGHDAD — Four Iraqi soldiers were shot dead Saturday, the day after Sunni Arab tribes in the restive western province of Anbar announced that they had formed their own army to defend themselves against the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government. The...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Nouri Maliki, Iraq, Armed Forces, United Nations
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Iraq veterans remember the fallen on anniversary
FT. STEWART, Ga. — Angel Acevedo found the granite marker for his friend, Robert Stever, known to all as "Catfish." There it was on the Warriors Walk memorial. It lay beneath tree No. 31, one of 444 planted here to honor fallen soldiers: Army...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Weaponry, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Iraq, Armed Forces
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Armed men attack Mogadishu courthouse, triggering gun battles
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Militants attacked Mogadishu’s main courthouse Sunday in one of two attacks in Somalia that were linked to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group. About nine gunmen wearing Somali police uniforms and suicide vests stormed the...
Tags: Mogadishu (Somalia), Al-Qaeda, Somalia
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Seven civilians killed in cargo plane crash at Afghan air base
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven civilians were killed aboard a U.S.-contracted cargo plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram air field in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the international military coalition. The cause of the crash has not...Tags: Afghanistan, Woodbridge, Accidental Death, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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At Army base, an aggressive campaign against suicide
FT. BLISS, Texas — Army Pvt. John Jeffery stumbled into Kyle Boswell's barracks room at Ft. Bliss before dawn one day in February, his eyes glassy. "I've done something," Jeffery mumbled to his buddy. "I can't tell anyone. It's going to happen."...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Psychiatry
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Taliban announces spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring...
Tags: NATO, Defense, Accidental Death, Military Equipment, Bombings
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In Guatemala, a twist as genocide trial nears end
MEXICO CITY — On the first day of trial, a witness named Bernardo Bernal recounted how, as a 9-year-old in the spring of 1983, he hid in a stream and watched Guatemalan soldiers kill his parents and two younger brothers. On the second day of...
Tags: Culture, Dismemberment, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Service, Genocide
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Two Americans killed in air crash in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops died in eastern Afghanistan after their aircraft crashed Tuesday, military officials said. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash, which took place in a field, is under...Tags: Emergency Incidents, NATO, Explosions, Amnesty International, Bombings
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13 Afghan soldiers slain in Taliban attack on outpost
HERAT, Afghanistan -- Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan outpost near the border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, according to local officials. The fighting began around dawn and lasted four to five hours, said Wasifullah Wasifi,...Tags: NATO, Armed Forces, Taliban, U.S. Department of State, Same-Sex Marriage
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