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Belleville News-Democrat
March 8, 2018
Maj. Kim Campbell, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, shared her story with Women's History Month luncheon guests about a mission in which her A-10 was hit by enemy fire over Baghdad. While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, then-Captain CampbellÃâà...
Truthdig
March 1, 2018
Similar systems pervade every U.S. Army unit. That's commonsense gun control. And it works. So why, one might ask, are the deadly weapons my soldiers toted in downtown Baghdad available for domestic purchase—and deadly use—by boys too young to legally purchase a can of Coors Light? It comesÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
February 21, 2018
Footage of missiles flying at little more than rooftop height through downtown Baghdad quickly brought Tomahawk to the public's attention, while simultaneously providing political and military leaders with a clear demonstration of the flexibility and precision afforded by Tomahawk's conventional deep-strikeÃâà...
Xinhua
February 18, 2018
BAGHDAD, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were wounded Sunday in a bomb blast in downtown Baghdad, while the police arrested head of a criminal gang in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, security source said. The incident took place in the evening when a bomb detonated outside a massageÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
February 2, 2018
When we talk about stealth fighters today, the Lockheed F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II usually spring to mind. There was one plane, though, that started it all, paving the way for all future stealth aircraft — and did so over a quarter-century ago. That plane was the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk.
China.org.cn
January 15, 2018
Twin suicide bomb explosions struck busy area in downtown Baghdad Monday, leaving 27 people killed and 92 others wounded, as fears rose in the Iraqi capital from a wave of violence months ahead the country's general elections. People gather at the scene of the twin bomb explosions in the IraqiÃâà...
Xinhua
January 14, 2018
People gather at the scene of the twin bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Jan. 15, 2018. At least 16 people were killed and 67 others were wounded Monday in twin bomb explosions in downtown Baghdad, an interior ministry source said. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood). BAGHDAD, Jan. 15 (Xinhua)Ãâà...
NBCNews.com
August 4, 2017
Nicolas Slatten, 33, was convicted in April 2015 of first-degree murder by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., but now gets a retrial in the case. Three former guards with the private military company who were found guilty in the same incident — each earning 30-year sentences — also will be resentenced byÃâà...
Sputnik International
July 24, 2017
Iraqi vice-president said Monday that Baghdad would like to see serious Russian military and political presence in the country. "It is known that Russia has historically strong relations with Iraq. So, we would like Russia to have a substantial presence in our country, politically and militarily. This way, aÃâà...
Rudaw
January 13, 2017
Anti government protesters march through downtown Baghdad, defy security forces. By Rudaw 14/1/2017. Iraqi protesters in Baghdad's Freedom Square calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's cabinet. BAGHDAD, Iraq— New rounds of mass demonstrations rocked the central parts of the Iraqi capitalÃâà...
Xinhua
March 29, 2016
BAGHDAD, March 29, 2016 (Xinhua) -- People gather at the site where a suicide bomb attack occurred in downtown Baghdad, on March 29, 2016. At least three people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack in downtown Baghdad, a police officer said. The attack occurred inÃâà...
