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Deseret News
April 18, 2018
Scott Moon, a guard with great hops, played basketball at BYU from 1989-91. He played on the same team as Nathan Call and Shawn Bradley. He was known as a leaper and won the WAC high jump with a 7 1/2 mark. He was the son of an Air Force pilot and followed in the footsteps of his father.
New York Times
April 17, 2018
So Iraqi courts are meting out one-size-fits-all punishment for the perpetrator of crimes against humanity as well for as the wife of an Islamic State fighter who may have had little say in her husband's career. “Individual circumstances don't matter,” said Belkis Wille, the senior researcher for Iraq for HumanÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 4, 2018
Born and raised in Baghdad, Raad hoped to express his country's plight through his music. Although he succeeded in making a name for himself in the city's underground hip-hop scene, “I knew if there was at least half a chance in making it with a music career, I was missing it [being in Iraq],” Raad says.
Department of Defense
March 29, 2018
While Scanlon is only just approaching the two-year mark in her military career, she has already been a positive role model, sparking curiosity in her fellow soldiers. The people she works with are her favorite part of being in the Army, she said. “Soldiers in D Company cheer each other's successes, takeÃâà...
NBCNews.com
March 28, 2018
Her cultural background as an Iraqi-American has had an important impact on her work throughout her career, especially in her current work as an intelligence officer. She encourages fellow Arab-Americans seeking to join the military to follow her lead: “We need those different perspectives. We need thatÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 27, 2018
Ziad Ojeili, head of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory in Iraq, does not believe that journalists should run for election. "Journalists would lose popular support if they win, as they would become the politicians they have been criticizing for the entirety of their career," Ziad Ojeili said, though history showsÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 12, 2018
His younger brother by two years, who would go on to the Naval Academy and a career as a Marine aviator, spotted him in the crowd at the end of the day, .... Malcom B. Frost, the brigade commander for 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, visit Iraq Army training ranges at Kirkush MilitaryÃâà...
660 News
March 12, 2018
LONDON – A monster story set in Baghdad is among 13 contenders for the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction. The long list of finalists announced Monday includes Iraqi writer Ahmed Saadawi's “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” which depicts real and imaginary horrors after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Center for Research on Globalization
March 12, 2018
The world famous architect Zaha Hadid, one of a large community of Iraqi artists, may have settled in Europe, but the foundation of her energy and imagination can be traced to her early years within Iraq, an early recognition of her mathematical genius and the influence of scientists in her own family.
Mississippi State Newsroom
March 12, 2018
He has deployed in support of Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn in Iraq, where he specialized in police training and detention operations. A highlight of his military career, Locke served as a battalionÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 12, 2018
“Those considerations, together with the acknowledged difficulties that MAH would be likely to encounter in obtaining and retaining health care in Iraq, combine to outweigh the considerations favouring revocation,” he said. A spokesman for the Home Affairs minister said Mr Dutton was aware of the case,Ãâà...
PRI
March 12, 2018
According to UN statistics, about 40 percent of Iraq's population was born after the US invasion. “So I met a lot of people who were in their early 20s, just starting their careers. And they say they had a vague memory of bombs falling, and they never really understood what was going on," she says. "They justÃâà...
Arab News
March 9, 2018
Parliamentary elections for the 329-member Council of Representatives are scheduled to be held on May 12. The MPs will then choose Iraq's prime minister and president, meaning Abadi is fighting for his political career even as he rides a wave of popular support thanks to his victories on the battlefield.
cleveland.com
March 2, 2018
In an hour-long interview, Harbaugh discussed growing up in a military family, and visiting a camp of Syrian and Iraqi refugees during his post-military career as a nonprofit executive focusing on international humanitarian work. "There's no catharsis like bringing a bunch of Iraq vets to a refugee camp forÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
March 2, 2018
Col. Robert Marks, Air Force Materiel Command surgeon, poses for a photo inside his office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 2, 2018. Col. Marks has been selected for the rank of Brigadier General to become the very first male U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps chief once he pins on his new rank inÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
March 2, 2018
I actually have a vacuum cleaner back there believe it or not just have something in the back of the car. It is kind of hard to see him go but I know he is going to a good man. I served with him in Iraq,” said RHPD Sgt. Ruben Acosta, whom Daky served with for the entire eight years he was a member of theÃâà...
NBCNews.com
February 27, 2018
Bara'a Abdul Hadi Mudher al-Biyati is the first woman to run a shop and publishing house on al-Muntanabbi Street, home to the Iraqi capital's historic book market. Named after a 10th century Iraqi poet, al-Muntanabbi Street is the literary heart of the city, and until recently, its bookshops and stalls have beenÃâà...
Hyperallergic
February 19, 2018
Titled “Return,” the project embodies a range of the ideas Rakowitz has contemplated throughout his career: the violent disruption or erasure of cultural ... Much of the exhibition refers to histories related to the US-led invasion of Iraq (Rakowitz is Iraqi-American) although dismal records of violence in otherÃâà...
Military Times
February 18, 2018
In this Jan. 26, 2018, photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Kaylin Jones, 25, stands at a guard tower on the perimeter of a small coalition outpost on the western edge of Iraq. A few hundred American troops are stationed at a small outpost near the town of Qaim along Iraq's border with Syria. Thousands of U.S. troops andÃâà...
Gizmodo
February 14, 2018
But now that ISIS appears to be contained, people are looking to acquire a status symbol as they face a more hopeful future and build new careers. A retailer in Iraq will charge around $3 for a run of the mill SIM card with an attached number that isn't particularly notable. The country's telecoms chargeÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
February 1, 2018
Dr. Luay Al-Khatteeb is the founding director of Iraq Energy Institute, fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy (Columbia University-SIPA) and a ... Ellen has worked on a range of energy issues throughout her career, most recently as Robert Bosch fellow at the German Institute for International andÃâà...
WZTV
December 31, 1999
Former Army Sergeant Sarah Lee is a combat veteran who served a 12 month tour of duty in Iraq as part of her 8-year career as a soldier. Like so many veterans, she came home and lost her way. She said she also lost her purpose and will. “You definitely do whatever you need to get home alive, but the war does continue,"Ãâà...
OregonLive.com
December 31, 1999
He wrote that he cared deeply about Iraq after spending a career trying to shape a stable, Democratic Iraqi government. He was very critical of Gen. Zuhair al-Gharbawi, who was director of Iraq's intelligence service, at the time, and said the United States supported appointing Dr. Mosdeq Al-Janabi in hisÃâà...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
Nader's career as a deal broker in Iraq ran from the mid-2000s until Maliki left office in 2014, the Iraqi sources said. Nader then became an adviser to the powerful Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. It is in that capacity that Nader's meetings with members of the incoming DonaldÃâà...
