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KBR Employee Says She Was Raped and Beaten By Fellow KBR Employee in Iraq

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 5, 2010
Source: ABC News Another female ex-employee of KBR has come forward to claim that she was raped while working for the military contracting company in Iraq. Former Halliburton employee Jamie Leigh Jones testifies in Congress. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Houston Wednesday, Anna Mayo was working at KBR’s facility in Balad [...]
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‘Chemical Ali’ to be hanged within days

By Gideon Swift | Published: January 17, 2010
One of Saddam Hussein’s most loathed henchman, Ali Hassan al-Majid, otherwise known as Chemical Ali, will be hanged within days, a senior official said tonight, setting the scene for Iraq’s highest profile execution since Saddam himself was put to death more than three years ago. The former spy chief and first cousin of Saddam was [...]
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Tony Blair admits: I would have invaded Iraq anyway

By Gideon Swift | Published: December 12, 2009
Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to parliament and the public. The former prime minister made the confession during an interview with Fern Britton, to be broadcast on Sunday on BBC1, in which he [...]
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Freed Iraqi shoe thrower Muntazer al-Zaidi tells of torture in jail

By Gideon Swift | Published: September 15, 2009
Wearing an Iraqi flag, Zaidi gave a detailed account of being tortured after his arrest, and vowed to reveal the names of senior officials in the Iraqi government and army who he said had been involved in his mistreatment. Appearing with a missing front tooth, he told of beatings, whippings and electric shocks after his [...]
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UNESCO: Invasion seriously harmed historic Babylon

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 12, 2009
“And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations." Rev 17:5 View Larger Map Iraq’s U.S.-led invaders inflicted serious damage on Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world’s greatest archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO [...]
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