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Abu Ghraib Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Abu Ghraib.

Results 1 - 20 of 1,979 in Abu Ghraib

  1. Iraq clears way for parliamentary electionsRead the original story

    48 min ago | News Times

    ... August. It also follows an attack last month that left 13 dead in the same area. Gunmen stormed the checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, at about 7 a.m. and killed one policeman on duty and three others on a break, ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News

  2. Iraqi official: deal reached on electionRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Kansas.com

    ... August. It also follows an attack last month that left 13 dead in the same area. Gunmen stormed the checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, at about 7 a.m. Sunday, killing one policeman on duty and three others on a break, ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq

  3. Deal Reached on Iraqi ElectionsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | CBS News

    ... August. It also follows an attack last month that left 13 dead in the same area. Gunmen stormed the checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, at about 7 a.m. and killed one policeman on duty and three others on a break, ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News

  4. Only In Obama's America: Navy SEALS Could Face Year In Prison For Terrorist's "Fat Lip"Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | Politik Ditto

    ... U.S. enlisted service personnel, by officers apparently still sensitive over past prisoner abuse charges at the Abu Ghraib prison. So now the Navy has placed formal charges for allegedly roughing up an enemy combatant against three members of its ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, Iraq, World News, Middle East, US Military, US Navy, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

  5. Four police gunned down in Iraq marketRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | The Mercury

    ... police at the vegetable market," at around 7:00 am (0400 GMT), said Shaker Fazaa, a local government official in Abu Ghraib, 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Baghdad. The security situation around Abu Ghraib, home to the infamous but now renamed ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq, Kirkuk, Iraq

  6. Amir Attaran a An avoidable jailbreakRead the original story

    Jun 16, 2008 | Canada.com

    ... Canadian Forces are too fearful to build a prison -- last year, the Forces admitted they were worried about an "Abu Ghraib situation" -- that the stage was so helpfully set for the Taliban's coup. Now that disaster has struck, the Canadian Forces' ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Opinion

  7. Six security personnel killed in Iraqi violence - SummaryRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Earth Times

    ... ives of soldiers, policemen or guards. Four policemen were killed by unknown assailants at a police checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad, at dawn on Sunday, security officials said.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Kirkuk, Iraq

  8. 4 policemen shot dead in west of BaghdadRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | People's Daily

    ... a provincial police source said. Unidentified gunmen stormed a police checkpoint early in the morning in Abu Ghraib area, some 25 km west of Baghdad and killed four policemen before they fled the scene, the source told Xinhua on condition of ...

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    Related Topix: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News

  9. Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi policemenRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Deseret News

    ... August. It also follows an attack last month that left 13 dead in the same area. Gunmen stormed the checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, at about 7 a.m. Sunday, killing one policeman on duty and three others on a break, ...

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    Related Topix: Baghdad, Iraq, Middle East, Iraq, World News

  10. Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi policemen at checkpoint E ...Read the original story

    12 hrs ago | Hays Daily News

    ... August. It also follows an attack last month that left 13 dead in the same area. Gunmen stormed the checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, at about 7 a.m. Sunday, killing one policeman on duty and three others on a break, ...

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    Related Topix: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News, Middle East

  11. 4 Iraqi Policemen Killed in Abu Ghraib Checkpoint AttackRead the original story w/Photo

    16 hrs ago | Voice of America

    Iraqi police say gunmen have attacked a checkpoint west of Baghdad, killing four policemen. The attack in Abu Ghraib Sunday is the latest in a string of assaults on security officials. Two Iraqi soldiers were shot to death last week at a checkpoint ...

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    Related Topix: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Al Anbar, Iraq, Tikrit, Iraq, Riot

  12. O'Connor letter praised Rumsfeld even when U.S. official sackedRead the original story

    Jun 21, 2007 | Canada.com

    ... to widespread anarchy and violence, as well as major scandals involving U.S. troops, including the now infamous Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse debacle in Baghdad. Many former generals and military pundits were particularly critical of Rumsfeld's decision ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, George Bush, US News, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News

  13. A fat lip? Or a black eye for the DoD?Read the original story w/Photo

    Saturday | Free Republic

    ... command influence is an issue here. (This kept senior leadership mostly quiet beyond vague statements while the Abu Ghraib court martial process was ongoing, too.) But I think "there's more to the story than has been reported so far" would have been ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, San Clemente Island, US Politics, US News, Duncan Hunter, Republican, US House of Representatives

  14. Iraqis Arrest 6 Terrorism SuspectsRead the original story

    Saturday | DefenseLINK News

    ... of the targeted cell member, who was not apprehended. Also yesterday, Iraqi forces arrested two people in Abu Ghraib during a combined operation conducted to find and arrest an alleged al-Qaida in Iraq explosives expert believed to be building ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Terrorism, Baghdad, Iraq

  15. Arrest campaign by U.S. and Iraqi troops in two predominantly Sunni areasRead the original story

    Saturday | Azzaman Online

    A joint U.S. and Iraqi force made numerous arrests in a fresh campaign of Abu Ghraib, West of Baghdad, and the northern city of Mosul.

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    Related Topix: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News

  16. Muslims urged to accept minoritiesRead the original story

    Saturday | The Age

    ... land, such as Christians and Hindus in Muslim countries. ''Muslims were upset about the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib [in Iraq], but what about conditions in Muslim prisons. If you refuse to talk about that you have no standing to talk about ... 7 comments

    Related Topix: Religion, Islam

  17. Pressure points, pivot points, tipping pointsRead the original story

    Saturday | Globe and Mail

    ... tap into something instinctual, eliciting some gesture in response." (He is here referring to news images of the Abu Ghraib prison.) Many of Andrews's gestures in response to political enormity have been delivered by his own homemade facsimile of ...

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  18. Torture makes innocent appear guilty: StudyRead the original story

    Friday | Canada.com

    ... been imprisoned for seven years. The study's authors said in a news release that the findings shed light on the Abu Ghraib scandal, where U.S. guards at the Baghdad prison tortured and abused Iraqi detainees. "Prison guards, who are close to the ...

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  19. The Chuck Klosterman Interview Part 1: Eating the Dinosaur, the State ...Read the original story w/Photo

    Friday | /film

    ... contributed to film as far as truth? Chuck Klosterman: Well, I kind of thought that Errol Morris 's film about Abu Ghraib really fit specifically into this idea, because Standard Operating Procedure , there is very often a bunch of people being ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Errol Morris, Huntington Beach, CA

  20. Sixty Years Later, Geneva Conventions Just as ImportantRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 4 | American Red Cross

    ... but counterproductive. He noted that captured jihadists have indicated that they were motivated by photos from Abu Ghraib, which depicted acts in violation of the Conventions. Brig. Gen. Finnegan also noted that torture erodes the character of the ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Thomas Rooney, United States Military Academy