Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 ...
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Iraq Arrests Cell Behind Execution of Those Opposing Saddam Hussein
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced on Friday that security forces had arrested a group of former officers ...
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Iraq’s Ancient Marshes Are Running Out of Time
Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their ...
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Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
His opposition intensified following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, which heightened Saddam’s fears of a Shiite-led uprising in Iraq. In 1980, as the government moved against Shiite ...