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US Says It's Not Discussing Withdrawing From Iraq (news.antiwar.com)
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Iraq’s government has been under pressure to expel the US since January 2020, when a US drone strike in Baghdad killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. After the strike, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel US forces, but the US refused to leave.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The current season of the In the Dark podcast is examining a likely-illegal mass killing in Haditha, Iraq, by USA marines in 2005. I recommend it to anyone who’s interested in serious investigative journalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_massacre

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
  1. Zainab Younis Salim, 5—daughter.
  1. Aisha Younis Salim, 3—daughter.
  1. A 1-year-old girl staying with the family.

Jesus Christ

By June 17, 2008, six defendants had their cases dropped and a seventh was found not guilty.