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Son of Iraqi Kurdish leader calls for aid to battle IS

A senior Iraqi Kurdish leader on Tuesday called for international aid to help finance the war against the Islamic State group, saying it’s a “miracle” that underpaid Kurdish forces are still on the front lines.

Iraq’s largely autonomous Kurdish region has seen its revenues plummet because of low oil prices, a dispute with Baghdad over petroleum revenues and an economic downturn driven by the war with IS.

Iraqi Kurdish forces known as the peshmerga have long been close U.S. allies, and are among the most effective ground forces battling the Islamic extremists.

But Masrour Barzani, son of the regional President Masoud Barzani and head of the region’s security council, told The Associated Press that many Kurdish fighters are not being paid.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/son-of-iraqi-kurdish-leader-calls-for-aid-to-battle-is/2016/02/09/d14e863c-cf52-11e5-90d3-34c2c42653ac_story.html

Iraqi migrant rapes a 10-year-old boy at a swimming pool in Vienna and tells police it was a ‘sexual emergency’ because he hadn’t had sex in months

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The Iraqi, who had been working as a taxi driver in Vienna, told police he knew it was ‘a mistake’ and did not mean to ‘scar the boy’, reports Kronen Zeitung.

But the migrant, who had entered the country through the Balkans on September 5, official records show, said he could not help himself as he had an ‘excess sexual energy’.

IRAQI MIGRANT RAPES A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY IN VIENNA

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A lifeguard immediately called an ambulance after the boy went to him in floods of tears, while the Iraqi was entertaining himself by repeatedly jumping off the three-metre diving board.

Police arrested him on the spot at the pool in Vienna, and during an interrogation, he told police that it was a ‘sexual emergency’ as he had not had sex in four months.

http://www.infowars.com/iraqi-migrant-rapes-a-10-year-old-boy-in-vienna/

Pentagon to release almost 200 photos of tortured Afghan, Iraqi prisoners under court order

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Yet the Pentagon has made some minor concessions in the case with Carter refusing to extend his certification to 198 photographs which are now being processed for release. However, Carter didn’t explain the difference between this series of photos and those remain withheld from the public domain, according to Politico.

The still-classified images consist of collection of photographs taken by the DoD in the period from September 11, 2001 to January 22, 2009 and relate to the treatment of “engaged, captured or detained individuals”, according to the court documents.

https://www.rt.com/news/330444-pentagon-torture-photos-release/

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FEDERAL AGENT SAYS IRAQI REFUGEE WANTED TO BOMB TEXAS MALLS

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Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, who came to Houston from Iraq in 2009, was indicted last week on three charges, including attempting to provide support to a designated terrorist organization. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges during a court appearance on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes denied granting Al Hardan a bond, ruling that there would be a serious risk that the Iraqi refugee would flee if released from federal custody.

Federal agent says Iraqi refugee wanted to bomb Texas malls

30+ Iraqi soldiers killed, 20 injured after US airstrike – Iraqi MP cited by Sputnik

More than 30 Iraqi soldiers have been killed and 20 more injured in an airstrike carried out by the US military, an Iraqi said in a statement cited by Sputnik.

“30 Iraqi servicemen from the 55th brigade of the Iraqi Army have been killed and 20 injured after an airstrike carried out by US aviation in the town of Al-Naimiya, Fallujah province,” Hakim al-Zamili, the head of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, said in a statement cited by Sputnik.

The death toll may rise as many Iraqi soldiers were heavily injured in the attack, the official said.

Al-Zamili said he called upon the Iraqi prime minister “to carry out an immediate investigation into the airstrike on the 55th brigade that earlier achieved success in battling” Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants.

https://www.rt.com/news/326420-iraq-us-air-strike/

30+ IRAQI SOLDIERS KILLED, 20 INJURED AFTER US AIRSTRIKE – IRAQI MP CITED BY SPUTNIK

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30 Iraqi servicemen from the 55th brigade of the Iraqi Army have been killed and 20 injured after an airstrike carried out by US aviation in the town of Al-Naimiya, Fallujah province,” Hakim al-Zamili, the head of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, said in a statement cited by Sputnik.

The death toll may rise as many Iraqi soldiers were heavily injured in the attack, the official said.

30+ Iraqi Soldiers Killed, 20 Injured After US Airstrike – Iraqi MP Cited by Sputnik

Iraqi armed forces see chance for redemption as they close in on Ramadi

In a small army camp on the northern edge of Ramadi, a group of Iraqi soldiers listened in on a walkie-talkie, eavesdropping on an Islamic State leader as he attempted to rally his men.

“Right now, we are suffering, but it is a test from God,” the militant’s voice crackled over the air, betraying an Egyptian accent. “Stay on this road. This is the road of honor and dignity.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqi-armed-forces-see-chance-for-redemption-as-they-close-in-on-ramadi/2015/12/13/1f453690-9f6c-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_story.html

MASS GRAVES OF ISIS FIGHTERS FOUND BY IRAQI ARMY

In a statement, the security forces said that “the total number of graves discovered by the heroes of the Popular Mobilization is 19.” According to officials the graves were found near Neighborhood of ARSI Baiji town, about 120miles north of Baghdad, approx. 200 in kilometers. But it is still not clear that about how many bodies in the grave are of ISIS fighters. It is also not clear how long the bodies were buried there and by whom. Baiji was once the country’s largest oil refinery but now completely destroyed by the forces, after been a part of the fights from past 16 months.