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Saddam aide Tariq Aziz sentenced to hang (AP)

October 26th, 2010

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 file photo, Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister speaks to the Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi state TV says former Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to death for persecuting Shiite political parties during Saddam Hussein's regime.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Saddam Hussein’s longtime foreign minister Tariq Aziz was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under the former regime.


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Top al-Qaida leaders killed in Iraq, US says (AP)

April 19th, 2010

FILE - This file photo released by the U.S. military on June 15, 2006 purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who is the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says two of the most wanted al-Qaida in Iraq figures have been killed in a joint operation with the U.S. Nouri al-Maliki said Monday, April 19, 2010 that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where they were hiding. (AP Photo/U.S. Military, File)AP - The U.S. and Iraq claimed a major victory against al-Qaida on Monday, saying their forces killed the terror group’s two top figures in this country in an air…

US: Deaths of 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leaders big blow (AP)

April 19th, 2010

FILE - This file photo released by the U.S. military on June 15, 2006 purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who is the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says two of the most wanted al-Qaida in Iraq figures have been killed in a joint operation with the U.S. Nouri al-Maliki said Monday, April 19, 2010 that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where they were hiding. (AP Photo/U.S. Military, File)AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the two top al-Qaida figures in the country in a nighttime rocket attack on a safe house near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit,…

Iraqi PM calls pre-vote candidate ban legitimate (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Iraq's Prime Minister is defending a decision to ban hundreds of candidates from the upcoming election, saying that it would not hurt Sunni turnout for next Sunday's vote. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq’s prime minister Sunday defended a ban of candidates with alleged ties to Saddam Hussein’s former regime, calling it a legitimate decision that would not affect Sunni turnout…

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