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News headlines for “Iraq Crisis”, page 12
IRAQ: Kurdish Leader Voices Indirect Support for Mutlak
- Inter Press Service
The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, has expressed indirect support for the removal of Salih al-Mutlak and possibly other Sunni Arab politicians from a list of candidates banned from running in the March parliamentary elections.
POLITICS: Iraqi Body Softens Stance on Banned Candidates
- Inter Press Service
A decision by Iraq's controversial Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) Monday to remove 59 candidates from a list of over 500 candidates banned from running in the March parliamentary elections appears to be a sign that the AJC is softening its stance following widespread domestic opposition and a visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to Baghdad last week.
U.S.: Suicide Rate Surged Among Veterans
- Inter Press Service
Suicides among United States military veterans ballooned by 26 percent from 2005 to 2007, according to new statistics released by the Veterans Affairs (VA) department.
IRAQ: Will Elections Being Stability, or More Turmoil?
- Inter Press Service
Iraq's upcoming parliamentary elections are widely considered a barometre of the country's progress and march toward stability, but they could also have a serious destabilising impact, as the U.S. prepares for a major reduction of its troops by August.
US: Whistleblower Psychiatrist Warns of Soldier on Soldier Violence
- Inter Press Service
Kernan Manion, a psychiatrist who was hired last January to treat Marines returning from war who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other acute mental health problems borne from their deployments, fears more soldier-on-soldier violence without radical changes in the current soldier health care system.
CORRUPTION: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index
- Inter Press Service
Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world's most corrupt nations, according to the latest edition of Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
U.S.: Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
- Inter Press Service
According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are 'definitely' too low.
RIGHTS: Iraqi Minorities Dying Over Turf War
- Inter Press Service
Iraqi minority groups are caught up in a power struggle between the country's Arab-dominated central government and the Kurdish-controlled regional government over the oil-rich Nineveh province - and they are paying with their lives, according Human Rights Watch.
U.S.: 'War Comes Home' with Ft. Hood Shootings
- Inter Press Service
While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident 'brings the war home'.
RIGHTS-US: Lawsuit Probes Role of Psychologists in Terror War
- Inter Press Service
The state board responsible for licensing - and disciplining - psychologists in Louisiana is accused of turning a blind eye to serious allegations of abuse against one of its members, including complicity in beatings, religious and sexual humiliation, rape threats and painful body positions during his service as a senior advisor on interrogations for the U.S. military in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
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