In 1990, on the brink of the Gulf War, journalists were urged to leave Iraq. CNN stayed and became the first network to live broadcast […]
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Trump pardons US contractors convicted in Iraq massacre
In 2014, a US federal jury found four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors — Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard — guilty over […]
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CNN reports exclusively from air base attacked by Iran
CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon is the first western journalist granted access to Al-Asad air base in Baghdad following a rocket attack by Iran. […]
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Analyst: Leaders on both sides don’t want an ‘outright, open, conventional war’
Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow from Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses Qassam Soleimani’s military strategies in the Middle East, and whether Iran will retaliate […]
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Amb. Wendy Sherman: ‘Terrible Reprisals’ Could Follow U.S. Strike In Baghdad | The Last Word | MSNBC
Amb. Wendy Sherman tells Lawrence O’Donnell that the Trump administration’s “one-off action” to launch a strike that killed the top Iranian revolutionary guard commander could […]
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Iran condemns US airstrike that killed top commander as ‘foolish’
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted that the US airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds Forces, is a "dangerous and foolish […]
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US Sends Troops To Mideast After Attack | Morning Joe | MSNBC
The United States is sending about 650 soldiers to the Middle East after thousands of people stormed the compound of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, […]
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Protests continue at US embassy in Baghdad
As demonstrations at the US embassy in Baghdad entered their second day, security personnel fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters. CNN's […]
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