A video recently surfaced that shows Iraqi soldiers executing a small child at close range in Tikrit in Anbar province, where the army launched an offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The Shiite soldiers accused the 9-year-old boy of fighting with the terrorist group.
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The CIA, working in coordination with U.S. troops, bought and destroyed hundreds of nerve agent rockets during the occupation of Iraq under a nonproliferation plan dubbed Operation Avarice, The New York Times (NYT) reports.
A former Iraqi politician and current civil rights campaigner has put the rope used in the 2006 execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein up for sale. The bid reportedly stands at $7 million, but Mowaffak al-Rubaie is asking for more.
