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The boy on the bike - RN - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Two American soldiers say they saw two comrades from another US unit kill a boy on a bicycle in cold blood.

The US convoy had encountered and killed six enemy soldiers on the edge of the Iraqi city of Karbala.

The boy, aged 12 to 15, was riding his bike about 15 to 20 metres away.

He was unarmed and posed no threat but the two soldiers shot him anyway.

“Wrong place, wrong time,” said one of the soldiers who shot him.

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#Iraq: Clashes in #Karbala leave behind many questions
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/iraq-clashes-karbala-leave-behind-many-questions

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Members of Iraqi security detain supporters of Sheikh Mahmud al-Hassani al-Sarkhi, following clashes in the shrine city of Karbala on July 2, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Sawaf) Members of Iraqi security detain supporters of Sheikh Mahmud al-Hassani al-Sarkhi, following clashes in the shrine city of Karbala on July 2, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Sawaf)

Clashes between security forces and supporters of #Mahmoud_al-Hasani_al-Sarkhi, a controversial cleric in Karbala, have left many wondering what was the point behind the fighting. Whether it was an attempt to disturb more stable provinces or to distract field commanders or even a severe miscalculation, the clashes revealed Iraqi security chiefs had misjudged the situation. (...)

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Military parades exacerbate fears in #Baghdad
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/military-parades-exacerbate-fears-baghdad

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Iraqi fighters parade with their weapons on June 21, 2014 in the central Iraqi city of #Karbala. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Sawaf)

In 2006 and 2007, the lives of Baghdad’s residents was crumbling fast as young men and volunteers belonging to notorious militias held military parades, displaying their small and medium arms. Today, the events in the Iraqi capital are bringing those old images back to life.

Mostafa Nasser

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Iraqi forces fail to recapture #ISIS-held cities in overnight battle
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An man walks past an Iraqi soldier at Ein Tamer as families flee their homes in the city of #Fallujah making their way to the city of Karbala, on January 6, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad al-Rubaye) An man walks past an Iraqi soldier at Ein Tamer as families flee their homes in the city of Fallujah making their way to the city of Karbala, on January 6, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iraqi troops failed to recapture jihadist-held areas of Anbar provincial capital Ramadi in a night-time assault that left four civilians dead, medical and security officials said on Tuesday. Fighters with the Islamic State of #Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were still in control of the south of the city, west of Baghdad, after fighting off the assault, (...)

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Suicide bomber, militant attack kill 22 across #Iraq
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A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt among pilgrims in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 17 people, while militants shot dead a family of five, officials said. The attack on the pilgrims in the Dura area of south Baghdad took place at a tent where they are served food and drinks on their way to the shrine city of Karbala, and also wounded at least 35 people, security and medical officials said. read more

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Iraqi forces need “massive” #Human_Rights training: UN official
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Iraqi security forces patrol as Shia worshippers head to the holy shrine of Imam Abbas to attend Ashura celebrations in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, on November 12, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ali al-Saadi)

#Iraq's security forces require “massive amounts of re-training” in human rights to better conduct operations and combat the country’s deadliest violence since 2008, the UN’s new envoy to Baghdad said. Nickolay Mladenov, UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s special (...)

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