Tag: Iraq news

Death of Former Miss Baghdad Sends Shockwaves Through Iraqi Fashion World

Iraqi fashionistas fear for their lives after four high-profile Iraqi women were killed in the past four weeks. The two most recents deaths occurred...

1st liquor store to re-open in post-Islamic State Iraq sees 1,000 customers a day

Liquor is flowing freely again in Mosul, Iraq, since the city was liberated by coalition forces. Up to 1,000 customers a day visit the lone...

Meet Brian Williams’s Permanent Replacement *UPDATE*

Scroll down for updates... NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor Brian Williams is toast. Stick a fork in his career; it's done. Not since Dan...

NBC Anchor Brian Williams May Have Also Lied About Experiences During Katrina

NBC anchor and news editor Brian Williams is under fire for lying through his teeth about nearly being shot down in a military helicopter...

ISIS Beheads American Journalist; Threatens to Behead Time Mag Reporter

Yesterday, the militant group ISIS uploaded a grisly YouTube video showing the apparent beheading of American photojournalist James Wright Foley by a masked militant...

Rebels Seize Oil Refineries in Baghdad, $6 Gas Price Looms

After capturing a large swath of northern Iraq, ISIS rebels are continuing their push into the southern regions of Baghdad, capturing oil refineries along...