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Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent

Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’

The law is going to a second vote by the country's government, but it has opposition from youth activist groups and from 215 women parliamentary members.

The Telegraph on MSN · 4d

Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and inheritance.

The Times of India on MSN · 2d

Iraq set to amend marriage law, allowing men to marry 9-year-old girls

Iraq's parliament, dominated by Shia conservatives, is considering a law that would lower the legal age of marriage for girls to 9. This controversial amendment, facing strong opposition from women and human rights groups,

Times Now on MSN · 2d

What Is Law 188? Iraq To Allow Men To Marry Girls As Young As 9

Iraqi parliament proposed an amendment to Law 188 that would lower the legal marriage age to nine and limit women’s rights to divorce, child custody, and inheritance. Rights activists warn these changes would undermine women's legal protections,

Iraq, battle of al-qadisiyyah

CNN on MSN · 1d

Archaeologists identify centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images

Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with declassified images from US spy satellites.

Associated Press · 1d

Spy satellite images lead archeologists to the site of a historic battle in Iraq

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of Islam throughout the region.

ZME Science · 6h

Archaeologists Use Declassified Spy Satellites to Uncover a 1,400-Year-Old Battlefield in Iraq

Researchers used declassified spy satellite images to pinpoint the historic Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

Abu Ghraib, Iraq

Hosted on MSN · 1d

US jury awards $42m to ex-detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib

A US jury has awarded $42m (£33m) to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based defence contractor responsible for contributing to their abuse two decades ago.

USA TODAY on MSN · 17h

3 Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib win $42M judgment against defense contractor

The men had sued defense contractor CACI Premier Technology. Each was held at the Baghdad prison’s “hard site,” where CACI interrogators directed the men to be tortured, according to plaintiff filings in federal court.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42M, holds contractor responsible

The three plaintiffs testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison.

Iraq shortlists 11 firms for Grand Faw port operation, decision in January 2025

Iraq has shortlisted 11 shipping companies to compete for the Grand Faw port operation contract, with a decision on the ...

The Hill1d

Major verdict reached in Iraq abuse case

The worst cases are documented between October and December 2003, just months after the U.S. invaded Iraq as part of the ...

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Exclusive—Iraq Militia Vows to Strike US Bases if Airspace Used to Hit Iran

If the US doesn't exit Iraq via talks, it "will leave humiliated under the strikes and fire of the Islamic Resistance," they ...

Reuters4d

Iraq News | Today's Latest Stories | Reuters

A federal jury on Tuesday found U.S. defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war and ordered it to pay $42 ...

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Journey from the NFL to serving in Iraq

In 2019, Bequette deployed to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division. He believes in certain ways, professional football ...

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Trump picks Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq veteran who called Democrats ‘elitist warmongers,’ as intelligence director | 10 points

US President-elect Donald J Trump has appointed Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman, as the new director of ...

Iraqi News20h

Energy China to build a one-gigawatt solar power plant in Iraq

A historic one-gigawatt solar project in Iraq is set to begin soon by state-owned China Energy Engineering Corporation ...

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