News Briefs From Iraq
US and Iraqi security forces rescued three Iraqis chained to a basement wall in Mosul. No details on who had held the men or their identities are available yet.
The rescue team included U.S. soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade and the Iraqi 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, and members of the Iraqi police.
There were no casualties during the rescue, which followed tips from local Iraqis, officials said.
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An Iraqi court has convicted 22 detainees on charges ranging from illegal border crossing to coordinating attacks on US and Iraqi forces. One death sentence was handed down.
To date Iraqi courts have tried 955 detainees on a variety of charges. 908 of those trials ended in convictions.
Bet you never read any of that in the MSM.
