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A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more
British troops will NOT face war crimes trials in The Hague over claims Iraqi prisoners were tortured and killed International Criminal Court said it will not open a full-scale investigation ICC officials spent six years carrying out an investigation into the allegations The Iraq Historical Allegations Team was closed down in 2017 By Larisa Brown … Read more
Seventeen years ago, freshly commissioned British officer Robert Campbell dived into the sort of stinking, polluted river you wouldn’t let your dog swim in, to try to save an Iraqi teenager. But far from being lauded for his selfless, though futile, rescue attempt, this highly decorated former major in the Royal Engineers has been subjected … Read more
A decorated Army Major vexatiously accused of drowning an Iraqi teenager at the time of the Anglo-US invasion has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a 17-year witch-hunt. Major Robert Campbell, 47, was investigated on bogus claims that he forced suspected looter Saeed Radhi Shabram Wawi Al-Bazooni, 19, into a river at gunpoint in Basra … Read more
The first people smuggler convicted using evidence from surveillance drones over the Channel was jailed yesterday. Rebwar Ahmed, 36, was filmed by an ‘eye in the sky’ unmanned aircraft at the helm of a rigid-hulled inflatable boat crossing from France. The Iraqi’s conviction came as the Daily Mail was granted exclusive access to the nerve … Read more
Devout Shiite pilgrims were left covered in blood as they struck themselves with swords and chains during the mourning procession to mark the day of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf. Ashura, on the 10th day of the mourning month of Muharram, commemorates the killing of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Hussein at the Battle … Read more
An Iraqi refugee who tried to cheat on his driving theory test by smuggling in a Bluetooth earpiece to help him answer questions set in English has been banned from the roads – but spared jail. Masood Noori, 46, who had repeatedly failed the exam, was spotted by suspicious test centre staff with the earpiece … Read more
‘Islamist’ Iraqi screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ causes multiple crashes on Berlin motorway while driving car with fake bomb on the roof before he is overpowered by police Six people hurt, three seriously, after car crashed into motorbike riders in Berlin Iraqi man in his 30s allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and claimed to have a bomb He … Read more
A prominent jihadism expert was shot dead in a ‘hail of bullets’ in Baghdad last night after receiving threats from Iran-backed militias. Footage showed a gunman firing through the window of Hisham al-Hashemi’s car after pulling up on a motorcycle and ambushing him outside his home. No-one has claimed responsibility for the killing, but Hashemi … Read more
Iraqi woman, 20, is pictured writhing in pain on her hospital bed ‘after being set alight by her abusive husband’ before dying of her injuries Malak Haider al-Zubaidi, 20, died in Iraqi hospital on Saturday from severe burns She was allegedly beaten and set alight by her husband, an Iraqi policeman Her family say she … Read more