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Exclusive: Afghan drone war - data show unmanned flights dominate air campaign

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:18 PM PDT

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone takes off from Kandahar Airfield, AfghanistanBy Josh Smith KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Drones fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan last year and the ratio is rising, previously unreported U.S. Air Force data show, underlining how reliant the military has become on unmanned aircraft. U.S. President Barack Obama said in 2013 that the Afghan drawdown after 2014 and progress against al Qaeda would "reduce the need for unmanned strikes", amid concerns from human rights groups and some foreign governments over civilian casualties.


Regional crises, not human rights, to dominate Obama-Gulf talks

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:11 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama aired his human rights concerns with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday, but his talking points on that subject are expected to be get less attention when he meets Gulf Arab monarchs on Thursday. Activists have urged the American leader to push Saudi Arabia over its human rights record, but the region's many geopolitical crises are likely to dominate a summit already overshadowed by strained ties between Washington and the Gulf. The president, who arrived on Wednesday, hopes to allay Gulf countries' fears over Iranian influence and encourage them to try to douse sectarian tensions in the region in an effort to confront the threat posed by Islamic State.

MPs urge British government to recognise IS 'genocide'

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:08 PM PDT

A vote in Britain's House of Commons called on ministers to accept formally that IS actions against Christian, Yazidi and other religious and ethnic minorities in Syria and Iraq constitute genocideBritish lawmakers voted Wednesday to urge the government to recognise the Islamic State jihadist group's attacks on minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide. Members of parliament unanimously approved the motion -- which is not binding on the government -- by 278 votes to zero. The vote in the 650-seat lower House of Commons calls on ministers to accept formally that IS actions against Christian, Yazidi and other religious and ethnic minorities in Syria and Iraq constitute genocide.


Neymar to play for Brazil at Rio Olympics, not Copa America

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:01 PM PDT

Deportivo's Mosquera, left, challenges for the ball with Barcelona's Neymar during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Deportivo and Barcelona at the Riazor stadium in A Coruna, Spain, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)MADRID (AP) — Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics but will skip the Copa America, Barcelona said Wednesday.


Neymar to play in home Olympics and not Copa, say Barcelona

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 03:25 PM PDT

Football Soccer - Barcelona v Valencia - Spanish Liga BBVA - Camp Nou stadium, BarcelonaNeymar will play in the Olympics in August and will miss the Centenary Copa America in the United States in June, his club Barcelona said on Wednesday to end months of speculation. "FC Barcelona expresses its gratitude to the Brazilian Football Confederation and its president Marco Polo del Nero for accepting the club's proposal for Neymar Jr to only play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer...and not at the Copa America in the United States...," the Catalan club said in a statement.


US Army captain helps foil Denmark school attack plot

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 03:19 PM PDT

Army Captain Bradley Grimm was statined at the Al-Asad airbase seen heere in 2005A US Army captain in Iraq helped crack a plot to bomb a Danish school after gleaning crucial details from documents recovered from extremists, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Army Captain Bradley Grimm, who is based at Al-Asad airbase in Iraq's Anbar province, had "helped develop a system to speed the flow of intelligence from here on the ground to various national capitals," Baghdad-based spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said. Grimm gleaned "actionable intelligence" from "captured documents" belonging to foreign fighters with ties to Denmark, Warren said.


Military sexual trauma tied to increased risk of homelessness

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 03:18 PM PDT

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - Veterans who experienced sexual trauma in the military are at increased risk for homelessness, according to a new U.S. study. Compared to veterans who didn't experience sexual assault, battery or harassment during their military service, those who did were about twice as likely to be homeless during the five-year study, researchers found. "I think what stood out was the magnitude of difference," said lead author Emily Brignone, of Utah State University in Logan.

Olympics-Neymar to play in home Olympics and not Copa, say Barcelona

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 03:15 PM PDT

Neymar will play in the Olympics in August and will miss the Centenary Copa America in the United States in June, his club Barcelona said on Wednesday to end months of speculation. "FC Barcelona expresses its gratitude to the Brazilian Football Confederation and its president Marco Polo del Nero for accepting the club's proposal for Neymar Jr to only play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer...and not at the Copa America in the United States...," the Catalan club said in a statement.

US ups pressure on IS with first B-52 bomber strike

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 02:53 PM PDT

B-52 was sent to destroy an IS weapons storage facility in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, about 35 miles (60 kilometers) south of MosulThe US Air Force for the first time deployed a B-52 bomber against the Islamic State, the Pentagon said Wednesday as it ramps up a 20-month campaign to smash the jihadists. The bombing mission, in which a hulking B-52 destroyed a weapons storage facility south of Mosul, comes the same week that Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Baghdad and announced extra US troops, cash and equipment for the anti-IS campaign in Iraq. In other signs of an increasing tempo, US commandos working with Kurdish troops conducted a raid targeting a senior IS group figure and the Pentagon said it has changed how air strikes risking civilian deaths are approved.


First US envoy for gay rights welcomes limited advances

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 02:32 PM PDT

Randy Berry (R) speaks during a reception at the US State Department on February 27, 2015 in Washington, DCThere is an "emerging consensus worldwide" that the LGBT community should enjoy the same rights as everyone else, Washington's first envoy for gay rights said Wednesday, but warned transgender people are still too often victims of violence. Openly gay Randy Berry made the remarks after spending an "extraordinary" year traveling around the globe to gauge the experiences of gays and transgender people in different countries. "There at once is an emerging consensus worldwide that LGBTI persons should enjoy the same human rights as everyone else.


Obama, Saudi king discuss strained alliance, Middle East conflicts

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 01:59 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Saudi King Salman at Erga Palace upon his arrival for a summit meeting in RiyadhBy Roberta Rampton RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama met Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday to seek joint action on security threats including Iran and Islamic State - and to talk through tensions between the two allies that have been laid bare in recent weeks. Obama's fourth and likely last visit to the world's top oil exporter has been overshadowed by Gulf Arab exasperation with his approach to the region, and doubts about Washington's commitment to their security. Most of the Gulf Arab monarchies have in private been sorely disappointed by Obama's presidency, regarding it as a period in which the United States has pulled back from the region, giving more space to their arch rival Iran to expand its influence.


Obama, Saudi king discuss U.S.-Saudi ties, conflicts: White House

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 01:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman discussed the ties between their nations during a two-hour long meeting on Wednesday, a conversation that touched on conflicts around the Middle East and U.S. concerns about human rights in the kingdom. "The two leaders reaffirmed the historic friendship and deep strategic partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia," the White House said in a statement, noting the leaders discussed Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, among other issues.

Up to 500 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck last week

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 01:29 PM PDT

Two men set a tent at a camp for migrants and refugees at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Human Rights Watch says the initial round of deportations of migrants from Greece to Turkey under a new European Union-Turkey deal were "rushed, chaotic and violated the rights of those deported." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)GENEVA (AP) — As many as 500 people are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean Sea, two international groups said Wednesday, describing survivors' accounts of panicked passengers who desperately tried to stay afloat by jumping between vessels.


Oklahoma can consider PTSD in sentencing veterans under proposed law

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:54 PM PDT

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma bill that allows judges to take into consideration a diagnosis of PTSD for veterans unanimously passed the state Senate on Tuesday, adding to a series of U.S. laws seeking to address mental illness among military veterans. Oklahoma House Bill 2595 allows judges to take into account a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a mitigating factor when sentencing veterans who have been diagnosed with the illness.

Sanders Vows to Stay in the Race Despite Huge NY Loss

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:32 PM PDT

Sanders Vows to Stay in the Race Despite Huge NY LossBernie Sanders wasted little time signaling that he would stay in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination to the end –and beyond – after losing big to Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's New York Democratic primary. Senator Sanders, the democratic socialist from Vermont, is just coming down from a month-long high of primary and caucus victories over Clinton and a brief handshake with Pope Francis in a Vatican hotel lobby last weekend. Despite his 58 percent to 42 percent loss to Clinton on Tuesday, Sanders believes momentum is still on his side and that the party will come around to viewing him as the superior candidate.


Obama pushes Saudis, Gulf allies to step up Iraq aid

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:31 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman walk to President Obama's motorcade after meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The president began a six day trip to strategize with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, England and Germany on a broad range of issues with efforts to rein in the Islamic State group being the common denominator in all three stops. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — With fresh friction wearing on an old alliance, President Barack Obama pressed Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf nations on Wednesday to step up efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and help rebuild war-torn Iraq.


UK parliament condemns Islamic State violence as genocide

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:13 PM PDT

By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British MPs voted unanimously on Wednesday for a motion declaring that Islamic State violence against ethnic and religious minorities in Syria and Iraq was genocide, and urging the government to do more to bring IS fighters to justice. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the U.S. House of Representatives, the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have all described the Islamist militant group's actions as genocide.

Germany to consider stripping IS fighters of citizenship: document

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:06 PM PDT

A picture illustration of an Islamic State flagGermany's ruling coalition plans to look into stripping Islamic State fighters of their German citizenship to prevent them from coming back to the country, a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday shows. More than 800 people have traveled from Germany to Syria and northern Iraq in recent years and around 70 returnees took part in combat or military training there, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency said earlier this month. "To prevent jihadists from returning to Germany, we want to examine the legal possibilities for depriving people of German citizenship if they fight for a terrorist militia abroad and have another citizenship alongside their German one," read the draft document, which the coalition of conservatives and Social Democrats are to discuss on Thursday.


Senior IS figure in Iraq targeted in US-led raid

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 11:29 AM PDT

Kurdish officials claim ISIL's military council member Suleiman Abd Shabib al-Jabouri was killed in northern IraqA senior Islamic State figure in Iraq has been targeted in a US-led commando raid, the Pentagon said Wednesday, as Kurdish officials claimed he had been killed. The assault late Sunday, the latest raid by US special operators on a mission to kill or capture IS leaders, occurred at an undisclosed location in northern Iraq and targeted Suleiman Abd Shabib al-Jabouri, Baghdad-based US military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said.


Turkey rejected return to talks with Kurdish rebels: opposition leader

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 11:00 AM PDT

By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) wanted a return to talks with the Turkish government a few months ago amid the worst violence in decades but Ankara rejected the overture, an opposition party leader said on Wednesday. A 2-1/2-year peace process between the outlawed PKK and the government broke down last July and fighting since then has claimed thousands of lives, including around 500 civilians. Chairman Selahattin Demirtas said his Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which has Kurdish origins, had persuaded PKK leaders based in the Qandil mountains of northern Iraq to return to the negotiating table.

Obama in Saudi Arabia on fence-mending visit

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:31 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia at Erga Palace in Riyadh, on April 20, 2016President Barack Obama held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday as he began a two-day visit hoping to ease tensions with the historic US ally. Riyadh and its Sunni Arab Gulf neighbours have bristled at what they see as Washington's tilt towards their regional rival Shiite Iran after Tehran's landmark nuclear deal with world powers. Obama, making probably his last visit to Riyadh as president, attends a summit of Gulf leaders on Thursday hoping to focus on intensifying the fight against the Islamic State group and resolving the wars in Syria and Yemen.


IOM: Panicked migrants leaped off sinking smugglers' ship

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:11 AM PDT

Two men set a tent at a camp for migrants and refugees at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Human Rights Watch says the initial round of deportations of migrants from Greece to Turkey under a new European Union-Turkey deal were "rushed, chaotic and violated the rights of those deported." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to the wave of migration from Syria and other countries (all times local):


Yemen must tackle widening sectarian rift, says local peacemaker

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:10 AM PDT

By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Yemen war foes re-assess the prospects for high-level peace talks planned in Kuwait this week, a different kind of peace plan is in the making among non-governmental peacemakers. Peace efforts have so far ignored the growing sectarian face of the conflict, which has intensified the divisions and made it harder to reach peace, the Yemen head of Search for Common Ground, an international non-profit, said in a recent interview. Long-awaited talks to end a civil war that has killed about 6,200 people in Yemen - half of them civilians - and created a humanitarian crisis failed to start on Monday as planned, but negotiators were under United Nations pressure to meet.

Clinton Can Start Writing Her Nomination Acceptance Speech After NY Win

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:00 AM PDT

Clinton Can Start Writing Her Nomination Acceptance Speech After NY WinJust when it looked as if Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign might start coming unglued, her adopted state of New York gave her a decisive victory Tuesday night that moved her much closer in the delegate count she needs to sew up the Democratic nomination. After fending off weeks of verbal attacks from Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders for her coziness with Wall Street and questionable judgment on Iraq and other foreign policy and trade issues,  Clinton last night savored an impressive 16-point win that stemmed her slide and broke Sanders's recent string of victories.


Israeli intel cooperation with Egypt at 'unprecedented' level

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 09:59 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers patrol the northern Israeli-Lebanon border on December 21, 2015Israel has seen "unprecedented" intelligence cooperation with Egypt and Jordan as the fight against the Islamic State group nudges them to work together more closely, a military chief said Wednesday. Major General Yair Golan said "there is a strong feeling in the region... that we have to put aside past animosities and concentrate on mutual interests and working together" to deal with the jihadist threat. The Israeli military's deputy chief of staff spoke of an "unprecedented level of cooperation" mainly regarding intelligence.


Obama meets with King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 09:25 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman meet at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The president begins a six day trip to strategize with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, England and Germany on a broad range of issues with efforts to rein in the Islamic State group being the common denominator in all three stops. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Reassuring an anxious ally, President Barack Obama sat down Wednesday for a meeting with King Salman as he opened a trip to Saudi Arabia shadowed by the kingdom's deep opposition to his Iran nuclear deal and skepticism about his approach to Syria.


Do more in Iraq, US Pentagon boss tells Gulf

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 08:10 AM PDT

Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (R) and with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (L) pose in Riyadh, on April 20, 2016US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter pleaded Wednesday for greater Gulf financial and political involvement in Iraq, which is battling both Islamic State jihadists and an economic crisis. Carter made the comments after meeting in Riyadh with his counterparts from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. "I encourage our GCC partners to do more, not only militarily as the Saudis, as the UAE have been doing -- and I really appreciate that -- but also politically and economically," Carter told reporters after the talks.


UAE tycoon launches largest Arab education fund with $1.14B

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 08:05 AM PDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A billionaire businessman from the United Arab Emirates launched the Arab world's largest education fund on Wednesday, setting aside $1.14 billion (4.2 billion dirhams) in grants for underserved youth from the region.

Special Report: Yemen's guerrilla war tests military ambitions of big-spending Saudis

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 07:58 AM PDT

A Saudi air force jet flies in formation during a graduation ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal military college in RiyadhThe United States would sell scores of F-15 fighters, Apache attack helicopters and other advanced weaponry to the oil-rich kingdom. The arms, both sides hoped, would fortify the Saudis against their aggressive arch-rival in the region, Iran. The biggest stumble has come in Yemen.


Iran determined to regain oil market share, can handle low price: source

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 06:46 AM PDT

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the GulfIran is determined to recover its share of the world oil market following the lifting of sanctions, and can withstand low prices since it has sold oil for as little as $6 a barrel in the past, a source close to Iranian oil policy said. The source was speaking after Russia, one of the participants at last weekend's meeting of oil producing nations which failed to deliver an agreement to freeze output, indicated it could raise supply. "We paid for our barrels with our centrifuges," the source said, referring to Iran's acceptance of curbs on its nuclear program in order for Western sanctions on Tehran to be lifted.


Iraq's Sadr calls for protests to bring about new cabinet

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 06:30 AM PDT

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr sits inside his tent during his sit-in inside the heavily guarded Green Zone in BaghdadBy Saif Hameed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests demanding that parliament approves a long-delayed new cabinet and end political and sectarian wrangling that is hampering a vote on the matter. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced an overhaul of the government in February in a bid to tackle corruption. In a statement received by email, Sadr called for "continuing peaceful protests in the same intensity and even more in order to pressure the politicians and the lovers of corruption." "Nobody has the right to stop it otherwise the revolution will take another turn," he said in the statement, in an apparent reference to Abadi's decision to restrict protests in Baghdad to the central Tahrir Square.


Turkish warplanes hit PKK militant targets in northern Iraq: CNN Turk

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 06:16 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes have struck militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, broadcaster CNN Turk on Wednesday reported the Turkish armed forces as saying. No details were immediately available. The Turkish military has frequently carried out such air strikes in recent months. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by David Dolan)

Euro 2016 soccer to take place under French state of emergency

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 05:57 AM PDT

The UEFA Euro 2106 sign is seen at the Allianz Riviera stadium in NiceFrance plans to extend the state of emergency in place since November's attacks on Paris by two months, to maintain security through the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. The announcement came hours after police simulated an armed response to a militant attack and hostage-taking at a Paris railway station, and a day after a government pledge to ensure anti-terrorism units could get to any attack site within 20 minutes. "The state of emergency cannot be permanent, but on the occasion of these big events ... we have decided to prolong," Valls said on France Info radio.


Kosovo passes anti-terror funding law

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 05:19 AM PDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovo government says draft measures against terror funding and money laundering have been given the go-ahead to go to Parliament for approval.

Al-Sadr appeals for solution to Iraq's political crisis

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 05:10 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Iraqi Shiite cleric on Wednesday called on the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to help find a solution to the country's simmering political crisis "even through holding early elections."

Turkey-EU refugee deal: New arrivals fall as ethical concerns rise

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:57 AM PDT

Since its inception, the deal struck between Turkey and the European Union to stem a tide of refugees has been labelled inhumane and illegal. Critics say the EU is breaking its own rules on expulsions and failing asylum seekers fleeing war zones. The EU says the pact is having an impact: The number of migrants crossing from Turkey to Greece by sea has fallen sharply since February.

U.S. defense chief lays ground for Obama meeting with Gulf allies

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:49 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Saudi King Salman at Erga Palace upon his arrival for a summit meeting in RiyadhBy Yeganeh Torbati RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and his Gulf Arab counterparts met in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss ways to counter Iranian influence and fight the Islamic State group, hours before President Barack Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia. Obama will meet Saudi King Salman before a summit with all the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), also in Riyadh, on Thursday, with shared security and defense issues likely to dominate the agenda.


Who speaks for Saudi Arabia on oil, rivals and allies wonder

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 04:28 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister al-Naimi gestures as he attends a joint news conference in DohaBy Rania El Gamal, Vladimir Soldatkin and Dmitry Zhdannikov MOSCOW/DOHA (Reuters) - As far as Venezuelan oil minister Eulogio Del Pino is concerned, his counterpart Ali al-Naimi, the world's most influential oil official for the past two decades, is no longer the voice of authority for Saudi Arabia. Del Pino is still trying to find who is. As prospects for the first deal between OPEC and non-OPEC in 15 years faded on Sunday due to last-minute demands from Saudi Arabia, ministers gathered in Qatar appealed to Naimi to save the agreement, Del Pino said.


France to extend state of emergency to cover Euro 2016 soccer tournament

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:13 AM PDT

The UEFA Euro 2106 sign is seen at the Allianz Riviera stadium in NiceFrance plans to extend the state of emergency in place since November's attacks on Paris for a further two months to ensure security at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. "Faced with an event this big ... which must take place in conditions of security and which at the same time should be a celebration ... we have to ensure security," he said on France Info radio. "The state of emergency cannot be permanent, but on the occasion of these big events... we have decided to prolong." Euro 2016 starts June 10 and runs for a month.


Sierra Leone 'helped deploy ex-child soldiers to Iraq', academic says

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 12:02 AM PDT

By Tom Esslemont LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sierra Leone's government helped British private security service firms recruit former child soldiers to work as guards in Iraq from 2009, said a Danish academic who has spent years investigating the issue. By 2009, with Iraq in chaos, impoverished Sierra Leone was looking for a way to engage its workforce, said Maya Mynster Christensen, a researcher at the Danish Institute Against Torture who made repeated trips to the West African country. "From a Sierra Leone government perspective the recruitment was supposedly quite a good deal because it could take the local troublemakers and send them to Iraq for a couple of years," the anthropologist told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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