[ad_1] Iraqi Kurdistan CNN — A teenage dissident trailed behind a group of smugglers in the borderlands of western Iran. For three days, Rezan trekked a rocky mountain range and walked through minefields along a winding path forged by seasoned smugglers to circumnavigate the country’s heavily armed Revolutionary Guards. It …
Read More »Iraq names new president and prime minister, ending a year of political deadlock
[ad_1] CNN — Iraq’s parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president on Thursday, ending a yearlong political stalemate that had turned violent over the summer. Rashid won 162 out of 269 votes, beating out current President Barham Salim, who only obtained 99 votes, according to …
Read More »Man claimed to be billionaire, Harvard MBA, Iraq vet in financial fraud
[ad_1] Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards A fugitive charged with an audacious $35 million fraud — in which he allegedly told investors he was a hedge fund billionaire, a Harvard MBA and a special forces veteran who had been twice wounded in Iraq — was arrested by an FBI SWAT …
Read More »Man claimed to billionaire, Harvard MBA, Iraq vet in financial fraud
[ad_1] Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards A fugitive charged with an audacious $35 million fraud — in which he allegedly told investors he was a hedge fund billionaire, a Harvard MBA and a special forces veteran who had been twice wounded in Iraq — was arrested by an FBI SWAT …
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