Two US military aircraft have crashed in northern Iraq, killing four soldiers, the US military says.
"Four coalition forces members were killed when two aircraft went down in northern Iraq at approximately 2:15 am [local time]," Major Jose Lopez said. "The cause of the incident is unknown and is under investigation." Please pray for their families and friends.
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Maybe one way to fight back against the apathy, ignorance, and arrogance now dominant in the USA is to redouble direct support to military families. Can't let my total disappointment with most of the country undermine my support for those "rough men" whose activities in the night allow all of us to sleep comfortably in our beds, to borrown Orwell's fantastic phrasing.
Iraq and its national airline will pay $300 million in compensation to Kuwait Airways for Saddam Hussein's invasion of the emirate almost 20 years ago, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
The payment is a final settlement that would end a dispute that has simmered since the seven-month occupation by Saddam's forces was ended by a U.S.-led coalition in 1991.
"The Council of Ministers decided on Sunday to pay $300 million to Kuwait Airways and the two parties agreed to put an end to the legal process," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
The precise terms of the deal were agreed after discussions between the Emir of Kuwait and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at an economic summit of Arab states in the past week.
Kuwait Airways demanded $1.2 billion in reparations from Iraq Airways for planes and equipment stolen during Saddam's 1990 invasion of the emirate.
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Another thing checked off the list. Now Iraq won't have to listen to generations of the Kuwaiti version of, "Germans, give us back our bicycles!"
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Two US military aircraft have crashed in northern Iraq, killing four soldiers, the US military says.
