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☆ An Australian billionaire said Trump called him to say, 'I just bombed Iraq today': report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pratt revealed in a secret recording that Trump often shared sensitive information with him. AdvertisementAdvertisementPratt added that Trump also shared information about a private call with then-Iraqi President Barham Salih after the strikes. And the President of Iraq called me up and said, 'You just leveled my city,''" Pratt recalled Trump saying. According to Pratt, Trump responded to Salih, "OK what are you going to do about it?" The recording doesn't disclose which military operation in Iraq Trump and Pratt discussed.

Persons: Anthony Pratt, Donald Trump, Pratt, Trump, —, Barham Salih, Salih, Iraq Trump, John Bolton, Bolton, Jack Smith's, he's Organizations: Service, Visy Industries, Trump, Lago, Sydney Morning Herald, Hezbollah, Justice Department, Federal, ABC News Locations: Iraq, Syria, Russian

☆ Reports: Trump told Mar-a-Lago member about calls with foreign leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Mar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt said then-President Donald Trump told him about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday about private recordings of Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case. In the tapes, Pratt says Trump shared insider details about his phone calls with world leaders during his presidency. Past reports from ABC News said Trump discussed potentially sensitive information with Pratt about US nuclear submarines. According to Pratt, Trump said, “The president of Iraq called me up and said, ‘You just leveled my city. “That was nothing compared to what I usually do,” Trump told Pratt about the Zelensky call, according to the tape.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Anthony Pratt, Donald Trump, Pratt, ”, Trump, Jack Smith, ‘, ’ ” Pratt, Barham Salih, “, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Joe Biden, Trump’s, ” Trump, ” Pratt Organizations: Washington CNN, The New York Times, CNN, Trump, Mar, ABC News, New York Times Locations: Ukraine, Iraq, Lago, Florida, …, Australia

☆ Displaced Afghan students face uncertain future as they await approval to come to US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —For a group of roughly two dozen displaced Afghan university students, the future feels uncertain. More than 100 displaced Afghan students – 80 of whom were in Iraq – have already come to the US, where they are studying at more than 45 universities, according to sources familiar with the situation. The students told CNN they don’t have any clear sense of when they will get approval to come to the US, and they are worried about what the continued delay means for their future. “We Afghans lost almost everything, and this scholarship in the US is a very big opportunity for us,” a third student told CNN. A US State Department spokesperson said they are “aware of the Afghan students at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani,” but could not comment on individual cases.

Persons: Barham Salih, “ It’s, I’m, ”, “, Iraq –, “ I’m, Vance Serchuk, Institute of International Education “ Organizations: CNN, American University of Afghanistan, American University of Iraq, Afghan Future Fund, Qatar, Project, AUAF, US State Department, U.S . Refugee, Afghan Futures Fund, Qatar Fund For Development, Institute of International Education, American University Locations: Kabul –, –, Afghanistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, United States, Iraq, U.S

☆ An assassination, a feud and the fight for power in Iraq's Kurdistan
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Amina Ismail | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

TENSE STANDOFFAfter Rasoul's death, the KDP-dominated Regional Security Council accused a PUK security agency of the killing. It detained six men it identified as operatives involved and issued arrest warrants for another four senior PUK security officials, according to security council statement a week after the attack. Long-simmering mistrust between the two sides had already deepened this year due to a wave of defections from PUK security agencies. The senior PUK official told Reuters there had been eight. "It could've easily turned ugly," the senior PUK official said.

Newly elected Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as prime minister-designate and tasked him with forming a new government in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022. Rashid, 78, was the Iraqi minister of water resources from 2003-2010. Sudani, 52, previously served as Iraq’s human rights minister as well as minister of labour and social affairs. Under a power-sharing system designed to avoid sectarian conflict, Iraq's president is a Kurd, its prime minister a Shi'ite and its parliament speaker a Sunni. Rashid’s election raises concerns about escalating tensions between the KDP and PUK, who fought a civil war in the 1990s.

☆ Papa Francisc va merge în Irak. Aceasta va fi prima vizită externă de după declanșarea pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Papa Francisc va merge în Irak în perioada 5 - 8 martie 2021, a anunțat purtătorul de cuvânt al Vaticanului, Matteo Bruni. Matteo Bruni a spus că Papa Francisc a acceptat invitația Irakului și a Bisericii Catolice locale, urmând să facă o călătorie apostolică în timpul căreia va vizita Bagdad, Irbil, Mosul și Qaraqosh, transmite Mediafax. Programul detaliat al călătoriei „va fi publicat în timp util și va ține seama de evoluția pandemiei”, a precizat el. „Corriere della Sera” scrie că Papa Francisc se gândea de mai multă vreme să viziteze țara devastată de ani de zile de război. S-a vorbit despre „promovarea stabilității și a procesului de reconstrucție, încurajarea dialogului și căutarea soluțiilor adecvate pentru cetățeni”.

Persons: Papa Francisc, Matteo, irakian Barham Salih, Pontif Organizations: Catolice, Mediafax, Pontif Locations: Irak, Vaticanului, Irakului, Bagdad, Irbil, Mosul, Qaraqosh, Vatican, irakian

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