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Three Kings of Iraq

 

Today, as much of the world celebrated the Day of the Kings, three soldiers in Iraq threw themselves on a suicide attacker in an explosive vest to protect those around them, celebrating Iraqi Army Day.

 

“The [...]

Iraqi Army Day

 

Today is Iraqi Army Day. It was on January 6, 1921 that the British officially formed the Iraqi National Army.

 

In Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot Keith Rosenkranz writes of Saddam Hussein’s [...]