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The Iraqi Navy ( Arabic: القوات البحرية العراقية) is one of the components of the Armed Forces. Its primary responsibilities are the protection of Iraq's coastline and offshore assets. It was formed in 1937 as a small four-ship force headquartered in Basra. Between 1937 and 1958, it was primarily a riverine force.
On March 23, 2015, firing squad was reauthorized in Utah as a viable method of execution if, and only if the state was unable to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out a lethal injection execution. Prior to this reauthorization, firing squad was only a method of execution in Utah if chosen by the prisoner before lethal injection became the ...
Jan 20, 2024 · Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times. At least two U.S. service members stationed in western Iraq were injured on Saturday when their air base came under heavy rocket and missile fire from what ...
Execution by shooting is a method of capital punishment in which a person is shot to death by one or more firearms. It is the most common method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries, [1] with execution by firing squad being one particular form. In most countries, execution by a firing squad has historically been considered a more ...
Nov 16, 2009 · Slovik was shot and killed by a 12-man firing squad in eastern France. By: History.com Editors HISTORY.com works with a wide range of writers and editors to create accurate and informative content.
Deaths. 300. Injured. 0. Perpetrator. ISIS. On 8 February 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executed over 300 police and army personnel, as well as civil activists by a firing squad in Mosul, Iraq. [1] [2]
Apr 22, 2024 · April 21, 20247:15 PM PDTUpdated a month ago. MOSUL, Iraq, April 21 (Reuters) - At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on ...
