Did he? Officials in Washington say they’ve heard the amputation story but have no details. White House officials dismiss it as “urban legend.” The Australian newspaper The Age reported last week that two anonymous witnesses saw Allawi shoot seven suspected insurgents as his American bodyguards looked on. Asked by NEWSWEEK if he had killed anyone since taking office, Allawi chuckled and said, “This is a big lie, this is not true, I deny it categorically, No....
Before the invasion, Iraq was one of the world’s most tightly controlled societies. Only a few specially licensed stores could sell alcohol, and in recent years drinking was banned outright in restaurants and hotels. A committee in the Ministry of Culture kept a strict watch against even mildly naughty movies, magazines and films. Convicted prostitutes could be beheaded. Hard-core drug abuse was virtually unknown–if you didn’t count certain members of Saddam’s immediate family and their close friends....
Recently, it came to light that the IRS was asking state officials to help retrieve payments the federal tax agency says were mistakenly sent as part of the rollout of a $2.2 trillion stimulus package approved in March. The relief measure saw checks of $1,200 sent out to people across the country who had filed income tax returns in 2018 and 2019, including jail and prison inmates. However, weeks after the funds started to be released, the IRS requested that state corrections departments intercept payments to inmates....
After getting his name cleared following a 15-year prison sentence, Kaye makes it his mission to discover the truth behind his incarceration. Viewers may be wondering how much of the story in American Gigolo is true. Here is everything you need to know. Is ‘American Gigolo’ Based on a True Story? The short answer is, no, American Gigolo is not based on a true story because it is actually a remake of Paul Schrader’s 1980 film of the same name....
The eight-part series airs every Sunday on Starz and explores the formative years of Queen Elizabeth I (played by Alicia von Rittberg) and her two half-siblings, the future King and Queen of England and Ireland, Edward VI (Oliver Zetterström) and Mary I (Romola Garai) respectively. Effectively orphaned after their father, Henry VIII, died and nine-year-old King Edward VI took to the throne, the siblings found themselves not only embroiled in the politics of court but also with religion and romance....
There are negative and positive points to consider when addressing this question, and we’ll start with the cons. The main and perhaps most obvious knock on Machado isn’t even necessarily his fault; it’s the knee injuries that have forced a premature ending to each of his last two seasons. He won’t turn 23 until July, so his youth should help him recover as well as one can from such injuries....
Two Canadian doctors recently made the argument that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine is effective enough to warrant a single-dose regimen when communities have a limited supply of the shots. Their letter, published in mid-February when Canada was experiencing a delay in vaccine shipments, states that the vaccine had an efficacy of 92.6% beginning two weeks after the first dose, and before the second was administered. The authors based their analysis on documents Pfizer submitted to the FDA....
The clock is ticking for legislators to pass another relief package before they leave for the rest of the year and on Monday, legislators proposed a new $748 billion bipartisan, bicameral proposal. It includes another round of the Paycheck Protection Program and expanded unemployment insurance, but Hawley and Sanders criticized it for failing to provide struggling Americans with a direct payment. “I don’t get why so-called ’emergency relief’ packages for COVID-19 don’t include direct assistance to working families....
Even some of Bonds’s foes are wondering whether the Feds’ pursuit of Bonds has become obsessive. Bonds’s lawyer believes that one of the government’s key witnesses is Steve Hoskins, a childhood friend and former business partner of Bonds’s who became estranged after Bonds went to the Feds and accused him of stealing. Michael Cardoza, Hoskins’s lawyer, told NEWSWEEK he couldn’t talk about what Hoskins might have told the government. He said Hoskins was a “proven truth teller” who had been “very concerned about Barry’s health” but had never abused Bonds’s trust....
That works. I snagged a few minutes with Wainwright in front of the Cardinals’ dugout last weekend, and told him I wanted to ask about Freeman. “Do you want to talk about his hugs? Great hugger, best hugger he is,” Wainwright said. “They’re Freddie’s Free Hugs.” MORE: Assessing Jacob deGrom’s Hall of Fame case That is a fun fact, but considering that there isn’t any sort of Hug Index in the mix when considering a player’s Cooperstown credentials — at least nothing that I could find on FanGraphs or Baseball-Reference — we moved on to on-field stuff....
Because if Mack Brown, the most affable, agreeable and media-friendly coach in the business, wasn’t pleased with his daily commitments to the all-access television money machine, how in the world will Strong, one of the nation’s most private, reserved and media-paranoid coaches, react? UPDATE: Strong accepts job at Texas MORE: Top 10 head coaching jobs | College football icons | Bowl matchups Suddenly, I’m having this crazy, what-have-you-done flashback of Rich Rodriguez leaving West Virginia for Michigan....
In the 1950s and 1960s dermatologists advised acne patients to avoid sugar. But the evidence for their warnings was only anecdotal, and in recent years the medical community has largely dismissed the idea that any particular food causes skin blemishes. New studies, however, are beginning to show a link between breakouts and diets heavy in high-glycemic foods—including highly refined carbs like white bread, pasta and potatoes, as well as sweets like doughnuts and jelly beans....
This article discusses the challenges related to finding a cure for COPD, research on treatment advances, and how the outcomes and prognoses for those with COPD are improving. How COPD Affects the Lungs To understand efforts to treat COPD, it’s necessary to be familiar with the respiratory system and how it’s affected by the disease. When you inhale, air is inspired and travels from the mouth, through the windpipe (trachea), and into the lungs....
A dominant performance in Lusail has revived confidence of Portugal pushing on to win a first ever World Cup in Qatar. However, despite Portugal’s impressive showing in their first knockout stage appearance of the tournament, it was one of their high-profile substitutes that dominated the post-game analysis. Santos’ decision to leave Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench from the start raised a few eyebrows, though his replacement Goncalo Ramos grabbed his opportunity with an eye-catching hat trick....
Instead the billionaire businessman has been rumored to be looking to buy Manchester United soccer team. The Tesla CEO announced via Twitter that he wanted to buy the English team. This caused quite a stir, with plenty of people getting angry and upset at the news. Is Elon Musk Buying Manchester United? Musk, the world’s richest person, told his 103 million followers on Twitter on Tuesday that he was purchasing the soccer team....
The previous U.S. administration’s constant criticism of Berlin, its decision to withdraw troops from Germany and to more broadly disparage the nature of the transatlantic relationship has evoked concerns that, while President Joe Biden has taken a different approach, future White House leadership could again express skepticism toward NATO. “When you sit in the U.S. the question is ‘Is Germany a reliable ally?’ The question over in Europe is ‘Is America going to be a reliable ally?...
The offshore prison, located at a U.S. Navy base in southern Cuba, was created during George W. Bush’s administration in response to the 9/11 terror attacks. Since 2002, approximately 780 inmates have been held at Guantanamo Bay. At its peak the detention camp held 684 detainees in June 2003. Despite President Joe Biden’s commitment to close Guantanamo Bay by the end of his administration, the Pentagon is developing a new military courtroom at the facility....
That got me thinking in “what if” terms about the day my father was shot: March 31, 1981. So many things could have changed if John Hinckley Jr. had succeeded in his mission to assassinate the president. If the devastator bullets he had methodically loaded into his gun had exploded a little differently–if that one fragment had gone a quarter of an inch farther and entered my father’s heart–history would have unfolded differently....
There’s just one problem: That familiar face is Jose Reyes. Reyes, the former Mets shortstop who was designated for assignment by the Rockies last week after completing a 52-game suspension for violating baseball’s policy on domestic violence, is reportedly the topic of internal debate within the Mets organization. It’s trying to decide whether signing him would be worth the public-relations hit. MORE: Five teams that might want to take a chance on Reyes...
Garrett’s seat got even hotter on Thursday night, as the Cowboys lost 31-24 on the road against the Chicago Bears, racking up a third consecutive loss and slipping to 6-7. The defeat leaves Dallas still top of the NFC East and the team would remain in the lead even if the Philadelphia Eagles move to 6-7 with a win over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football by virtue of defeating the Eagles in October....
