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US and coalition forces could have done more to decrease civilian harm in 2017 battle for Raqqa, Syria, think tank report finds

Ellie Kaufman, CNN — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:19:55 +0000

(CNN) — US and coalition forces that fought in Syria in 2017 to recapture the city of Raqqa from ISIS could have done more to decrease harm done to civilians living in the city during the months-long battle, a think tank report released on Thursday found. Strategic choices the US and coalition forces made in

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Biden administration has made little progress towards goal of closing notorious Guantanamo Bay prison

Ellie Kaufman, CNN — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 22:34:15 +0000

(CNN) – President Joe Biden has said he wants to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, where 39 detainees still reside, by the end of his term, but his administration is yet to make much progress towards meeting that goal. The Biden administration first announced it intended to close the facility during a White House

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Twenty years later, case of five accused of plotting 9/11 terrorist attacks remains stalled

Ellie Kaufman, CNN — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:59:37 +0000

(CNN)— On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, pretrial hearings in the nine-year-long case against five men accused of plotting and executing the attacks continued in a heavily guarded military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While the hearings this week were the first to be held in-person for a year

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9 countries and 3 U.S. agencies to investigate initial 737 Max certification

Ellie Kaufman, CNN — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 08:42:40 +0000

(CNN) — Government officials from civil aviation authorities in nine countries, as well as members of the three U.S. federal agencies, will investigate how the 737 Max airplane was initially certified, according to a release from the Federal Aviation Administration. The group, called the Joint Authorities Technical Review, will begin work on April 29, and

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