UN Slams Deadly And Reckless Iraq Rocket Attack
02/16/21 AT 5:06 PM
The United Nations warned Tuesday that tensions in Iraq could escalate after a rocket attack killed a foreign contractor for the US military and wounded at least 14 others in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil.
The hail of more than a dozen rockets late Monday was the first attack in nearly two months targeting Western military or diplomatic installations in Iraq after a series of similar incidents blamed on pro-Iranian Shiite factions. Such heinous, reckless acts pose grave threats to stability, the UN top representative in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, wrote on Twitter, calling for restraint on all sides.
Death By Rock and Roll today. The first album since fall 2016.
Since that album, the band has gone through lifetimes of turmoil in a short period of time.
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In 2017, The Pretty Reckless was riding the high of touring with Soundgarden. Fronted, of course, by the legendary Chris Cornell. In May of that year, they were awakened to the tragic news of Chris Cornell s death.
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Frontwoman Taylor Momsen has opened up in many interviews how much this event impacted her. The tragedy ultimately prompting her to pull out of the rock and roll limelight to process her grief and plan for the future ahead.
With his handling of his DWI arrest, Bruce Springsteen is acting like a typical politician involved in a scandal instead of the truth-seeking everyman of American rock and roll that he sells [.]