Orla Guerin
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61 appearances
6 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 7 Jul
Orla Guerin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The body was found.
It was lifted gently from the rubble.
It was covered very carefully and placed on a stretcher.
and carried away by rescue workers with as much dignity as they could provide in a situation like this.
Iraq is trying hard to stay out of the war next door.
That's getting harder to do.
Late last night, after about 10 o'clock local time, we had a series of explosions which we could hear.
Now, they were actually interceptions of four drones, which security officials here are saying were bomb laden drones.
and which appeared to have been targeting one of the main hotels here, quite a high-profile location.
In the end, they were shot down, debris fell in an open area, no injuries, no casualties, but it certainly increased the tension here.
And there had been a warning shortly before that from the U.S.
Embassy telling its citizens to get out of hotels in the city because they believed that they might be targeted.
Now, the attack has been claimed by one of those pro-Iran militias.
It's an Iraqi group based here, but supportive of the regime across the border.
And we heard open threats yesterday from Tehran, a senior official there saying that
facilities here, all kinds of facilities, would be targeted if Kurdish Peshmerga fighters crossed the border from here into Iran.
Now, that's a story that's been bubbling for the past few days.
These Peshmerga fighters here are part of opposition groups, Iranian Kurdish groups that have been here for decades.
President Trump is now openly encouraging them to get involved in the war and
You'll have heard that he said it's a wonderful idea and he's all for it.
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