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Defense Asks for New Judge in Iraq War Crime Case - ABC News Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:05:26 GMT

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Defense Asks for New Judge in Iraq War Crime Case ABC News Defense lawyers called a military judge biased and unfair on Thursday and asked him to remove himself from the case of a Marine being retried on a murder charge in a major Iraq war crime case. The judge, Marine Capt. Andrew Henderson, rejected the ... Marine wants new charges in Iraq war crime tossedWashington Times all 191 news articles »

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Fearing Uprising, Iraq Militants Hunt Ex-Police - ABC News Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:47:24 GMT

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Fearing Uprising, Iraq Militants Hunt Ex-Police ABC News While world attention has been focused on the battle to fend off the extremists' assault on the town of Kobani across the border in Syria, the group has killed dozens of its opponents this month in Iraq. In several instances, Sunnis have been lined up ... Survivors Describe ISIS Massacre Of 600 Prisoners In Iraq's MosulHuffington Post Iraq IS: Scores found dead in mass graves in AnbarBBC News Mass grave with 150 bodies found in IraqTelegraph.co.uk Human Rights Watch -Reuters -Sky News all 765 news articles »

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Foreign jihadists flocking to Iraq and Syria on 'unprecedented scale' – UN - The Guardian Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:26:58 GMT

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Foreign jihadists flocking to Iraq and Syria on 'unprecedented scale' – UN The Guardian A report by the UN security council, obtained by the Guardian, finds that 15,000 people have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside the Islamic State (Isis) and similar extremist groups. They come from more than 80 countries, the report states ... Few Arrests of Americans Who Fought In Syria or Iraq, as Feds Focus on Small ...ABC News ISIS executes 220 tribesmen in Iraqal-Akhbar English Former US ambassador to Iraq: Current actions against ISIS a 'recipe for the ...Fox News all 124 news articles »

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Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga Forces Enter Syria's Kobani To Fight ISIS - Huffington Post Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:56:35 GMT

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Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga Forces Enter Syria's Kobani To Fight ISIS Huffington Post SURUC, Turkey, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish ... Key ally of former Iraq PM questions Peshmerga Kobane missionRudaw Syrian Kurds face uncertain future in IraqAljazeera.com First foreign soldiers enter fight for KobaniUSA TODAY Reuters -Department of Defense -TravelersToday all 3,010 news articles »

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Troops to Be Checked for Chemical Exposure in Iraq - New York Times Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:17:12 GMT

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Troops to Be Checked for Chemical Exposure in Iraq New York Times The Pentagon will offer medical examinations and long-term health monitoring to service members and veterans who were exposed to chemical warfare agents in Iraq, the Army and Navy said in separate statements this week, as part of a review of how the ... Military to Be Tracked for Chemical Exposure in IraqNewsmax.com US To Check Troops For Chemical Exposure In IraqDefenseNews.com Report: Troops, vets to get checked for chemical exposure in IraqStars and Stripes Newser -TIME all 15 news articles »

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Iraq's victory over militants in Sunni town underlines challenges government faces - Washington Post Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:49:37 GMT

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Iraq's victory over militants in Sunni town underlines challenges government faces Washington Post JURF AL-SAKHAR, Iraq — Iraq renamed this town on the banks of the Euphrates this week to reflect the triumph of its security forces here against Islamic State militants, who were driven out last week. Jurf al-Sakhar, or “rocky bank,” became Jurf al ... Isis in Iraq: Army's triumph at Jurf Al-Sakhar lays bare the cost of defeating ...The Independent all 14 news articles »

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In Iraq, Shiite militias are both friend and foe - Los Angeles Times Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:32:40 GMT

In Iraq, Shiite militias are both friend and foe Los Angeles Times Like many Iraqis, Karar believes the will and determination to hold off Islamic State advances will not come from Iraq's weak and fractured army. Instead, Iraq's most effective fighting forces may be the highly motivated Shiite militias that have ... and more »

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Unesco Condemns Destruction of 11th-Century Shrine in Iraq - New York Times (blog) Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:13:05 GMT

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Unesco Condemns Destruction of 11th-Century Shrine in Iraq New York Times (blog) Irina Bokova, Unesco director-general, said in a news release that the destruction of the shrine was not an isolated case. “The intentional targeting and systematic destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq is reaching unprecedented levels,” she said ... IS Continues Cultural Genocide in Iraqartnet News all 4 news articles »

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Norway to Send Training Troops to Iraq - ABC News Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:17:33 GMT

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Norway to Send Training Troops to Iraq ABC News Norway's prime minister says her country will send 120 soldiers this year to join the international campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and help train local troops there. Another 75 Norwegian soldiers will go to Afghanistan next year ... Norway to send 120 soldiers to Iraq to help train armyAl-Arabiya Norway troops to Iraq, AfghanistanViews and News from Norway all 63 news articles »

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Australian commandos unable to enter Iraq due to lack of visas - Al-Arabiya Fri, 31 Oct 2014 02:58:46 GMT

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Australian commandos unable to enter Iraq due to lack of visas Al-Arabiya Australian commandos set to join the fight in Iraq against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have hit an unexpected snag – Baghdad has not yet issued them visas, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Thursday. Although 200 special forces ... and more »