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Britain to send hundreds more troops to Iraq, says defence secretary - The Guardian Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:01:38 GMT

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Britain to send hundreds more troops to Iraq, says defence secretary
The Guardian
The defence secretary, Michael Fallon announced an additional deployment of British combat-ready troops numbering “in the low hundreds” to help train local forces battling Isis forces, who control vast swathes of northen Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
'Hundreds' more UK troops to be sent to Iraq - Michael FallonBBC News
Hundreds of British troops going to Iraq, official saysCNN
Michael Fallon: Hundreds of British troops will go to IraqTelegraph.co.uk
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Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq - Washington Times Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:39:53 GMT

Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq
Washington Times
The Islamic State has made clear its justification for the rape and enslavement of non-Muslim women and children with a color-printed pamphlet “Question and Answers on Female Slaves and their Freedom,” being distributed in Mosul. Armed men handed out ...

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ISIL fighters gain ground in Iraq's Anbar - Aljazeera.com Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:16:30 GMT

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ISIL fighters gain ground in Iraq's Anbar
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Haditha, in Iraq's western Anbar province, is currently mostly under the control of the government, with troops and tribesmen holding about 70 percent of the city. ISIL, however, is in control of areas that are in the direction of the border with Syria ...
Airstrikes Against ISIL Continue in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
Islamic State Storms Town in Western Iraq, Kills 19 police: OfficialsNewsweek - Europe
Islamic State Cop Killers Take Town In Western Iraq, Kill At Least 19 PolicemenInternational Business Times
Al Jazeera America -Press TV
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US-led warplanes hit militants in Syria and Iraq 27 times this week - Los Angeles Times Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:43:01 GMT

Los Angeles Times

US-led warplanes hit militants in Syria and Iraq 27 times this week
Los Angeles Times
U.S.-led warplanes launched 27 airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria this week, officials said Friday. The three-day attack by jets and drones was focused on militants in Syria's second-largest city, Aleppo; the embattled Syrian ...
The Skies Above Iraq Are Getting Deadly Thanks to the Islamic State's Shoulder ...TheBlaze.com
Iraq battalion was sole group to stand up to Islamic State's summer surgeStars and Stripes
The terrorist bureaucracy: Inside the files of the Islamic State in IraqBoston Globe
Al-Arabiya -New York Times -The Globe and Mail
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Christians on verge of extinction in Iraq - WND.com Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:55:31 GMT

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Christians on verge of extinction in Iraq
WND.com
Open Doors USA President and CEO Dr. David Curry says Christians are on the verge of extinction in Iraq but also that the intense persecution started long before the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Open Doors USA is one of the ...
Iraq: Four youths beheaded by Isis for refusing to renounce Christian faithInternational Business Times UK
Four Christians beheaded by ISIS in Iraq for refusing to convert to IslamDaily Mail

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Exclusive: Cash-strapped Iraq seeks Kuwait war reparation delay - Reuters Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:48:37 GMT

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Exclusive: Cash-strapped Iraq seeks Kuwait war reparation delay
Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is seeking to postpone a final $4.6 billion installment of reparations for its 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait, Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters, as it faces a cash crisis caused by falling oil prices and war with ...
Minister: Iraq eyes taxing mobile phone salesAl-Arabiya
Iraq Seeks Delay in $4.6 Bln Reparation to Kuwait Amid Oil Price CrashSputnik International
Daesh smuggling oil via Turkey, Iraq saysgulfnews.com
Christian Science Monitor -The National
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New evidence Bush misled Americans into Iraq war – senator - RT Sat, 13 Dec 2014 08:09:54 GMT

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New evidence Bush misled Americans into Iraq war – senator
RT
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has released new information claiming the Bush administration misled the American people in the run-up to the war in Iraq. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said on Thursday that a 2003 CIA cable warns the ...
2003 CIA cable casts doubt on claim linking Iraq to 9/11CNN
In 2003, US experts doubted key Iraq war claim: cableReuters
Senate Armed Services Chairman: Bush Administration Misled American People ...Latin Post
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Tehran will continue to dominate Iraq while the US distances itself - The National Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:12:01 GMT

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Tehran will continue to dominate Iraq while the US distances itself
The National
Iranian warplanes recently launched airstrikes against targets in eastern Iraq, pushing back ISIL militants who had ventured near a self-declared “buffer zone” that Iran established along the border. It was the latest example of how Iran is expanding ...
Iran confirms its support for Iraq with arms and advisorsMiddle East Monitor

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China offers to help Iraq defeat Sunni extremists - Financial Times Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:20:20 GMT

China offers to help Iraq defeat Sunni extremists
Financial Times
China has offered to help Iraq defeat Sunni extremists with support for air strikes, according to Ibrahim Jafari, Iraq's foreign minister. Wang Yi, Mr Jafari's Chinese counterpart, made the offer to help defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ...

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Iraq Christians take up arms, following wholesale attacks by ISIS - Rudaw Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:20:21 GMT

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Iraq Christians take up arms, following wholesale attacks by ISIS
Rudaw
BAQUQA, Iraq - Christian communities in Iraq's Nineveh plains have formed their first paramilitary force to thwart further advances by the Islamic State into their areas, their representatives say. Doekh Nawsha (those who give their lives), an armed ...