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Iraq says Jordan to begin training Iraqi troops soon - Reuters Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:58:22 GMT

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Iraq says Jordan to begin training Iraqi troops soon
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Obeidi aims to rebuild the Iraqi army, which fell apart last summer in the face of Islamic State's blitz across northern Iraq during which at least four Iraqi divisions crumbled. "I think in the next weeks the first batch of Iraqi army will get ...

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ISIL fighters 'flee' Iraq's Sinjar as Peshmerga troops 'make gains' - euronews Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:14:34 GMT

Macon Telegraph (blog)

ISIL fighters 'flee' Iraq's Sinjar as Peshmerga troops 'make gains'
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The president of the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Masoud Barzani, visited troops and toured their positions on Mount Sinjar on Sunday, just one day after its liberation by Peshmerga fighters following a three-month siege by Islamic State ...
In IS-Held Town, Iraqi Kurds Face Heavy ResistanceABC News
US-led forces launch 13 air strikes in Iraq, three in SyriaReuters
Islamic State counterattacks refinery as fight for Iraq swings back and forthMacon Telegraph (blog)

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Iraq's Popular Reality TV Show Forces Convicted Terrorists to Face Their ... - VICE News Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:40:16 GMT

New York Daily News

Iraq's Popular Reality TV Show Forces Convicted Terrorists to Face Their ...
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The Islamic State overran large parts of northern Iraq earlier this year, routing numerically superior government forces in a series of embarrassing defeats that saw soldiers stripping off their uniforms and fleeing into Iraqi Kurdistan. Some later ...
Iraq reality show brings ISIS terrorists, victims togetherNew York Daily News
Iraq reality TV show makes ISIS 'terrorists' confront victimsMashable
Abbott puts families and jobs as top priority2:12NEWS.com.au

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Sen. Roberts returns from Iraq newly confident in U.S. mission: 'This strategy ... - McClatchy Washington Bureau Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:57:18 GMT

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Sen. Roberts returns from Iraq newly confident in U.S. mission: 'This strategy ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
American troops and their allies in Iraq are making “real and tangible progress” against Islamic State militants who seized much of Iraq and Syria over the summer, the Kansas senator said in a press call with reporters after his plane landed in Washington.

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Isis in Iraq: Yazidi girls killing themselves to escape rape and imprisonment ... - The Independent Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:53:18 GMT

The Independent

Isis in Iraq: Yazidi girls killing themselves to escape rape and imprisonment ...
The Independent
Hundreds of women and children were captured during the group's bloody sweep through northern Iraq earlier this year and have since been trafficked as sex slaves , forced into marriage and imprisoned. Victims who managed to escape told Amnesty ...
Iraq: Yezidi women and girls face harrowing sexual violenceAmnesty International
Sex slavery pushes Iraq Islamic State victims to suicide – Amnesty InternationalGMA News
Watch A Coalition Airstrike Destroy A Massive ISIS Truck Bomb In IraqBusiness Insider Australia

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Informal counterinsurgency from Iraq to Nigeria: Who pays the price? - Washington Post (blog) Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:44:06 GMT

Informal counterinsurgency from Iraq to Nigeria: Who pays the price?
Washington Post (blog)
We have seen similar informal groups fighting the Shining Path insurgency in Peru or Maoist guerrillas in Nepal, and now Shia militias in Iraq are taking on Islamic State. Such informal armed groups may seem the answer to insurgencies in states with ...


Leader of Iranian-backed militia killed in eastern Iraq - Long War Journal Mon, 22 Dec 2014 04:24:46 GMT

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Leader of Iranian-backed militia killed in eastern Iraq
Long War Journal
Wathiq al Battat, the leader of the Mukhtar Army and secretary-general of Hezbollah in Iraq, was killed yesterday in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala. Battat had formed the Mukhtar Army in early 2013 and has received support from Iran's Qods Force.
Senior Hezbollah leader Wathiq al-Battat 'assassinated by accident' in IraqInternational Business Times UK

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ISIS mines compound hidden killer that's plagued Iraq for decades - Fox News Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:36:27 GMT

Fox News

ISIS mines compound hidden killer that's plagued Iraq for decades
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Landmines and unexploded bombs have threatened lives and limbs in Iraq for generations, the vestiges of decades of intense conflict with a host of enemies. Now Islamic State has turned a crisis into a catastrophe. Infamous for leaving explosive devices ...

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Agency Backs More Abrams for Iraq in ISIS Fight - DoD Buzz Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:08:54 GMT

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Agency Backs More Abrams for Iraq in ISIS Fight
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The question, however, is not whether the government of Iraq but rather militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, an al-Qaeda-inspired extremist group that has overtaken large areas of both countries, will have trouble ...
Iraq requests Abrams tank, Humvee saleAirForceTimes.com
Iraq seeks tanks and up-armored HumveesUPI.com
US Approves Sale of 175 Abrams Tanks to IraqAINA (press release)

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Two jihadis deported from Britain turn up fighting for ISIS in Iraq - Daily Mail Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:02:03 GMT

Daily Mail

Two jihadis deported from Britain turn up fighting for ISIS in Iraq
Daily Mail
It has now emerged, however, that both men subsequently made their way to join the Islamic State in Iraq - with Emde a senior commander based in the terror group's stronghold Mosul, and Baum a suicide bomber who ISIS claimed had blown himself up in a ...
ISIS 'More Dangerous Than People Realize,' Says Author Who Traveled to Iraq ...Christian Post

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