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Syrian aircraft bomb Sunni militant targets inside Iraq - Washington Post Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:19:41 GMT

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Syrian aircraft bomb Sunni militant targets inside Iraq Washington Post Syrian government aircraft bombed Sunni militant targets inside Iraq on Tuesday, further broadening the Middle Eastern crisis a day after Israeli warplanes and rockets struck targets inside Syria. Iraqi state media initially reported that the attacks ... Iraq government claims gains in anti-militant fightCNN US military advisers begin work in IraqUSA TODAY Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An AutopsyThe Atlantic New York Times -Fox News -Reuters all 5,519 news articles »

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Not Worth It: Huge Majority Regret Iraq War, Exclusive Poll Shows - NBCNews.com Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:32:03 GMT

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Not Worth It: Huge Majority Regret Iraq War, Exclusive Poll Shows NBCNews.com A divided nation finally agrees on something overwhelmingly: the war in Iraq was simply not worth fighting. Seventy-one percent of Americans now say that the war in Iraq “wasn't worth it,” a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll shows, with ... President Obama reaches new low on IraqWashington Post (blog) Poll Finds Dissatisfaction Over IraqNew York Times Vast majority of Americans feel Iraq war wasn't worth itMSNBC RT -Politico -The Nation. all 125 news articles »

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Western-born jihadists rally to ISIS's fight in Iraq and Syria - CNN Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:19:08 GMT

Western-born jihadists rally to ISIS's fight in Iraq and Syria CNN (CNN) -- The extremist Sunni militants sweeping across Iraq may have a singular goal, but there's a broad coalition of recruits from outside of the Middle East willing to help them achieve it. The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS ... This Chart Shows How ISIS Might Threaten Places Beyond Iraq And SyriaBusiness Insider all 13 news articles »

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Kerry urges Kurdish leaders to stick with Iraq as insurgent offensive continues - Washington Post Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:23:17 GMT

Kerry urges Kurdish leaders to stick with Iraq as insurgent offensive continues Washington Post IRBIL, Iraq — Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Kurdish leaders Tuesday to remain part of Iraq, as fighters from local Sunni tribes wrested control of at least part of Iraq's largest oil refinery after battling for days with government troops ...

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A Challenging Job for US Special Forces in Iraq - ABC News Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:53:39 GMT

A Challenging Job for US Special Forces in Iraq ABC News U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces improve their ability to battle Sunni militants. The ...

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John Kerry: US troop deployment to Iraq is not intervention - The Guardian Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:23:55 GMT

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John Kerry: US troop deployment to Iraq is not intervention The Guardian As fighting continued for control of Iraq's largest oil refinery at Baiji, Kerry flew to the Kurdish region on an emergency trip through the Middle East amid fears that Iraq faces disintegration under the onslaught by Islamist militants – the Islamic ...

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Jihadists in UK deterred by Syria and Iraq war images, says Cressida Dick - The Guardian Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:12:41 GMT

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Jihadists in UK deterred by Syria and Iraq war images, says Cressida Dick The Guardian The horrors of Syria and Iraq are helping shake Britain's Muslims and other communities out of the "complacency and passivity" that has allowed young Britons to be radicalised and has led to hundreds of jihadists travelling to the conflict, Britain's ... Iraq crisis: British jihadi fighting for Isis in Syria was 'radicalised by ...The Independent Isis video makes Iraq look like 'boy-scout camp'Telegraph.co.uk Islamic State of Iraq and Syria aims to recruit Westerners with videoLos Angeles Times all 475 news articles »

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Clinton Says Cheney Criticism of Obama on Iraq Was 'Unseemly' - NBCNews.com Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:33:05 GMT

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Clinton Says Cheney Criticism of Obama on Iraq Was 'Unseemly' NBCNews.com Former President Bill Clinton told NBC News on Tuesday that former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent remarks on Iraq amounted to “attacking the administration for not doing an adequate job of cleaning up the mess that he made.” Cheney, in an Op-Ed ... Obama: Threat from Iraq Militants Could GrowTIME A questionable game of 'shut up' on IraqLos Angeles Times Paul vs. Cheney highlights divide over US foreign policy in Iraq, larger ...Fox News Politico (blog) -Washington Post -Huffington Post all 791 news articles »

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Shiite villagers describe 'massacre' in northern Iraq - Washington Post Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:15:13 GMT

Shiite villagers describe 'massacre' in northern Iraq Washington Post TAZA, Iraq — The villagers lowered 15 bodies into a mass grave here Monday. Two of the dead were young girls. The rest were men. All had been executed at point-blank range by al-Qaeda-inspired rebels and their allies, during what witnesses say was an ...

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The skeptic's case for bombing Iraq - Vox Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:22:41 GMT

The skeptic's case for bombing Iraq Vox The Obama administration's decision to deploy 300 elite ground troops in Iraq really looks like a prelude to a possible US bombing campaign there. For those skeptical of a military intervention in Iraq, including myself, this might seem crazy: most of ...