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For Iraq, Potential Leader With a Tarnished Past - New York Times Tue, 01 Jul 2014 02:30:34 GMT

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For Iraq, Potential Leader With a Tarnished Past
New York Times
At first championed by the Bush administration's neoconservatives as a potential leader of Iraq, Ahmad Chalabi ended up persona non grata, effectively barred from the wartime American Embassy here. Now, in an improbable twist of fate, Mr. Chalabi is ...
Iraq's New Parliament to Convene and Start Choosing Key LeadersWall Street Journal

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Iraq Warplanes: When Subsonic is Faster than Supersonic - TIME Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:21:08 GMT

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Iraq Warplanes: When Subsonic is Faster than Supersonic
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This time, it's not in the sky, but on the ground: Iraq wants those warplanes on its runways and in its inventory as soon as possible so they can be flown into the fight against the rebels of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, who are threatening to ...
Russian Jets and Experts Sent to Iraq to Aid ArmyNew York Times
Russian Advisers Ready Iraq to Use New Combat AircraftBloomberg
Thumbing Its Nose at U.S., Russia Sends Military Experts to IraqThe Wire
U.S. News & World Report -The Moscow Times
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US sends more troops to Iraq - CNN Tue, 01 Jul 2014 01:51:50 GMT

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US sends more troops to Iraq
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Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The United States has increased its military presence in Iraq, ordering 300 more troops to the violence-ravaged nation, the Pentagon announced Monday. ISIS militants have "continued to pose a legitimate threat to Baghdad and its ...
300 more US troops headed to IraqCBS News
US Sends 300 Troops to Iraq to Protect AmericansNBCNews.com
US Sending 300 More US Troops to IraqABC News
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Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater - New York Times Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:34:53 GMT

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Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater
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Document: State Department Documents on Blackwater Episode. “The management structures in place to manage and monitor our contracts in Iraq have become subservient to the contractors themselves,” the investigator, Jean C. Richter, wrote in an Aug.
Blackwater threatened to kill US investigator in Iraq: reportYahoo News
Blackwater leader 'threatened to kill a State Department investigator in Iraq ...Daily Mail
Blackwater manager reportedly threatened to kill State Department investigatorFox News
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Iraq crisis: Republicans see ISIS as threat to America, Dems not as much - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:37:22 GMT

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Iraq crisis: Republicans see ISIS as threat to America, Dems not as much
Christian Science Monitor
and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrive to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., in this file photo. In a new poll, 83 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats say that President ...
Sunni militants declare Islamic state in Iraq and SyriaFox News
ISIS Declares Caliphate As Iraq Fights To Retake TikritNPR (blog)
Iraq lawmakers convene to form new government in battle with 'caliphate'Reuters
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Extremists in Iraq Attack Shiite Shrine, Killing 6 - New York Times Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:13:25 GMT

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Extremists in Iraq Attack Shiite Shrine, Killing 6
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BAGHDAD — Sunni extremists fired mortars into a shrine in Samarra that is sacred to Shiites late Monday, killing six people and damaging the shrine, according to a report on Iraqi state television. Attacks on Samarra's Askariya Shrine by Qaeda-related ...
Iraq: Mortar Shells Hit Near Gate of Shiite ShrineTIME
Mortar shells strike near gate of Shiite shrine in IraqThe Republic

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The Kurds May Seize the Moment to Break Free of Iraq - National Geographic Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:02:51 GMT

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The Kurds May Seize the Moment to Break Free of Iraq
National Geographic
As Sunni fighters led by the jihadist group ISIS have pressed forward, capturing the Iraqi cities of Mosul, Tikrit, and Ramadi and encircling Baghdad, Iraq's Kurds have taken advantage of the chaos by expanding their territory and pushing for greater ...
Kurds in Tennessee watch Iraq hoping for new nationUSA TODAY
Iraq's Kurds rule out giving up KirkukAljazeera.com
Iraq Kurds Won't Give Up Territory, Leader SaysWall Street Journal
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Voices: Why Awakening II won't save Iraq this time - USA TODAY Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:43:29 GMT

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Voices: Why Awakening II won't save Iraq this time
USA TODAY
In early 2006. Ramadi was a godforsaken place, with rubble-strewn streets and abandoned buildings. Americans had secured the main routes through the city, but not much else. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had boldly declared the city its capital and militants roamed ...

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Terrorists in Iraq, Syria 'gaining strength,' Obama admits as administration ... - New York Daily News Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:44:19 GMT

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Terrorists in Iraq, Syria 'gaining strength,' Obama admits as administration ...
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President Obama didn't address the bomb threat Sunday, but he did express concern that “battle-hardened” militants returning to Europe after fighting with jihadist forces in Syria and Iraq may wind up putting the U.S. in grave danger. Al Qaeda's Yemen ...

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Obama Orders More Troops To Iraq - Huffington Post Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:02:54 GMT

Obama Orders More Troops To Iraq
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"The presence of these additional forces will help enable the embassy to continue its critical diplomatic mission and work with Iraq on challenges they are facing as they confront Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant," the Pentagon's press secretary ...

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