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Amid unrest in Iraq, Americans blame US withdrawal more than its invasion - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:12:44 GMT

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Amid unrest in Iraq, Americans blame US withdrawal more than its invasion
Washington Post (blog)
When it comes to the current violence in Iraq, Americans blame Iraq itself more than the United States' decision to go to war there, according to a new poll Friday from the Pew Research Center. But when it comes to America's culpability, there's ...
Most Think the U.S. Has No Responsibility To Act in IraqPew Research Center for the People and the Press
UN accuses Islamic State of executions, rape, child abuse in IraqReuters
UN Accuses Islamic State of Executions, Rape, Forced Child Recruitment in IraqVoice of America
Firedoglake -Aljazeera.com
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Iraq Christians told to convert or face death - Aljazeera.com Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:02:56 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraq Christians told to convert or face death
Aljazeera.com
In response, the group says in the letter that Christians must either convert to Islam, pay a special tax on non-Muslims known as jiziya, or face death "as a last resort". Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, was overrun by the Islamic State group and ...
Jihadist ultimatum sparks Christian exodus from Iraq's MosulYahoo News
In Iraq, Syria, Militants Try to Govern as a StateABC News
While Iraq burns, Isis takes advantage in SyriaBBC News
Wall Street Journal -CNN -Newsweek
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Minorities in Iraq Follow Kurds in Pushing for More Autonomy - Wall Street Journal Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:49:52 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Minorities in Iraq Follow Kurds in Pushing for More Autonomy
Wall Street Journal
Threats by Iraq's Kurds to break off and form an independent state are sparking calls by other ethnic minorities for more autonomy of their own amid the shifting political landscape. Minorities within the semiautonomous Kurdistan region in the north ...
Iraq's president Talabani to return from medical exile amid crisisYahoo News
Hoshyar Zebari on Iraq, the Kurds and Declaring IndependenceRudaw
Revisiting Kurdistan: 'If there is a success story in Iraq, it's here'The Guardian
Businessweek -Asharq Alawsat English
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McCain: Iraq War Might Not Have Happened Had I Won In 2000 - TIME Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:29:08 GMT

McCain: Iraq War Might Not Have Happened Had I Won In 2000
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John McCain Discusses The Situation In Iraq At American Enterprise Institute Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) participates in a discussion on the unfolding violence in Iraq at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington on June 18 ...
John McCain Says He Would Have Been 'Reluctant' To Invade Iraq Had He Won ...Huffington Post
McCain: Iraq War Might Not Have Started if I Were PresidentNational Journal
Would there have been fewer troops in Iraq if McCain won the presidency in 2000?CNN (blog)
Newsmax.com
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Why Obama should send several thousand US troops back to Iraq - Washington Post Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:41:09 GMT

Why Obama should send several thousand US troops back to Iraq
Washington Post
The solution to the violence in Iraq is political, not military. But if a suitable government can be formed in Baghdad, the United States has to consider a wide range of military options. And to be effective, America's troop presence in Iraq should ...


Iranian Commanders on Front Line of Iraq's Fight - ABC News Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:28:11 GMT

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Iranian Commanders on Front Line of Iraq's Fight
ABC News
A powerful Iranian general has emerged as the chief tactician in Iraq's fight against Sunni militants, working on the front lines alongside 120 advisers from his country's Revolutionary Guard to direct Shiite militiamen and government forces in the ...
Iraq: A nation on the brinkMiddle East Eye
How US must handle Iraq crisisFox News (blog)
Iraq withdraws its ambassador to JordanThe Daily Star
The Hill (blog)
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Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran's Problem. - Daily Beast Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:16:51 GMT

Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran's Problem.
Daily Beast
Back in the George W. Bush administration's darkest days occupying Iraq, I ran into a guy who was about as close to Bush as you could get without being Bush himself. We were at one of those Davos cocktail parties where you can barely hear what you are ...

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For Iraq, Debacle in Tikrit as Forces Walk Into Trap Set by Militants - New York Times Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:45:59 GMT

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For Iraq, Debacle in Tikrit as Forces Walk Into Trap Set by Militants
New York Times
The Iraqi forces had apparently walked into a trap, and some soldiers β€” and many more of their untrained volunteer supporters β€” were either killed or badly wounded when the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria sprung it, according to accounts from two ...
Weeks of combat in Iraq show Shiite militias have few offensive capabilitiesMiamiHerald.com
Iraq rebels storm town near BaghdadAljazeera.com
As Iraq's politicians fumble, Iran fears its own quagmireChristian Science Monitor
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Maliki to Arab Nations: 'Do Not Allow Iraq's Division' - Rudaw Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:09:59 GMT

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Maliki to Arab Nations: 'Do Not Allow Iraq's Division'
Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is fighting to stay in power against overwhelming Sunni and Kurdish opposition, warned Arab countries that Iraq's division would rumble across the region. β€œThe idea of dividing Iraq ...


News Wrap: UN reports sharp rise of Iraq civilian deaths - PBS NewsHour Sat, 19 Jul 2014 00:25:05 GMT

News Wrap: UN reports sharp rise of Iraq civilian deaths
PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Friday, the United Nations reported that between January and June, nearly 5,600 civilians were killed in Iraq. Sunni extremists have stepped up their fight against the Iraqi government since the beginning of the year. Also, the Obama ...

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