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Under threat, Iraq's Christians flee city of Mosul - Fox News Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:34:11 GMT

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Under threat, Iraq's Christians flee city of Mosul Fox News June 27, 2014: An Iraqi nun, second from left, speaks with a Christian man who fled with his family from the Christian villages near Mosul, Iraq, at a school that was turned into a shelter for displaced Christian families, in Ainkawa, a suburb of Irbil ... Iraq Christians get Islamic State's warningAljazeera.com Facing fines, conversion or death, Christian families flee MosulCNN Christians flee Iraq's Mosul after Islamists tell them: convert, pay or dieTelegraph.co.uk Wall Street Journal -Yahoo News all 445 news articles »

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Iraq president Talabani returns after long absence - Reuters Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:05:33 GMT

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Iraq president Talabani returns after long absence Reuters ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - President Jalal Talabani returned to Iraq on Saturday for the first time since he suffered a stroke a year and a half ago and was flown abroad for medical treatment, state television said. During Talabani's absence, Sunni ... While Iraq burns, Isis takes advantage in SyriaBBC News Minorities in Iraq Follow Kurds in Pushing for More AutonomyWall Street Journal The other IraqThe Week Magazine Yahoo News -Businessweek -The Guardian all 204 news articles »

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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 ... Iraq Live Blog: Sunni Militants Vow to Overrun BaghdadVICE News Bombings in Iraq's capital kill at least 27 peopleStars and Stripes Why Obama should send more troops to IraqThe News Journal Pew Research Center for the People and the Press -Reuters all 409 news articles »

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Multiple car bombs kill 16 in Iraq - CNN Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:30:27 GMT

Multiple car bombs kill 16 in Iraq CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- (CNN) -- Car bombs tore through four Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad on Saturday, killing 16 people and wounding dozens, police said. One bomb exploded near a mosque and two were placed near commercial markets. and more »

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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 TIME 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 all 67 news articles »

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Convert, Pay Tax, or Die, Islamic State Warns Christians in Iraq - Newsweek Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:54:00 GMT

Newsweek

Convert, Pay Tax, or Die, Islamic State Warns Christians in Iraq Newsweek BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents have issued an ultimatum to northern Iraq's dwindling Christian population to either convert to Islam, pay a religious levy or face death, according to a statement distributed in the militant-controlled city of ...

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Iranian Commanders on Front Line of Iraq's Fight - Military.com Fri, 18 Jul 2014 21:11:55 GMT

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Iranian Commanders on Front Line of Iraq's Fight Military.com BAGHDAD -- 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 ... How US must handle Iraq crisisFox News (blog) Iraq: A nation on the brinkMiddle East Eye IS PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE POSSIBLE IN IRAQ AFTER MOSUL?Daily Sabah Mother Jones -New York Post all 114 news articles »

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Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq's Mosul - Yahoo News Sat, 19 Jul 2014 08:53:17 GMT

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Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq's Mosul Yahoo News Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) - Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in Mosul Saturday as a jihadist ultimatum threatening their community's centuries-old presence in the northern Iraqi city expired. President Jalal Talabani flew home after 18 months ...

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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 ...

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Hunter: Bring in Mattis, OIF vets to advise on Iraq - Military Times Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:07:16 GMT

Hunter: Bring in Mattis, OIF vets to advise on Iraq Military Times Jim Mattis and John F. Kelly to navigate political and military pitfalls in Iraq, a California lawmaker said this week. In a July 17 letter to House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter asked for a ...