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Time is running out for Iraq as nation spirals into chaos - MSNBC Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:08:21 GMT

Time is running out for Iraq as nation spirals into chaos MSNBC BAGHDAD, Iraq – Militiamen saunter unchallenged along Baghdad streets with rocket-propelled grenade launchers slung across their shoulders. Neighborhood after neighborhood is being ghettoized and sealed off by checkpoints manned by fighters in ... and more »

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Iraq veteran faces fine for therapeutic pet ducks - Fox News Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:48:46 GMT

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Iraq veteran faces fine for therapeutic pet ducks Fox News WEST LAFAYETTE, Ohio – An Army veteran who was wounded during the Iraq War is worried a citation will result in him losing his 14 pet ducks, which he says are therapeutic. Darin Welker, of West Lafayette, was cited with a minor misdemeanor June 23 for ... Iraq War Army National Guard veteran cited for owning 14 therapeutic pet ducksThe Post-Standard Iraq war veteran worried about losing the ducks that he depends on for therapyWashington Post Ohio town says Iraq vet's 14 therapy ducks not allowedUSA TODAY all 109 news articles »

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Is Iraq's Kurdish region outside of ISIS' calculus? - Al-Arabiya Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:14:47 GMT

Is Iraq's Kurdish region outside of ISIS' calculus? Al-Arabiya Iraqi Kurds have remained unscathed so far from any major assault by the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria not only because of their defensive force represented in the Peshmerga but also because of ISIS' priority of toppling the government of ... and more »

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Top Kurdish security official warns West of Iraq blowback - Reuters India Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:07:19 GMT

Reuters India

Top Kurdish security official warns West of Iraq blowback Reuters India Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdish region's National Security Council, said he doubted Iraq's army would be able to roll back militant gains without help from outside, but that the world did not appear serious about confronting the insurgency. Minorities in Iraq Follow Kurds in Pushing for More AutonomyWall Street Journal While Iraq burns, Isis takes advantage in SyriaBBC News Fouad Massoum: Veteran Politician Likely to be Iraq's Next PresidentRudaw Asharq Alawsat English all 239 news articles »

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Time runs out for Christian Iraq: Isis deadline passes with mass flight - The Independent Sun, 20 Jul 2014 20:02:46 GMT

The Independent

Time runs out for Christian Iraq: Isis deadline passes with mass flight The Independent The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) issued a decree last week offering Christians the three options accompanied by the ominous threat that, if they did not comply by midday on 19 July, “then there is nothing to give them but the sword”. It ... Under threat, Iraq's Christians flee city of MosulFox News Facing fines, conversion or death, Christian families flee MosulCNN Iraq Christians get Islamic State's warningAljazeera.com Washington Post -CBC.ca -Wall Street Journal all 670 news articles »

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More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria - Los Angeles Times Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:46:08 GMT

More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria Los Angeles Times Thousands of foreign fighters have bolstered the ranks of militant groups in Syria and Iraq in recent months, according to U.S. officials, driving fresh concern about potential terrorist plots aimed at the United States or its allies. The surge, as ... and more »

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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 ... UN accuses Islamic State of executions, rape, forced child recruitment in IraqReuters UK Islamic State Group Claims Baghdad BombingsABC News Iraq Live Blog: Sunni Militants Vow to Overrun BaghdadVICE News The News Journal -ABC Online -Pew Research Center for the People and the Press all 580 news articles »

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Proud Sunni neighborhood writhes under Iraq's Shiite security forces - Los Angeles Times Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:47:57 GMT

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Proud Sunni neighborhood writhes under Iraq's Shiite security forces Los Angeles Times His younger brother, Abdullah, recently escaped to the semiautonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq after being arrested seven times, he said. "I spent all my savings trying to get him out of jail, paying bail, paying bribes," Mohammed said in his ... In Iraq, Sunnis push back against extremists in their midstThe Herald | HeraldOnline.com all 10 news articles »

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Iraq crisis takes toll on Turkish border trade - Today's Zaman Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:18:39 GMT

Iraq crisis takes toll on Turkish border trade Today's Zaman The advance of the insurgent Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq threatens to further hit Turkish companies that export to the southern neighbor, as Iraq is the second-largest recipient of Turkish exports after Germany. In a separate ... and more »

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Christians flee Iraq's Mosul after Islamists tell them: convert, pay or die - Telegraph.co.uk Sat, 19 Jul 2014 07:28:34 GMT

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Christians flee Iraq's Mosul after Islamists tell them: convert, pay or die Telegraph.co.uk The central government in Baghdad has lost control of vast swathes of territory to Islamic State since their lightning push through northern Iraq last month, eventually declaring its establishment of a “caliphate” covering the land it holds in Iraq and ...