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US and Iran Unlikely Allies in Iraq Battle - New York Times Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:03:18 GMT

New York Times
US and Iran Unlikely Allies in Iraq Battle
New York Times
The fight in northern Iraq appeared to be the first time American warplanes and militias backed by Iran had worked with a common purpose on a battlefield against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, even though the Obama administration ...
US airstrikes help Iraqi forces break Islamic State's siegeWashington Post
Siege of Iraqi town broken; US lawmakers demand ISIS strategyCNN
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SAS to protect crews on arms drops in Iraq - Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:40:57 GMT

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SAS to protect crews on arms drops in Iraq
Sydney Morning Herald
It is also understood the SAS could in future be stationed on the ground in Iraq if Australia joins any air strike campaign against the Islamic State militants wreaking terror through the country's north. They would be there to find and rescue pilots ...
Australia to Fly Guns and Ammunition Into IraqABC News
SAS soldiers set to travel to IraqSky News Australia
Arming Kurds in Iraq: it would be riskier to do nothing, says ADFThe Guardian
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US Launches More Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq - NBCNews.com Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:57:14 GMT

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US Launches More Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq
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U.S. fighter jets and drones Saturday launched five more airstrikes against Islamist militants in Iraq Saturday, destroying targets near the Mosul Dam, the military said. Strikes destroyed an armed vehicle, fighting position, weapons and a building ...

Iraq breaks Islamic State siege of Amerli - Aljazeera.com Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:51:28 GMT

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Iraq breaks Islamic State siege of Amerli
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US jets and drones have also attacked the Islamic State group's positions near Iraq's Mosul Dam. In the previous weeks, the US forces have conducted airstrikes in support of Iraqi and Kurdish forces on the ground, fighting against the Islamic State ...

US Strikes Militants Besieging Turkmen in Iraq - New York Times Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:35:05 GMT

US Strikes Militants Besieging Turkmen in Iraq
New York Times
WASHINGTON — American warplanes launched airstrikes on Sunni militants who have been besieging the town of Amerli in northern Iraq on Saturday, in a broadening of the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon announced the ...

Germany to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq - Deutsche Welle Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:59:03 GMT

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Germany to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq
Deutsche Welle
Germany to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq. The German government has announced it will supply 70 million euros worth of high-end military equipment to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq. The move is a major shift ...
Germany Sends 16000 Rifles to Iraq to Stem Islamic StateBloomberg
Germany to send weapons to Iraq's PeshmergaAl-Arabiya
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Iraq crisis: RAF planes help in Amerli food drop - BBC News Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:53:16 GMT

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Iraq crisis: RAF planes help in Amerli food drop
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RAF Hercules transport planes have taken part in a humanitarian aid air drop for residents of Amerli in Iraq. It was part of an international effort to resupply the town which has been under siege by Islamic State (IS) militants for nearly two months.
RAF drops 14 tons of aid as Iraq town relievedTelegraph.co.uk
US, Partner-nations Conduct Humanitarian Airdrop in IraqDepartment of Defense

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Does Iraq need a second Sunni Awakening? - CNN (blog) Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:06:10 GMT

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Does Iraq need a second Sunni Awakening?
CNN (blog)
It has recruited marginalized, disaffected Sunni youths in Syria and Iraq who believe they are being ruled by apostate regimes. How to handle this challenge? The American, a former senior administration figure, counsels against pessimism. The Islamic ...
ASSAD BEHIND ISIS ATTACKS IN IRAQ, SAYS PRESIDENT ERDOĞANDaily Sabah
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West drops aid to Iraq town under jihadist siege - Yahoo News Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:16:31 GMT

West drops aid to Iraq town under jihadist siege
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The aid drops were accompanied by US air strikes and were the furthest south that US forces have intervened in Iraq, barring reconnaissance flights, since their withdrawal in December 2011. The mainly Turkmen residents of the Salaheddin province town ...

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PT1M48S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-3eo0j ... - Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:36:54 GMT

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said Australia has a "responsibility" to help the Kurds because of the number of radicalised Australians who have joined Islamic State and are fighting alongside terrorists in Iraq and Syria and has warned that the ...

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