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Obama authorizes 'targeted airstrikes' in Iraq to counter militants - CNN Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:36:26 GMT

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Obama authorizes 'targeted airstrikes' in Iraq to counter militants CNN Washington (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that he's authorized "targeted airstrikes" in Iraq to protect American personnel and help Iraqi forces. "We do whatever is necessary to protect our people," Obama said. "We support our ... US Approves Airstrikes on Iraq, Airdrops AidWall Street Journal Why Obama just authorized air strikes on ISIS in IraqVox Obama authorizes airstrikes in Iraq to stop genocideUSA TODAY Washington Post -Fox News all 3,665 news articles »

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Rebels Capture Iraq's Largest Dam - New York Times Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:20:34 GMT

New York Times

Rebels Capture Iraq's Largest Dam New York Times Residents near the dam and officials in the region confirmed that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, held the dam, a potentially catastrophic development for Iraq's civilian population. The dam, which sits on the Tigris River and is about 30 ...

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ISIS militants launch assault on Iraq's largest dam - Fox News Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:10:39 GMT

Fox News

ISIS militants launch assault on Iraq's largest dam Fox News ISIS militants mounted a bloody bid to seize Iraq's largest dam Thursday, clashing with Kurds for control of the Mosul's primary source of fresh water and power. Residents told The Associated Press that the Islamic State (IS), the militant group ...

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ISIS Forces Appear to Capture Iraq's Largest Dam - New York Times Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:12:14 GMT

New York Times

ISIS Forces Appear to Capture Iraq's Largest Dam New York Times ERBIL, Iraq — Sunni militants appeared on Thursday to have captured the Mosul dam, the largest in Iraq, as their advances in the country's north created an onslaught of refugees and set off fearful rumors in Erbil, the Kurdish regional capital. An ...

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Iraqi Yazidi lawmaker: 'Hundreds of my people are being slaughtered' - CNN Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:33:59 GMT

Iraqi Yazidi lawmaker: 'Hundreds of my people are being slaughtered' CNN Lawmaker Vian Dakhil, the only MP representing the Yazidi minority group in Iraq's Parliament, said in an impassioned speech that 70 Yazidi children had died so far, that women were being killed or sold into slavery and that 500 men had been "slaughtered.

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Islamic Militants in Iraq Are Widely Loathed, Yet Action to Curb Them Is Elusive - New York Times Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:40:05 GMT

Islamic Militants in Iraq Are Widely Loathed, Yet Action to Curb Them Is Elusive New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Its fighters have seized oil fields, held water supplies hostage, and commandeered heavy artillery that the United States once supplied to a friendly government in Iraq. In late July, they decapitated Syrian soldiers, put their heads ... and more »

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Iraq's largest Christian town abandoned as Isis advance continues - The Guardian Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:01:46 GMT

The Guardian

Iraq's largest Christian town abandoned as Isis advance continues The Guardian Christians, Yazidis and Turkmen have been at the frontlines of Iraq's war with the Islamic State (Isis) ever since the jihadist group stormed into Mosul and Tikrit and mid-June. The Iraqi army capitulated within hours, with at least 60,000 officers and ...

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Islamic State extends gains in north Iraq, reach Kurdistan border area - Reuters Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:36:22 GMT

Islamic State extends gains in north Iraq, reach Kurdistan border area Reuters ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants surged across northern Iraq towards the capital of the Kurdish region on Thursday, sending tens of thousands of Christians fleeing for their lives, in an offensive that has alarmed the Baghdad government and ...

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Islamic State Militants Seize Iraq's Biggest Dam - Huffington Post Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:04:40 GMT

Islamic State Militants Seize Iraq's Biggest Dam Huffington Post BAGHDAD (AP) -- Residents living near Iraq's largest dam say Sunni militants from the Islamic State group have overrun the complex. The residents say the militants stormed the Mosul Dam complex in one hour on Thursday. The dam, north of Iraq's ...

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Bolton: US should become involved in stopping ISIS in Iraq - Fox News Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:09:45 GMT

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Bolton: US should become involved in stopping ISIS in Iraq Fox News Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton said Wednesday on Fox News that America should become involved in stopping the growing threat of ISIS fighters in Iraq. Appearing on "The Real Story," Bolton said, "the only thing that is going to stop ... and more »