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UN to Send Team to Iraq for Inquiry on ISIS Acts - New York Times Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:44:31 GMT

New York Times

UN to Send Team to Iraq for Inquiry on ISIS Acts New York Times GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council decided Monday to send a fact-finding team to Iraq to investigate possible war crimes by Islamic extremists after hearing senior human rights officials detail mass killings and other atrocities ... UN to send team to investigate Islamic State crimes in IraqReuters UN to send investigators to Iraq over Islamic State 'atrocities'The Guardian Iraq crisis: Acts of inhumanity on unimaginable scale - UNBBC News Aljazeera.com all 272 news articles »

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The US Should Not Wage War Against ISIS Like Afghanistan and Iraq - TIME Mon, 01 Sep 2014 22:00:24 GMT

Guardian Liberty Voice

The US Should Not Wage War Against ISIS Like Afghanistan and Iraq TIME Over the Labor Day weekend, U.S. air power, combined with Iraqi help on the ground, broke a two-month ISIS siege of the village of Amerli in northern Iraq. The militants had been tightening a noose around the farming town, cutting off water, food and ... Iraq Fights Back Against ISISGuardian Liberty Voice ASSAD BEHIND ISIS ATTACKS IN IRAQ, SAYS PRESIDENT ERDOĞANDaily Sabah Will Iraq's Sunnis Stay Loyal to ISIS?Daily Beast all 984 news articles »

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As battle lines shift in Iraq, Sunnis who welcomed the Islamic State fear ... - Washington Post Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:32:37 GMT

BBC News

As battle lines shift in Iraq, Sunnis who welcomed the Islamic State fear ... Washington Post “Suleiman Beg and other villages around Amerli have been fully liberated,” said Na'im al-Aboudi, the spokesman for Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq , an Iranian-trained Shiite militia that once fought U.S. forces and played an active role in some of Iraq's worst ... Iraqi Forces Break Two-Month Islamic State Siege in AmirliWall Street Journal Iraq crisis: Shia and Kurdish forces move against ISBBC News Iraq retakes more towns from Islamic StateAljazeera.com TIME -CBC.ca -Foreign Policy (blog) all 1,564 news articles »

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Abbott on Iraq: 'Doing nothing means leaving millions exposed to death' - The Guardian Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:13:28 GMT

The Diplomat

Abbott on Iraq: 'Doing nothing means leaving millions exposed to death' The Guardian Abbott made the statement to parliament on Monday, a day after he announced Australia would help transport arms and military equipment to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in an attempt to counter the advance of Isis in Iraq. Australia will continue separate ... Australia at war in Iraq edging closerSydney Morning Herald Five fallacies in Australian thinking on IraqThe Interpreter Iraq: Are we 'creeping' into war?NEWS.com.au ABC News -The Diplomat all 475 news articles »

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UK could join American air strikes in Iraq and Syria, warns David Cameron - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:24:40 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

UK could join American air strikes in Iraq and Syria, warns David Cameron Telegraph.co.uk The Prime Minister said he will re-examine the possibility of Britain launching military strikes in Iraq and Syria after calls for action by Conservative backbenchers. He compared the crisis to the one faced in Libya in 2011, when he launched air ... Miliband calls for tougher action on Britons travelling to Iraq and SyriaThe Guardian all 1,282 news articles »

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UN considers emergency mission to Iraq to investigate Isis 'war crimes' - The Guardian Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:12:25 GMT

The Guardian

UN considers emergency mission to Iraq to investigate Isis 'war crimes' The Guardian The UN human rights council is to debate demands for an emergency mission to Iraq to investigate alleged atrocities committed by Islamic State (Isis) militants, which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The special session, scheduled ...

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the key: only fools will rush into Iraq - The Age Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:29:23 GMT

the key: only fools will rush into Iraq The Age It will not take much political courage for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to decide to send Australian forces to fight in Iraq. The opposition and the commentariat are urging him on, and no one seems very interested in whether there are good reasons to do so. and more »

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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 ... Saudi court jails 17 for seeking to fight in Iraq: SPAYahoo News all 560 news articles »

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Does Iraq need a second Sunni Awakening? - CNN (blog) Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:41:22 GMT

Does Iraq need a second Sunni Awakening? CNN (blog) This would produce a short-term military gain against the Islamic State but it would be a long-term political disaster. “It would feed the idea that the Sunnis in Iraq and Syria are embattled, that a Crusader Christian-Shiite alliance is persecuting ... and more »

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Iraq presses fightback after breaking jihadist siege - Yahoo News Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:38:36 GMT

Yahoo News

Iraq presses fightback after breaking jihadist siege Yahoo News It came as the United States carried out limited air strikes in the area, the first time it has expanded its more than three-week air campaign against IS beyond the north, while the United Nations announced that violence in Iraq killed more than 1,400 ...