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Arab states willing to join air fight against Islamic State in Iraq, US ... - Washington Post Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:45:02 GMT

Middle East Eye

Arab states willing to join air fight against Islamic State in Iraq, US ...
Washington Post
PARIS — Several Arab states have offered to conduct airstrikes against militants in Iraq alongside the efforts of the United States, U.S. officials said Sunday as the Obama administration sought to bolster its case for action against the Islamic State ...
France, Iraq leaders host conference to divide tasks in IS fightMiddle East Eye
Iran's Participation in Meeting to Aid Iraq Is 'Not Appropriate,' Says KerryNew York Times
US banks on strong Iraq coalition, but allies are hesitantReuters
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White House: Iraq War Vote Obama Opposed Could Be Used for ISIS Strikes - TIME Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:14:19 GMT

Columbus Dispatch

White House: Iraq War Vote Obama Opposed Could Be Used for ISIS Strikes
TIME
President Barack Obama won the White House largely on his opposition to the Iraq War and was re-elected in 2012 on having ended the conflict. But his Administration is using the never repealed authorization vote as a supplementary legal justification ...
Like predecessors, Obama drawn back into IraqCNN
Obama strategy in Iraq conflict promising, but riskyColumbus Dispatch
Barack Obama and Islamic StateThe Economist
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US Call To Fight Militants Stirs Bitter Memories For Iraq's Sunnis - NPR Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:50:17 GMT

NPR

US Call To Fight Militants Stirs Bitter Memories For Iraq's Sunnis
NPR
If President Obama's plan to battle Islamic State militants by bringing Iraq's Sunnis on board to fight sounds oddly familiar, that's because it is. When the U.S. faced a raging insurgency by Sunni militants — then called al-Qaida in Iraq — seven ...

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Abbott 'won't put time limit on Iraq' - Sky News Australia Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:52:46 GMT

Sky News Australia

Abbott 'won't put time limit on Iraq'
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott won't put a time limit on Australia's commitment to the fight against Islamic State extremists, saying its deployment to the Middle East could last 'many, many months'. Combat aircraft and special forces advisers will be sent ...
Australia in Iraq: A brief history of Australia's involvement from 1991-2014ABC Online
PM sends 600 to take on jihadisThe Australian
Australian forces could face heavy burden in IraqSydney Morning Herald
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Airstrikes Have Halted Islamic State, US Says - Wall Street Journal Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:32:19 GMT

The Daily Star

Airstrikes Have Halted Islamic State, US Says
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—A five-week campaign of U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq has forced them to conceal their movements and blunted their acquisition of territory, U.S. officials said. However, the reaction of the group's fighters ...
Iraq plans a new force to counter Islamic State. Here's why some say it's doomed.Washington Post
ISIS executes eight Sunnis in northern IraqThe Daily Star
Militants in Iraq said to kidnap at least 50 Sunni tribesmenLos Angeles Times
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Iraq's Falluja hospital 'hit by shelling' - BBC News Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:05:42 GMT

BBC News

Iraq's Falluja hospital 'hit by shelling'
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IS, also often referred to as Isil or Isis, has since taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria and declared the land it controls a "caliphate". A medical source at Falluja hospital told BBC Arabic it was hit by four missiles launched from a military ...
Iraq PM says will protect civilians after US-Iraq air strikes against ISReuters UK
Iraq Is Desperate For American Help--But Are The Two Countries On The Same ...Huffington Post
Iraq leader orders his air force to not bomb civilian areasLos Angeles Times
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French President in Iraq to Rally Support for Western Air Strike Efforts - Wall Street Journal Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:51:47 GMT

Wall Street Journal

French President in Iraq to Rally Support for Western Air Strike Efforts
Wall Street Journal
The French leader has been closely watched for signs of how deeply he is willing to involve France in a U.S.-led military campaign to combat Islamic State, which has taken over swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, threatening the region's stability ...
Iraq premier says France to join airstrikes effortU.S. News & World Report
France Says It's Ready to Participate in Iraq AirstrikesABC News
France Ready to Participate in Iraq AirstrikesTIME
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Scottish independence: 'Yes campaign every bit as dodgy as Iraq dossier' - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:07:40 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Scottish independence: 'Yes campaign every bit as dodgy as Iraq dossier'
Telegraph.co.uk
And just as in 2003, Scotland is also being asked to tackle another problem that is real and does exist – but in a way that will only make that problem worse, for itself, and for all of us. Back then, we were told that invading Iraq would protect us ...

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Obama Sees Iraq Resolution as a Legal Basis for Airstrikes, Official Says - New York Times Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:23:15 GMT

Antiwar.com

Obama Sees Iraq Resolution as a Legal Basis for Airstrikes, Official Says
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The White House believes that Congress's 2002 authorization of the Iraq war — and not just the 2001 authorization to fight Al Qaeda — provides a legal justification for President Obama's air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq ...
White House Relies on 2002 Iraq Authorization—But What's the Theory?Just Security
Obama Administration Claims that 2002 Iraq Resolution is a Legal Basis for Air ...Lawfare (blog)
Retired colonel takes aim at past, present U.S. policies in IraqThe Sentinel
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US Is Ramping Up Support In Iraq, But So Is Iran - NPR Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:40:48 GMT

US Is Ramping Up Support In Iraq, But So Is Iran
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KATE BRANNEN: In Iraq, they are openly providing weapons to both the Iraqi security forces and to Kurdish forces. They're providing intelligence. They're providing military advisers. So in many ways, it's similar to what the U.S. is doing. But there's ...