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Obama Authorizes Sending Additional Troops To Iraq - Huffington Post Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:44:21 GMT

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Obama Authorizes Sending Additional Troops To Iraq Huffington Post Obama ordered approximately 350 additional military personnel be sent to Iraq "to protect our diplomatic facilities and personnel in Baghdad," according to a Tuesday statement from the office of the White House press secretary. The statement notes that ... Obama to send approximately 350 additional military personnel to IraqFox News US sending military personnel to IraqUSA TODAY Obama sending 350 more military personnel to IraqCBS News ABC News (blog) -Wall Street Journal -Mediaite all 183 news articles »

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ISIS Says It Killed Steven Sotloff After US Strikes in Northern Iraq - New York Times Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:39:26 GMT

Business Insider

ISIS Says It Killed Steven Sotloff After US Strikes in Northern Iraq New York Times Mr. Sotloff addresses the camera and describes himself as “paying the price” for Mr. Obama's decision to strike the group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, in northern Iraq. The apparent murder of Mr. Sotloff, 31, came despite televised pleas from ... Islamic State issues video of beheading of US hostageReuters Steven Sotloff 'beheaded by Islamic State' - latestTelegraph.co.uk ISIS Claims They Won the Iraq WarNational Review Online (blog) Business Insider -Yahoo News -Dallas Morning News all 1,440 news articles »

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UN to send investigators to Iraq over Islamic State 'atrocities' - The Guardian Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:08:18 GMT

The Guardian

UN to send investigators to Iraq over Islamic State 'atrocities' The Guardian UN officials are to investigate atrocities in Iraq after persistent reports that Islamic State fighters have carried out "acts of inhumanity on an unimaginable scale", including beheadings and other killings, forced conversions, slavery and sexual ... UN to Send Team to Iraq for Inquiry on ISIS ActsNew York Times Amnesty International accuses ISIS of 'ethnic cleansing' in IraqFox News UN to send team to investigate Islamic State crimes in IraqReuters BBC News -CBC.ca -The Independent all 828 news articles »

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Obama Sending 350 More Troops to Iraq - NBCNews.com Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:38:59 GMT

NBCNews.com

Obama Sending 350 More Troops to Iraq NBCNews.com President Obama has authorized another 350 U.S. military personnel to be sent to Iraq, the White House announced on Tuesday evening. The troops are being sent to "protect our diplomatic facilities and personnel in Baghdad, Iraq," according the White ...

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Are US Troops Already Fighting in Iraq? - Daily Beast Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:12:50 GMT

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Are US Troops Already Fighting in Iraq? Daily Beast Scenes from Monday's battle provide a tentative but valuable glimpse into the evolving role of special operations troops and how that might be playing out on the ground in Iraq. Kurdish forces had once held Zumar but lost control of the town in early ... Tarnishing a Reputation as Storied WarriorsNew York Times Fighting in Iraq hits close to home for Kurdish man living in UtahDeseret News Why The Kurds Initially Failed Against ISIS In IraqBusiness Insider all 24 news articles »

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ISIS Is America's Legacy in Iraq - Mother Jones Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:55:55 GMT

Mother Jones

ISIS Is America's Legacy in Iraq Mother Jones Abroad, from Libya and Ukraine to Iraq and the South China Sea, nothing has been coming up roses for the US Polls reflect a general American gloom, with 71% of the public claiming the country is "on the wrong track." We have the look of a superpower ... The US Should Not Wage War Against ISIS Like Afghanistan and IraqTIME America created the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria? Meet the ISIS 'truthers'The Week Magazine Obama notifies Congress of ordering air strikes in Iraq's AmerliReuters CNN (blog) -The Guardian -Huffington Post all 1,241 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

Wall Street Journal

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 ... In Iraq, residents of Amerli celebrate end of militant siegeLos Angeles Times Iraq Crisis: US Airstrikes Help Break Islamic State Siege on AmirliWall Street Journal Iran dramatically shifts Iraq policy to confront Islamic StateReuters UK Aljazeera.com -New York Times -TIME all 1,771 news articles »

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Australia at war in Iraq edging closer - Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:11:04 GMT

The Guardian

Australia at war in Iraq edging closer Sydney Morning Herald The prospect of Australian participation in a war against Islamic State fighters in Iraq is edging closer with both Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten in lockstep yesterday branding the militants respectively "a death cult" and "an enemy of humanity". In ... Abbott on Iraq: 'Doing nothing means leaving millions exposed to death'The Guardian Firmer ground for Iraq actionThe Australian (blog) Australian PM Abbott doesn't rule out boots on ground in IraqYahoo News ABC News -The Diplomat -NEWS.com.au all 543 news articles »

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UK could join American air strikes in Iraq and Syria, warns David Cameron - Telegraph.co.uk Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:51:09 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 ... Killing of a British hostage by Isis would shift opinion on air strikes in ...The Independent UK Could Join American Air Strikes in Iraq, but Majority of Brits Remain OpposedBreitbart News UK raises terror threat level, citing risks out of Syria, IraqCNN The Guardian all 1,531 news articles »

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ISIS turned northern Iraq into 'blood-soaked killing fields', says Amnesty ... - Daily Mail Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:49:50 GMT

ISIS turned northern Iraq into 'blood-soaked killing fields', says Amnesty ... Daily Mail Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Response Adviser, currently in Iraq, said: 'The Islamic State is carrying out despicable crimes and has transformed rural areas of Sinjar into blood-soaked killing fields in its brutal campaign to ...