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Defense Secretary Carter: Special Ops Force to Iraq to Fight ISIS - NBCNews.com Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:53:00 GMT

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Defense Secretary Carter: Special Ops Force to Iraq to Fight ISIS
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday the U.S. military will deploy a specialized expeditionary targeting force to Iraq to launch unilateral raids and "put even more pressure" on ISIS. U.S. special operation forces will conduct operations in Iraq ...
US deploying new force to Iraq to boost fight against Islamic StateReuters
Special operations strike force heading to IraqUSA TODAY
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Sliding Back Into War In Iraq: President Obama Apparently Forgot He Once ... - Forbes Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:16:30 GMT

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Sliding Back Into War In Iraq: President Obama Apparently Forgot He Once ...
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More U.S. military personnel are heading to Iraq and Syria. Trainers, Special Forces, and airstrikes haven't been enough. The administration continues its slow progression to renewed ground combat. President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize grows more ...
Dunford: Iraq Conditions 'Much Different' if we Retained Levels of Integration ...Washington Free Beacon

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We need Chilcot's lessons from Iraq now – before we bomb Syria - The Guardian Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:46:51 GMT

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We need Chilcot's lessons from Iraq now – before we bomb Syria
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As MPs prepare to vote on whether or not the RAF should bomb Syria, the Chilcot report on the 2003 invasion of Iraq – the policy decision now widely recognised as the original sin that paved the way for Islamic State – should have been essential reading.
Coalition Airstrikes Target ISIL in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
Bombing ISIS is nothing like Blair's invasion of IraqMirror.co.uk

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Iraq: US troops 'not needed' against 'Islamic State' - Deutsche Welle Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:42:44 GMT

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Iraq: US troops 'not needed' against 'Islamic State'
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Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday that Iraq welcomes US military equipment, training and air support in the fight against the self-styled "Islamic State." But he drew the line at US troops operating inside the country without specific ...
Many in Iraq see U.S. as an ally of ISISHeraldNet
Iraqi Shi'ite militias pledge to fight US forces if deployedYahoo News

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Iraq blames Iran after thousands of pilgrims storm border crossing - Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:07:13 GMT

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Iraq blames Iran after thousands of pilgrims storm border crossing
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Many leading Shi'ite politicians in Iraq including former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki developed close ties with Iran while living in exile there during the rule of Saddam Hussein, from the Sunni minority, who brutally repressed Shi'ites before he was ...
UN Says 888 Killed in Iraq Violence in NovemberABC News
​Iraq: Iranian Pilgrims Stampede At BorderRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Iraq tells civilians of ISIS-held Ramadi to leaveAl-Arabiya

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Iraq's Christians, Yezidi say Kurds failed them in fight against ISIS - Fox News Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:51:25 GMT

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Iraq's Christians, Yezidi say Kurds failed them in fight against ISIS
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Iraq's Yezidi and Christians have been under attack from ISIS since June 2014, with many of their villages within the Nineveh plains taken over by the black-clad jihadist army. Women from both groups have been sold into sexual slavery or buried in mass ...
US troops reportedly fighting IS on the ground in IraqThe Times of Israel

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Retired reservist says taking fight to Iraq is right decision - WSOC Charlotte Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:25:57 GMT

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Retired reservist says taking fight to Iraq is right decision
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The U.S. military will deploy a new special operations force to Iraq to step up the fight against Islamic State group militants unleashing violence in Iraq and Syria and determined to hold territory they have seized across the Middle East, Defense ...

Book Author Reveals Bush Brothers' Private Talk On Iraq - Huffington Post Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:11:29 GMT

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Book Author Reveals Bush Brothers' Private Talk On Iraq
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NEW YORK -- BuzzFeed senior political writer McKay Coppins reveals in his new book on the future of the Republican Party that George W. Bush urged Jeb Bush to just say what he would have done in Iraq without concern for his brother's feelings.

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Iraq: 'vicious circle of violence' claims nearly 500 civilian lives in ... - UN News Centre Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:21:59 GMT

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Iraq: 'vicious circle of violence' claims nearly 500 civilian lives in ...
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1 December 2015 – Nearly 500 Iraqi civilians were killed in Iraq last month in a “vicious circle of violence,” ranging from acts of terrorism to armed conflict, as the total number of Iraqi casualties rose to more than 2,100, according to the UN ...
UN Says 888 Killed In Violence In Iraq In NovemberRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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Top military officer contradicts Obama, says ISIS not 'contained' - Fox News Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:53:09 GMT

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Top military officer contradicts Obama, says ISIS not 'contained'
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What is true is that from the start our goal has been first to contain, and we have contained them. They have not gained ground in Iraq. And in Syria, they'll come in, they'll leave, but you don't see this systematic march by ISIL across the terrain ...

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