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IS forced to defend supply lines in Iraq: US - Yahoo News Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:26:53 GMT

Yahoo News

IS forced to defend supply lines in Iraq: US
Yahoo News
The IS group's supply routes into Iraq from neighboring Syria have become a central focus of combat, with Iraqi government and Kurdish forces -- along with coalition warplanes -- seeking to disrupt and cut off the militants' access to weapons and ...
What US-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have hit, in one graphicWashington Post
US reports 11 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, IraqReuters
5 Months of Air Strikes in Iraq and Syria in 4 ChartsDefense One
Department of Defense -CBC.ca
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Iraq After America: Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance - The Weekly Standard (blog) Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:14:58 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Iraq After America: Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance
The Weekly Standard (blog)
U.S. Army Col. Joel Rayburn, a senior research fellow at the National Defense University, is a historian who served as an adviser to Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq. He is also author of Iraq After America: Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance (Hoover ...
Iraq Ex-Leader Maliki Tries Political ComebackWall Street Journal

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String of attacks leave many dead in Iraq - Aljazeera.com Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:58:03 GMT

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String of attacks leave many dead in Iraq
Aljazeera.com
At least 23 people have been killed in Iraq in a series of attacks which targeted security checkpoints and Shia worshippers, officials have said. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint on Thursday in the ...
Suicide Attacks Kill 23 in IraqABC News
Battles and Bombs Leave 249 Killed and 108 Wounded Across IraqAntiwar.com
Islamic State attacks checkpoints in Iraq's SamarraBBC News
Bloomberg View -Al-Arabiya -Newsmax.com
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The US military is back training troops in Iraq, but it's a little different ... - Washington Post Fri, 09 Jan 2015 01:15:31 GMT

Washington Post

The US military is back training troops in Iraq, but it's a little different ...
Washington Post
CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Years after the U.S. military tried to create a new army in Iraq — at a cost of over $25 billion — American trainers have returned to help rebuild the country's fighting force. But this time, things are different. With the Iraqis ...

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​More Westerners fighting in Syria and Iraq, says DOJ official - CBS News Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:41:01 GMT

​More Westerners fighting in Syria and Iraq, says DOJ official
CBS News
The ranks of terror groups in Syria and Iraq continue to swell with foreign fighters, according to John Carlin, the assistant attorney general for national security. "There are over 18,000 foreign fighters in the Syria-Iraq region," Carlin told CBS News.

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Iraq Oil Deal Evokes Churchill in Islamic State Battle - Bloomberg Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:23:25 GMT

Bloomberg

Iraq Oil Deal Evokes Churchill in Islamic State Battle
Bloomberg
Winston Churchill understood the significance of the black stuff seeping to the surface in the Kurdish plains of Mesopotamia when he included the region within Iraq as the British forged the nation in the 1920s. In doing so, Churchill, the colonial ...
Iraq allowed to sue Kurds over Texas oil tankerThe Daily Star
US court takes on Iraq oil disputesIraq Oil Report
Iraq Allowed to Sue Kurds Over Texas Oil Tanker in USBusinessweek
FuelFix (blog)
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Prime Minister Abbott visits Iraq 0:58 - NEWS.com.au Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:39:49 GMT

NEWS.com.au

Prime Minister Abbott visits Iraq 0:58
NEWS.com.au
“Australia looks forward to continuing to talk to Iraq, the US and our partners in the Gulf about what we can usefully do as a nation and as a coalition partner to make the world a safer place and to make Australia a safer country,” the spokesman said.

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Dempsey: US Eyes New Ways to Aid Iraq Forces - Military.com Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:31:03 GMT

Military.com

Dempsey: US Eyes New Ways to Aid Iraq Forces
Military.com
But he said it's still unclear when the Iraqi troops will be ready to mount an offensive against Islamic State militants that have control of portions of northern and western Iraq. Speaking to reporters in his office, Dempsey said the U.S. will help ...
Top officer: US eyeing new ways to aid Iraq forcesThe Times of Israel

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Iraq Veteran, Now a West Point Professor, Seeks to Rein In Disability Pay - New York Times Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:45:23 GMT

New York Times

Iraq Veteran, Now a West Point Professor, Seeks to Rein In Disability Pay
New York Times
COLORADO SPRINGS — Nearly 200 sick and wounded soldiers in a gym at Fort Carson last month listened silently as Lt. Col. Daniel Gade offered a surprising warning: The disability checks designed to help troops like them after they leave the service ...

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The Faith That Has Been in Iraq 2000 Years 'Cannot Disappear So Easily' - AINA (press release) Fri, 09 Jan 2015 21:53:48 GMT

AINA (press release)

The Faith That Has Been in Iraq 2000 Years 'Cannot Disappear So Easily'
AINA (press release)
The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, Emil Nona, who was forced from his eparchy by the Islamic State in 2014 (photo: Aid to the Church in Need). Erbil, Iraq -- Archbishop Emil Nona is the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, the Iraqi city overrun by the Islamic ...

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