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Iran's Shiite Militias Are Running Amok in Iraq - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:31:07 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Iran's Shiite Militias Are Running Amok in Iraq
Foreign Policy (blog)
By Ali KhederyAli Khedery is chairman and chief executive of Dragoman Partners LLC, an international strategic advisory firm. The longest continuously serving American official in Iraq, he was special assistant to five American ambassadors in Iraq and ...
Airstrikes, Battles Leave 194 Dead across IraqAntiwar.com
AEI Panel: US Should Do More to Quell Sectarian Divide in IraqUSNI News
Uneasy alliances as fractured Iraq battles IS groupBradford Era
Al-Arabiya -AINA (press release) -Reuters
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US-led coalition launches air strikes in Iraq ahead of Mosul offensive - The Guardian Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:52:24 GMT

The Guardian

US-led coalition launches air strikes in Iraq ahead of Mosul offensive
The Guardian
Strikes in Iraq began on 8 August and strikes in Syria began on 23 September. Isis militants who captured large swaths of territory in the two countries have been forced on to the back foot by the coalition action, although they remain capable of ...
US official: Plans in place for 25000-strong Iraqi spring push to retake MosulCNN
Why the Iraq Offensive Will FailPolitico
Iraq-Kurdish force of 25000 'to retake Mosul from IS'BBC News
Newsweek -The Independent -The Daily Star
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US Marines on the Ground in Iraq as ISIS Burns 45 Alive - The Fiscal Times Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:58:30 GMT

US Marines on the Ground in Iraq as ISIS Burns 45 Alive
The Fiscal Times
Iraqi local officials in Iraq's town of al-Baghdadi have warned of another ISIS mass burning massacre. The terror organization surrounded a compound several days ago that houses more than 1000 families and burned 45 people alive. “ISIS has killed more ...

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Australia, leader of the free world, sought to invade Iraq to take on ISIS alone - Hot Air Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:29:38 GMT

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Australia, leader of the free world, sought to invade Iraq to take on ISIS alone
Hot Air
Australian and American troops have fought alongside one another in every major war the United States ever fought, including the Vietnam War and the War in Iraq. Despite a minor incident in Brisbane in 1942 (which we won't talk about further), America ...
'Simply false': PM hits back at newspaper report on Iraq invasion plan9news.com.au
Government denies report Tony Abbott called for Iraq troop surgeSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott denies reports he wanted Australian ground troops in IraqThe Guardian
The Australian -SBS
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Coalition Continues Airstrikes Against ISIL - Department of Defense Fri, 20 Feb 2015 22:42:43 GMT

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Coalition Continues Airstrikes Against ISIL
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Feb. 20, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ...
Iraq after the Islamic State: Politics RuleWar on the Rocks
500 Turkish truck drivers stuck in Iraq over ISIL risksHurriyet Daily News
Over 1500 Iraqi families return home in DiyalaPress TV
www.worldbulletin.net -gulfnews.com -DVIDS (press release) (registration)
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ISIS burned up to 40 people alive, official in Iraq says - CNN Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:03:07 GMT

ISIS burned up to 40 people alive, official in Iraq says
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ISIS burned up to 40 people alive, official in Iraq says. By CNN Staff. Updated 7:01 PM ET, Thu February 19, 2015. Syrian Kurds wait near a border crossing in Suruc as they wait to return to their. <img alt="Syrian Kurds wait near a border crossing in ...


Guardian 'changed Iraq article to avoid offending Apple' - Telegraph.co.uk Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:40:32 GMT

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Guardian 'changed Iraq article to avoid offending Apple'
Telegraph.co.uk
Guardian 'changed Iraq article to avoid offending Apple'. Guardian facing series of allegations from insiders over its relationship with advertisers, including suggestions that it changed an article on Iraq amid concerns that Apple would object. The ...

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Can Jeb Bush escape his brother's legacy in Iraq? - CNN Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:49:02 GMT

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Can Jeb Bush escape his brother's legacy in Iraq?
CNN
Nearly 25 years after his father launched the first Gulf War and almost 12 years after his brother began a much more contentious sequel, it's Jeb Bush's turn to articulate his vision of America's approach to the Middle East -- and Iraq in particular ...
Jeb Bush's 'Big Tent' Welcomes Iraq War Screw-UpsHuffington Post
What will Jeb Bush say about Iraq?Washington Post
Jeb Bush tiptoes into critique of his brother's Iraq legacyYahoo News
The Hill (blog)
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Perth university student reportedly travels to Iraq to join Islamic State - The Guardian Fri, 20 Feb 2015 22:55:46 GMT

The Guardian

Perth university student reportedly travels to Iraq to join Islamic State
The Guardian
But inside, my heart is breaking.” The family contacted police when they didn't hear from Sheglabo. Police later got back to them and showed them Sheglabo's new Twitter page, which boasted of his arrival in Iraq, along with images of him ready to do ...
Perth uni student joins Islamic StatePerth Now
Perth university student fighting with Islamic State jihadists in IraqHerald Sun

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As Iraq veteran, Moulton torn on OK'ing troops - Boston Globe (subscription) Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:15:52 GMT

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As Iraq veteran, Moulton torn on OK'ing troops
Boston Globe (subscription)
Moulton is struggling with what he calls a wrenching decision about whether to support President Obama's request to formally authorize the five-month old US-led air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — especially, he said, with signs ...

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