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Brian Williams Admits He Wasn't on Copter Shot Down in Iraq - New York Times Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:44:20 GMT

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Brian Williams Admits He Wasn't on Copter Shot Down in Iraq
New York Times
The NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologized Wednesday for mistakenly claiming he had been on a helicopter that was shot down by ground fire in Iraq in 2003. Last week, NBC Nightly News filmed Mr. Williams taking a soldier to a New York Rangers ...
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US military moving more military assets into Iraq to fight ISIS - Fox News Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:12:18 GMT

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US military moving more military assets into Iraq to fight ISIS
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The moves come after reported criticism from the United Arab Emirates over the United States' handling of the downing of a Jordanian plane in Iraq by ISIS in December. A video this week showed the pilot, Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh, being burned to death by ...
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ISIS Is Losing in Iraq. But What Happens Next? - New York Times Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:42:05 GMT

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ISIS Is Losing in Iraq. But What Happens Next?
New York Times
WASHINGTON — IN Iraq, the good news always seems to come mixed with bad. The good news right now is largely on the military front. Iraqi, Kurdish and American forces appear to be turning the tide against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
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4000-Strong Christian Militia Formed to Fight ISIS in Northern Iraq - Newsweek Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:24:28 GMT

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4000-Strong Christian Militia Formed to Fight ISIS in Northern Iraq
Newsweek
Thousands of Iraqi Christians have established their own militia and are training to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq. The Nineveh Plains Protection Units (NPU) has 3,000 Assyrian Christian men registered to be ...

Official: US Military moved search and rescue assets to Northern Iraq - CNN Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:05:30 GMT

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Official: US Military moved search and rescue assets to Northern Iraq
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(CNN) The U.S. military has moved some search and rescue assets into Northern Iraq, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The move was described as part of a constant rebalancing of search and rescue assets that are moved depending on the evolving ...
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Dozens of Westerners join battle against ISIS in Iraq, Syria - New York Daily News Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:15:53 GMT

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Dozens of Westerners join battle against ISIS in Iraq, Syria
New York Daily News
SINJAR, Iraq — As Kurdish fighters gathered around a fire in this damp, frigid mountain town in northwestern Iraq, exhausted from battling the Islamic State group, a surprising recruit wearing a tactical vest with the words “Christ is Lord” scribbled ...
Westerners join Kurds fighting Islamic State in IraqThe Virginian-Pilot
ISIS Defeats in North Iraq Reveal Evidence of AtrocitiesArutz Sheva

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US Defense Chief Candidate Would Face Immediate Tests in Iraq, Ukraine - Wall Street Journal Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:17:02 GMT

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US Defense Chief Candidate Would Face Immediate Tests in Iraq, Ukraine
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON— Ashton Carter, the Yale-trained physicist poised to lead the Pentagon, will face immediate challenges in Iraq and Ukraine that will test his willingness to push more aggressive military strategies that President Barack Obama might oppose.
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Iraq battles ISIS fighters inside the country - CNN International Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:11:13 GMT

Iraq battles ISIS fighters inside the country
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By Yousuf Basil, Jomana Karadsheh and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN. ISIS militants have attacked Kirkuk in northern Iraq, an effort that might be an earnest attempt to capture the key oil-rich city or perhaps to divert Kurdish troops fighting to capture the ...

Iran's Militias Are Taking Over Iraq's Army - Bloomberg View Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:27:33 GMT

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Iran's Militias Are Taking Over Iraq's Army
Bloomberg View
But in an interview this week, Hadi al-Amiri, the founder and leader of Iraq's oldest and most powerful Shiite militia, the Badr Organization, told me the U.S. ambassador recently offered air strikes to support the Iraqi army and militia ground forces ...

US troops in Iraq ring of turning point in Vietnam War - Boston Globe Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:16:16 GMT

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US troops in Iraq ring of turning point in Vietnam War
Boston Globe
That US forces in Iraq could suffer a setback comparable to Pleiku is not only plausible but likely. Should such an event occur, what would be an appropriate response? Would it make sense to up the ante? Call it quits? Or absorb the losses and simply ...

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