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Kurds report more chlorine attacks, Iraq pauses Tikrit offensive - Reuters Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:50:36 GMT

Reuters

Kurds report more chlorine attacks, Iraq pauses Tikrit offensive Reuters ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq paused its Tikrit offensive on Monday and officials called for more air strikes against Islamic State militants, while an officer said Kurdish forces sustained two more chlorine gas attacks by insurgents. General Aziz ... ISIS Keeps Hold in Tikrit as Iraq Pauses OffensiveNew York Times Saddam's tomb heavily damaged in Iraq fightingAljazeera.com Kurds report new chlorine attacks, Iraq pauses Tikrit offensiveBangor Daily News USA TODAY -TIME all 1,906 news articles »

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White House turns to Petraeus for advice on Iraq, despite legal woes - Politico Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:31:50 GMT

Politico

White House turns to Petraeus for advice on Iraq, despite legal woes Politico “[Petraeus] is, I think, legitimately regarded as an expert when it comes to the security situation in Iraq, so I think it makes a lot of sense for senior administration officials to, on occasion, consult him for advice,” Press Secretary Josh Earnest ... Despite criminal charge, David Petraeus emerges as key White House advisor ...Hot Air all 162 news articles »

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ISIS Digs Heels Into Tikrit as Iraq Offensive Slows - TIME Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:01:45 GMT

TIME

ISIS Digs Heels Into Tikrit as Iraq Offensive Slows TIME “I'd be surprised if there was more than a thousand ISIS in there,” says Christopher Harmer, a senior analyst with the Institute for the Study of War, who completed several tours with the U.S. Army in Iraq. “Based on the numbers alone, they should have ... Iraq needs more airstrikes to defeat IS in TikritNRT Iraq urges coalition air support in battle to free TikritJournal of Turkish Weekly Iraq army says coalition strikes on Tikrit neededAl-Arabiya NDTV all 35 news articles »

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Stolen Artifacts Returned to Iraq - Live Science Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:35:59 GMT

Live Science

Stolen Artifacts Returned to Iraq Live Science U.S. authorities turned over more than 60 stolen artifacts to Iraq today (March 16), including gold-plated items from Saddam Hussein's palace and a limestone head of the Assyrian king Sargon II from an ancient city that was recently wrecked by ISIS ... US returns cache of looted antiquities to IraqUSA TODAY U.S. Customs Returns A Slew Of Valuable Antiquities To IraqBuzzFeed News US returns scores of smuggled artifacts to Iraq governmentReuters Yahoo News all 108 news articles »

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We're letting Iran and ISIS carve up Iraq - New York Post Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:34:58 GMT

New York Post

We're letting Iran and ISIS carve up Iraq New York Post It may take several more weeks of bitter house-to-house fighting before IS retreats toward its heartland of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqah in Syria, but the army of the self-styled caliph has already experienced its biggest battlefield defeats. The bad news ... ISIS defaces churches in Iraq as assaults on Christian communities continueJerusalem Post Israel News US conducts air strikes in Syria and Iraq against Islamic StateReuters UK America's “dirty brigades” in IraqWorld Socialist Web Site The National Interest Online all 165 news articles »

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In Iraq, The Final Battle For Tikrit Is Likely To Be The Hardest - NPR Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:55:30 GMT

In Iraq, The Final Battle For Tikrit Is Likely To Be The Hardest NPR The offensive against ISIS in Tikrit is being eyed by Iraq's various factions — including some the U.S. hopes will help take on ISIS elsewhere. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Deborah Amos in Iraq. Copyright © 2015 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use ...

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Iraq Basketball Is a Far Cry From March Madness, but It's Not All Bad - Wall Street Journal Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:23:08 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Iraq Basketball Is a Far Cry From March Madness, but It's Not All Bad Wall Street Journal But the league fights on, as much of Iraq has done. Mr. Kearse and two other Americans play for the Police Club, a team that represents Iraq's interior ministry and won the championship Thursday, beating a team once run by a now-deceased son of Saddam ... and more »

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Bahrain seizes bomb-making equipment aboard bus from Iraq: agency - Reuters Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:58:56 GMT

Arab News

Bahrain seizes bomb-making equipment aboard bus from Iraq: agency Reuters Like its neighbors, Bahrain is concerned that sectarian wars in nearby Iraq and Syria may undermine stability at home, where a Sunni Muslim monarchy has weathered a protest movement and sporadic bombings by the restive Shi'ite Muslim majority. Bahrain seizes bomb-making materials from 18-year old travelling from IraqMiddle East Eye Bahrain arrests Iraq returnee trying to enter from SaudiYahoo News Bahrain: Bus from Iraq had bomb-making equipmentArab News Gulf Business News -Business Insider all 100 news articles »

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In Iraq's Tikrit, tensions flare over footage of death of an unknown soldier - CNN Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:39:41 GMT

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In Iraq's Tikrit, tensions flare over footage of death of an unknown soldier CNN Tikrit, Iraq (CNN) Two men in blue smocks were mopping up blood spilled in the main entrance to the Dijla Hospital south of Tikrit when we arrived there mid-morning Friday. The air shook with outgoing rockets and artillery roaring toward the center of ... and more »

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Iraq says it busted IS Baghdad bombing network - Yahoo News Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:21:47 GMT

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Iraq says it busted IS Baghdad bombing network Yahoo News Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi intelligence said Sunday it had arrested 31 members of the Islamic State group who were responsible for planning and carrying out 52 attacks in Baghdad. Related Stories. Attacks kill 37 people in and north of Iraq's capital ... Iraq carries out strikes on IS targetsNRT Iraq says busted IS Baghdad bombing networkYour Middle East all 36 news articles »