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Exclusive: Iraq's leader to seek arms, with deferred payment, on US visit - Reuters Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:12:25 GMT

Reuters

Exclusive: Iraq's leader to seek arms, with deferred payment, on US visit Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister will seek President Barack Obama's help to acquire billions of dollars in drones and other U.S. arms to fight Islamic State during a U.S. visit next week but wants to defer payment for the purchases, a ... Reuters Iraq Bureau Chief Leaves Country After Being Threatened Over StoryHuffington Post Reuters Baghdad bureau chief leaves IraqWashington Post Iraq to ask US for billions of dollars in arms to fight Islamic StateTelegraph.co.uk PJ Media all 50 news articles »

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Jihadists attack Iraq's largest oil refinery - Yahoo News Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:16:14 GMT

Yahoo News

Jihadists attack Iraq's largest oil refinery Yahoo News The Islamic State group launched a massive offensive on northwestern Iraq in June and swept across much of the country's sunni Arab heartland within days. Counter-terrorism and other forces tasked with protecting the vital refinery held out and ... ISIS takes parts of Ramadi, kills 10, wounds Iraqi generalCNN ISIS Attacks Capital Of Iraq's Anbar Province, Hundreds Of Families Flee AreaHuffington Post ISIS attacks Iraq province in setback to governmentNew York Post Stars and Stripes -New York Times all 158 news articles »

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US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq: US military - Reuters Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:26:29 GMT

Haaretz

US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq: US military Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces have targeted Islamic State militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday. In Syria, the air strikes hit Islamic State positions near Al ... Middle East Updates / US, allies conduct nine air strikes in Iraq, seven in SyriaHaaretz US Military: US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria and IraqYnetnews all 69 news articles »

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Isis video shows destruction of ancient Assyrian city in Iraq - The Guardian Sat, 11 Apr 2015 22:53:32 GMT

The Guardian

Isis video shows destruction of ancient Assyrian city in Iraq The Guardian The Islamic State group has released a video that shows militants smashing artefacts at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq before blowing up the site. The undated video suggests that the site, on the Tigris river about 18 miles (30km) ... Should Iraq's Archaeological Treasures Stay In the West?Daily Beast all 20 news articles »

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The Friends We Left Stranded in Iraq - Wall Street Journal Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:35:18 GMT

Wall Street Journal

The Friends We Left Stranded in Iraq Wall Street Journal All of us served as interpreters for U.S. troops in the Iraq War over the past decade. We did so faithfully, willingly and proudly. Saddam Hussein was a tyrant who brutally oppressed my country. We could not speak out against him or his Ba'ath party ...

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Biden Cites Progress in Iraq's War With ISIS - New York Times Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:17:22 GMT

New York Times

Biden Cites Progress in Iraq's War With ISIS New York Times WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. offered an upbeat assessment of the battle against Islamic extremists in Iraq on Thursday, saying the government in that country was making “significant and growing” progress with help from the United ... Vice President Joe Biden: Iraq Fight Against ISIS 'Moving in the Right Direction'ABC News Biden Says ISIS 'No Longer On The Move' In IraqNPR (blog) Biden Says ISIS Progress Halted in IraqWall Street Journal Defense One -Bloomberg -The State all 320 news articles »

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Retired officer: U.S. let ISIS gain foothold in Iraq - Military Times Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:58:21 GMT

Military Times

Retired officer: U.S. let ISIS gain foothold in Iraq Military Times That's the assessment of retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor, who had a front-row seat for the surge in his capacity as executive officer to retired Army Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq from 2007 to 2008, the culmination of Mansoor's 26-year Army career. When ... and more »

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Blackwater guards to be sentenced in Iraq shootings of 31 unarmed civilians - Washington Post Sat, 11 Apr 2015 20:13:09 GMT

Raw Story

Blackwater guards to be sentenced in Iraq shootings of 31 unarmed civilians Washington Post A fourth man, Nicholas A. Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., was convicted of murder in the incident, in which American security contractors fired machine guns and grenades into halted noonday traffic, a low point of the U.S. war in Iraq that sent relations ... US judge rejects ex-Blackwater guards request to postpone Iraq deaths sentencingYahoo News Former Blackwater guards seek new trial just days before sentencing for Iraq ...Raw Story all 81 news articles »

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Thousand Russians joined ISIS to fight in Iraq,Syria - Rudaw Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:30:18 GMT

Rudaw

Thousand Russians joined ISIS to fight in Iraq,Syria Rudaw MOSCOW — A senior Russian intelligence official on Friday warned of the potential influence of the Islamic State group inside Russia, primarily among the Muslims in the North Caucasus provinces. Russian federal forces have fought two separatist wars ... and more »

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What everyone gets wrong about the persecution of Christians in Iraq - The Week Magazine Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:51:08 GMT

The Week Magazine

What everyone gets wrong about the persecution of Christians in Iraq The Week Magazine Attacks on churches, forced conversions, and executions — including the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya — have provoked international outcry. Though reports on Iraq vary wildly, it seems that 90 percent of the country's Assyrian-Christians ... and more »