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Interpreter-soldier reunites with Marine major in Iraq - ArmyTimes.com Sat, 30 May 2015 14:10:21 GMT

Interpreter-soldier reunites with Marine major in Iraq
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When Ahmed Totti left Iraq after serving for almost four years as an interpreter for U.S. forces, he never expected to return to his home country. He certainly didn't think he'd return as an American soldier. "When the plane landed in Baghdad, I didn't ...

No U.S.-trained troops in Iraq's new fight for Ramadi - Military Times Fri, 29 May 2015 01:14:10 GMT

Military Times
No U.S.-trained troops in Iraq's new fight for Ramadi
Military Times
The 7,000 Iraqi army troops who have recently completed American-led training programs are not involved in the massive counteroffensive that Iraq launched this week against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, U.S. and coalition officials said ...
Iraq forces edge towards Ramadi, retake area: armyYahoo News
Thousands Who Run, Few Who Fight: A Journalist On Ramadi's FallNPR
Pro-Iran militias take upper hand after US-backed forces crumble in AnbarWashington Post
Al-Arabiya -The Hill (blog) -Military.com
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US loses drone in Iraq - USA TODAY Fri, 29 May 2015 22:12:56 GMT

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US loses drone in Iraq
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. military drone crashed in southern Iraq on Wednesday while it was conducting a surveillance mission against Islamic State fighters, military officials have confirmed. The drone appears to have been crashed due to mechanical ...
UK may expand military support mission in IraqITV News
Britain prepares to send more troops to IraqIrish Examiner
Britain may expand mission in IraqBT.com

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Kurds In Iraq And Syria Move Closer Together In ISIS Fight Because Blood ... - Huffington Post Fri, 29 May 2015 17:28:35 GMT

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Kurds In Iraq And Syria Move Closer Together In ISIS Fight Because Blood ...
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But we are connected by blood, and at the end of the day, that trumps everything." Rahman is a representative, not a formal ambassador, since the Kurdistan region is a part of Iraq and not an independent state. She took up her post in January, after ...
Recognize Kurdistan and Arm It, against ISIS in...National Review Online

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Odierno on Iraq: 'It's incredibly disappointing to me' - ArmyTimes.com Fri, 29 May 2015 01:07:39 GMT

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Odierno on Iraq: 'It's incredibly disappointing to me'
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Ray Odierno, who served multiple tours in Iraq, including as the top commander of U.S. and coalition forces in country. "They have to have the will to fight. It always goes back to the government of Iraq. Unless you get everyone to believe the ...
Top Army General: 'Incredibly Disappointing' to See 'Fractured' IraqNewsmax
US Army chief 'adamantly' opposes American combat troops in IraqIHS Jane's 360

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New Marine advising unit boosts ground presence in Iraq - Marine Corps Times Fri, 29 May 2015 15:19:35 GMT

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New Marine advising unit boosts ground presence in Iraq
Marine Corps Times
As reports of Islamic State group offensives in Iraq dominate headlines, a new Marine unit has quietly arrived to help train and advise Iraqi troops. A second rotation of the Marines' crisis response force for the Middle East began operations across ...

Nearly 500 bodies exhumed from graves in Iraq, morgue official - CNN Thu, 28 May 2015 21:23:03 GMT

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Nearly 500 bodies exhumed from graves in Iraq, morgue official
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Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) An Iraqi forensic team has exhumed 499 bodies from a series of graves in the presidential complex in the city of Tikrit, a top official in the Baghdad morgue who is familiar with the operation told CNN on Thursday. The bodies are ...
Iraq 'exhumed 470 bodies from Tikrit mass graves'Yahoo News
Iraq Exhumes Hundreds Of IS VictimsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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Salon on Iraq: Right-Wing 'Elite White Men' Can't Get Over the Cold War - NewsBusters (blog) Sat, 30 May 2015 10:52:47 GMT

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Salon on Iraq: Right-Wing 'Elite White Men' Can't Get Over the Cold War
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In light of the media's blitz of Iraq War “gotcha questions” on Republican candidates in general and Jeb Bush in particular, Salon's Heather Cox Richardson decided to reveal the true origins the Iraq War: conspiratorial Cold War-obsessed rich white men.
June Girard: It is delusional to believe that the Iraq war made us saferGainesville Sun
Wrong Iraq question was asked of Jeb Bush — here's the right oneSan Francisco Chronicle (subscription)
THE PUBLIC EYE: Iraq: Five Points to RememberBerkeley Daily Planet
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The opposite of ISIS: Compassion flows freely in refugee camp - CNN Fri, 29 May 2015 16:48:53 GMT

The opposite of ISIS: Compassion flows freely in refugee camp
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But between 2005 and 2007 they were displaced again because of sectarian violence and the emergence of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIS' predecessor. They couldn't go to Anbar because al Qaeda dominated the province at the time, Azzawi says, so the Shia ...

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KT McFarland: "The Dirty Little Secret Is There Is No More Iraq" - RealClearPolitics Thu, 28 May 2015 19:25:36 GMT

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KT McFarland: "The Dirty Little Secret Is There Is No More Iraq"
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FOX News Contributor and former Reagan State Department public affairs official K.T. McFarland says the Obama administration not only has to admit their Iraq strategy is not working but acknowledge the "dirty little secret" that Iraq as a nation does ...
White House: US won't be 'responsible' for 'security situation' in IraqFox News
White House: United States Not 'Responsible' for Defending IraqBreitbart News
Ambassador: US, Iraq 'Need to Help Each Other' in ISIS FightNewsmax
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