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The US is embracing a dark reality in Iraq - Business Insider Sun, 31 May 2015 15:32:58 GMT

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The US is embracing a dark reality in Iraq
Business Insider
But, as Aaron David Miller noted in The Wall Street Journal, this could undermine Iraq's central, Shia-dominated government and make Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi look weak to his Shia constituency. Consequently, Baghdad has not agreed to arm Sunni ...
Americans cannot save Ramadi from Isil, Iraq's strongman militia leader saysTelegraph.co.uk
Iraq's Sunni Muslims trapped between IS and governmentBBC News
Militias muscling to dominance in IraqPress Herald
International Business Times -The City Wire
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Iraq lost 2300 Humvee armoured vehicles in Mosul: PM - Yahoo News Sun, 31 May 2015 17:40:29 GMT

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Iraq lost 2300 Humvee armoured vehicles in Mosul: PM
Yahoo News
Last year, the State Department approved a possible sale to Iraq of 1,000 Humvees with increased armour, machineguns, grenade launchers, other gear and support that was estimated to cost $579 million. Clashes began in Mosul, Iraq's second city, late on ...
Iraq lost 2300 Humvee armored vehicles in Mosul: PMAl-Arabiya
Iraq to stay out of Iran-Saudi conflictsThe Times of Israel
PM: Iraq lost 2300 Humvee armored vehicles to ISILPress TV
The Daily Star
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Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Sun, 31 May 2015 19:12:23 GMT

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Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 30, 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 ...
Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and IraqDVIDS (press release)
17 airstrikes hit ISIL targets in Syria, IraqKuwait News Agency
Iraq purges ISIL from stronghold in SalahuddinPress TV

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WATCH: ISIS suffers losses in Iraq, makes gains in Syria - Jerusalem Post Israel News Sun, 31 May 2015 20:00:56 GMT

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WATCH: ISIS suffers losses in Iraq, makes gains in Syria
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Meanwhile the United States and its allies carried out 17 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour period in their latest attacks on the group, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Sunday. Thirteen of the strikes were near ...
ISIS targeted in 17 air strikes in Iraq, SyriaAl-Arabiya
US-Led Air Strikes Hit Islamic State In Iraq, SyriaRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Islamic State targeted in 17 airstrikes in Iraq, SyriaBangor Daily News
The Denver Post
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The opposite of ISIS: Compassion flows freely in refugee camp - CNN Sun, 31 May 2015 02:26:36 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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Iraq's tragic 'unraveling' - Washington Post Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:24:08 GMT

Iraq's tragic 'unraveling'
Washington Post
Emma Sky expected to spend three months in Iraq apologizing to the Iraqi people for the invasion launched by George W. Bush and her prime minister, Tony Blair. That was in 2003, when Sky was a 35-year-old, left-leaning, Oxford-educated, Arab-speaking ...


Cameron prepares to send more troops to Iraq and Syria - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 31 May 2015 05:34:49 GMT

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Cameron prepares to send more troops to Iraq and Syria
Telegraph.co.uk
News of a further deployment to the Middle East – particularly with more soldiers transported into American-run training bases inside Iraq – will be controversial. It is four years since the last British troops left Iraq after an eight-year campaign ...
US loses drone in IraqUSA TODAY
Britain is preparing to 'expand' Iraq training missionTimes of India
Britain is preparing to expand Iraq training mission: sourceThe Daily Star
ITV News
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IS conflict: Petraeus urges Iraq to use politics to win - BBC News Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:42:28 GMT

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IS conflict: Petraeus urges Iraq to use politics to win
BBC News
"Industrial-strength" extremists cannot be dealt with "just with force of arms", he said in a rare interview. During the Iraq war, Mr Petraeus devised the strategy that saw a "surge" in US troop numbers and secured support from Sunni tribesmen against ...

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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
ArmyTimes.com
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 ...


Large group of ISIL militants flee Iraq Baiji: Ministry - Press TV Sun, 31 May 2015 23:42:52 GMT

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Large group of ISIL militants flee Iraq Baiji: Ministry
Press TV
A large group of the ISIL Takfiri militants have fled the central parts of the northern Iraqi city of Baiji in the restive Salahuddin Province, Iraq's Defense Ministry says. According to a statement released by the Iraqi ministry, the Takfiri militants ...

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