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ISIS Stages Attacks in Iraq and Libya, Despite US Airstrikes - New York Times Wed, 10 Jun 2015 02:00:04 GMT

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ISIS Stages Attacks in Iraq and Libya, Despite US Airstrikes
New York Times
In Iraq, two gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked a local council building in Amariya al Falluja, a bold incursion into the center of a city about 37 miles southwest of Baghdad. The city is one of the last bastions of government control in Anbar ...

US Adding Military Advisers in Iraq to Reclaim Ramadi, Officials Say - New York Times Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:33:07 GMT

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US Adding Military Advisers in Iraq to Reclaim Ramadi, Officials Say
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WASHINGTON — In a major shift of strategy in Iraq, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province and send hundreds of additional American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi and ...
US Prepares Plan to Send Hundreds More Trainers to IraqWall Street Journal
Obama administration considering more US troops for IraqWashington Post
US considering 500 additional troops in IraqCNN International
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Rumsfeld defends remarks about democracy in Iraq, says he wasn't criticizing ... - CNN Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:26:11 GMT

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Rumsfeld defends remarks about democracy in Iraq, says he wasn't criticizing ...
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Washington (CNN) Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted in an interview with CNN Tuesday that his recent comments about being skeptical about creating a democracy in Iraq did not contradict his previous positions about the Iraq War.
Rumsfeld: 'Unrealistic' for Bush to pursue democracy in IraqFox News
Donald Rumsfeld denies he thought democracy in Iraq was 'realistic' goalThe Guardian
Bob Woodward On Donald Rumsfeld's Iraq Comments: 'It's Just A Total ...Huffington Post
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There's another conflict brewing in Iraq that 'could get get quite nasty' - Business Insider Tue, 09 Jun 2015 17:59:21 GMT

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There's another conflict brewing in Iraq that 'could get get quite nasty'
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Kurdish Peshmerga iraq REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal Kurdish Peshmerga fighters guard their position on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin August 29, 2014.

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ISIS Is Using Tunnel Bombs in Iraq - Defense One Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:07:54 GMT

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ISIS Is Using Tunnel Bombs in Iraq
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In Iraq, ISIS used tunnel attacks to devastating effect in their assault on Ramadi. On March 11, ISIS forces detonated a tunnel bomb under an Iraqi army headquarters, killing an estimated 22 people. The blast consumed seven tons of explosives in an 800 ...
Recent ISIS and Al Qaeda Rebel Gains in Syria and Iraq: A Result of US Support ...Center for Research on Globalization

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Obama administration considering additional options in Iraq - CBS News Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:07:09 GMT

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Obama administration considering additional options in Iraq
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While ISIS has gained ground in some areas of Iraq recently, such as the key city of Ramadi, the Pentagon claims its train-and-equip program is working. As many as 8,000 Iraqi troops have been trained. The ones in the field are performing well ...
Bullets fly on ISIS front line as Iraqis prepare for battleCNN
US 'preparing shift in Iraq policy'Telegraph.co.uk
Report: US to send hundreds more trainers to Iraq in effort to retake RamadiStars and Stripes
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Rumsfeld breaks with Bush on Iraq - MSNBC Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:08:20 GMT

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Rumsfeld breaks with Bush on Iraq
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For much of the Bush/Cheney era, as conditions in Iraq deteriorated, then-President George W. Bush had some standard rhetorical lines. It wasn't unusual, for example, to hear the beleaguered Republican president say something like, “Some people say an ...

Millions in Iraq need greater humanitarian support, warns top UN relief official - UN News Centre Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:29:01 GMT

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Millions in Iraq need greater humanitarian support, warns top UN relief official
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The humanitarian situation in Iraq is dire. Since January 2014, more than three million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes and over eight million people are in need of assistance that aid agencies cannot always provide them with, due to lack ...
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Iowa soldier returns to Iraq alone to fight ISIS - DesMoinesRegister.com Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:42:17 GMT

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Iowa soldier returns to Iraq alone to fight ISIS
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But the Iowa soldier returned to Iraq last month, headed to war for the third time. The first two times, he served with the Iowa National Guard, with authority from the U.S. Army. This time, he's volunteering on his own to help train the Kurdish army ...

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Marine retried for Iraq murder - U-T San Diego Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:47:08 GMT

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Marine retried for Iraq murder
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A Marine convicted of murder in one of the most prominent and convoluted legal cases of the Iraq War is back in court this week at Camp Pendleton, facing retrial for the slaying of an Iraqi man dragged from his bed during the height of the conflict.

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