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2016 Candidate Promises To Wage War In Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq - ThinkProgress Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:42:14 GMT

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2016 Candidate Promises To Wage War In Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq ThinkProgress Everywhere Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) looks in the world, he sees a crisis, and believes these combined crises could soon “throw the world into chaos we haven't seen since WWII.” In his first major foreign policy speech as a presidential candidate, ... Lindsey Graham Gets Specific: We Need 20000 US Troops in Iraq and SyriaDefense One Lindsey Graham: Obama administration 'rewriting history' on IraqWashington Times Sen. Graham Calls for Increasing US Presence in Iraq to 10K TroopsMilitary.com MSNBC -The Fiscal Times all 48 news articles »

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Most combat sorties in Iraq end without striking ISIS - AirForceTimes.com Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:58:00 GMT

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Most combat sorties in Iraq end without striking ISIS AirForceTimes.com U.S. aircraft are coming back from most combat missions in Iraq without dropping any bombs, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said Tuesday. "At a similar period in the Afghanistan conflict in 2012, the number of aircraft ... and more »

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Iraq Court to Execute 24 Over Camp Speicher Massacre Near Tikrit - NBCNews.com Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:55:00 GMT

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Iraq Court to Execute 24 Over Camp Speicher Massacre Near Tikrit NBCNews.com BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court sentenced 24 militants to death Wednesday over the killing of hundreds of mainly Shiite soldiers during an ISIS offensive in northern Iraq last year. As many as 1,700 soldiers were killed after they fled Camp Speicher, a ... Iraq sentences 24 militants to death over Isis massacre of soldiersThe Guardian Iraq sentences Islamic State militants to death for Tikrit massacreBBC News Death sentence for 24 ISIS fighters over Iraq massacreCBS News Military Times -Telegraph.co.uk all 266 news articles »

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Dozens of ISIS fighters 'POISONED' after eating post-Ramadan feast in Iraq - Express.co.uk Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:13:04 GMT

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Dozens of ISIS fighters 'POISONED' after eating post-Ramadan feast in Iraq Express.co.uk A spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Party said it was unclear if the deaths were caused by deliberate contamination or accidental food poisoning. Mosul, Iraq's second biggest city, was taken by ISIS militants over a year ago - one of the first areas ... 45 ISIS fighters 'die after eating poisoned Ramadan meal in Iraq'Daily Mail ISIS Executes 3 Journalists In Iraq, Syria; Two Bound to a Tree and Shot in ...Christian Post Mosul: Isis Blows Up Another Ancient Church in Iraq, 4 Children Killed ...International Business Times, India Edition The New Indian Express -India Today all 81 news articles »

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Obama's New Iraq Strategy: Don't Lose - Bloomberg View Tue, 07 Jul 2015 20:24:00 GMT

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Obama's New Iraq Strategy: Don't Lose Bloomberg View If you've been following the crisis in Greece, you may not have noticed, but President Barack Obama held a news conference Monday at the Pentagon that will be significant for his legacy. What was important was not so much what he said as what he didn't ... U.S. troops in Iraq to stay at 3000; Islamic State fight local to ObamaWashington Times US-Led Coalition Airstrikes Target IS in Syria, IraqVoice of America Obama gives update on military campaign against ISIS in Syria and IraqCBC.ca Yahoo News -Military.com all 1,749 news articles »

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Senators: Iraq strategy is 'delusional' - Military Times Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:25:00 GMT

Military Times

Senators: Iraq strategy is 'delusional' Military Times Dempsey said the campaign to push back the Islamic State in Iraq likely will take three years, and reiterated Obama's call for patience a day earlier. But he also acknowledged it will take "a generation" to influence the cultural changes needed to make ... Ashton Carter: U.S. forces training 500 Sunnis at Al Taqaddum in IraqWashington Times US military chiefs face tough questioning from senatorsU.S. News & World Report all 361 news articles »

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Iran is building a force in Iraq that Baghdad can't control - Business Insider Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:19:56 GMT

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Iran is building a force in Iraq that Baghdad can't control Business Insider A central part of the US strategy to defeat ISIS is to reignite a fraction on the 100,000 strong Sunni awakening that played a major role in the US surge strategy against Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) during the Iraq War. But Baghdad and Tehran remain opposed ... How The Iraq War Informed The Rise Of ISISWBUR all 18 news articles »

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Beating the Islamic State Won't Fix Iraq - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:52:00 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Beating the Islamic State Won't Fix Iraq Foreign Policy (blog) To actually help Iraq defeat the Islamic State, however, the United States needs to diversify its approach. Fighting the kind of radicalization epitomized by the Islamic State means addressing the base problem: the lack of legitimate governance ... UNESCO's Irina Bokova Laments ISIS' 'Cultural Cleansing' of AntiquitiesNBCNews.com Chart: The Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria vs. Previous Military CampaignsDefense One US, allies conduct 31 airstrikes against IS in Iraq, SyriaPanARMENIAN.Net Military Times -Iraq Oil Report all 195 news articles »

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Iraqi F-16s to fly out of Iraq, not Jordan - AirForceTimes.com Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:37:55 GMT

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Iraqi F-16s to fly out of Iraq, not Jordan AirForceTimes.com Iraqi F-16s and pilots will not be based out of Jordan, as reported by Iraqi media, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said. Abed Issawi, a Shiite member of Iraq's parliament, had told reporters that that the U.S. government was demanding that ... and more »

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Iraq celebrates return of antiquities, appeals for world help - Reuters UK Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:17:00 GMT

Reuters UK

Iraq celebrates return of antiquities, appeals for world help Reuters UK BAGHDAD Iraq celebrated on Wednesday the return of hundreds of historical artefacts, from an ancient Assyrian statue to a 20th century presidential tea set, which were looted, lost or loaned abroad over recent decades. The recovery of the 800 items ... and more »