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Between Iraq and a Hawk Base - New York Times Tue, 01 Sep 2015 08:59:41 GMT

New York Times
Between Iraq and a Hawk Base
New York Times
Watching Jeb Bush flub the Iraq question confirmed a theory about that war and its unheeded lessons that Fontaine had been nurturing for several months. In February, he co-wrote an essay in Politico Magazine arguing that Congress should not authorize ...

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Airstrikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:49:53 GMT

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (press release)
Airstrikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, September 1, 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 ...
Islamic State targeted in 22 airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: US MilitaryYahoo News
Ninteen airstrikes in Syria, Iraq target ISIL - CoalitionKuwait News Agency
Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and IraqDVIDS (press release)
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (press release)
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Dick Cheney: 'We were right' to invade Iraq - MSNBC Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:50:51 GMT

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Dick Cheney: 'We were right' to invade Iraq
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At one stage, the Cheneys write that “history will be the ultimate judge of our decision to liberate Iraq.” But just two pages later, as if unable to resist re-engaging the issue, they describe the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as a “grave threat ...
Watch Donald Trump Completely Contradict Himself on US Troops in IraqMother Jones
Former VP Cheney: US troop withdrawal from Iraq gave rise to ISISRudaw
Cheney: Obama's Iraq withdrawal created ISISThe Hill
Press TV -Raw Story -CNN
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Map: There are 10 world heritage sites in Iraq and Syria. Nine are in danger. - Washington Post Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:05:46 GMT

The Independent
Map: There are 10 world heritage sites in Iraq and Syria. Nine are in danger.
Washington Post
Worse still, the Islamic State is only one part of a wider situation in Syria and Iraq where a number of important historical areas are considered at risk. The situation is stark. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...
Nine of Syria and Iraq's 10 world heritage sites are in danger as Isis ravages ...The Independent

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Protests in Iraq Bring Fast Promises, but Slower Changes - New York Times Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:00:33 GMT

New York Times
Protests in Iraq Bring Fast Promises, but Slower Changes
New York Times
The protests have come to overshadow the fight against the Islamic State, Iraq's main preoccupation over the past year. Change, at least on paper, came quickly. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced a set of sweeping measures to placate the protesters.
The Heat: Iraq's current challengesCCTV-America
Iraq's street sellers rake in fresh profits from national flag salesAl-Arabiya

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Meet the man trying to bring Iraq back from the brink - Reuters Blogs (blog) Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:56:27 GMT

Reuters Blogs (blog)
Meet the man trying to bring Iraq back from the brink
Reuters Blogs (blog)
On August 16, an Iraqi parliamentary report named Iraq's former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, among dozens of officials responsible for the collapse of security forces and the fall of Mosul to Islamic State militants last summer. In his eight years ...
Abadi's reforms and the storm brewing in IraqMiddle East Monitor
Recognize that Iraq Is HistoryThe Beacon
Why Iraq needs a united Sunni authority to face extremismAl-Monitor

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Sabri back to boost Iraq charge - FIFA.com Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:07:50 GMT

FIFA.com
Sabri back to boost Iraq charge
FIFA.com
A famous quote by Ernest Hemingway provides a neat way to sum up the career of Iraq goalkeeper Noor Sabri: “Courage is grace under pressure”. Taking the decision to reverse his international retirement certainly took courage, while the experienced ...

ISIS Video Shows Four Shiite Spies Burned Alive in Iraq - Breitbart News Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:23:16 GMT

Breitbart News
ISIS Video Shows Four Shiite Spies Burned Alive in Iraq
Breitbart News
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has released a new graphic video showing an execution of four Shiite “spies” being burned alive, allegedly in Anbar, Iraq's largest province. In the video, the four men, apparently from a militia in Iraq known as the ...
Islamic State Video: ISIS Militants In Iraq Burn Four Shiite Fighters AliveInternational Business Times
Isis releases graphic video showing four Shia 'spies' being burned alive in ...The Independent
Shiite official: 'US can't control a hand's-breadth of Iraq'Rudaw
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Who lost Iraq? I don't think it was Obama, I think it was … - Foreign Policy Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:47:22 GMT

Foreign Policy
Who lost Iraq? I don't think it was Obama, I think it was …
Foreign Policy
I think it is because I believe they were given a good chance to control Iraq, yet failed to grasp the opportunity. The surge did not win the war, but it did achieve a truce. Had Shiite leadersused that truce to reach out to Sunnis and try to chart a ...

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Kurds suspect another chemical attack by Islamic State in Iraq - Reuters Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:27:00 GMT

Kurds suspect another chemical attack by Islamic State in Iraq
Reuters
ERBIL, Iraq Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they suspected a homemade rocket fired by Islamic State at their peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances, accusing the Islamist insurgents of an increasing use of chemical weapons.

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