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The Mess Obama Left Behind in Iraq - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:23:00 GMT

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The Mess Obama Left Behind in Iraq
Foreign Policy (blog)
Now that Iraq looks lost, Republicans like to blame President Barack Obama's administration for losing it. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence repeated the charge in this week's vice presidential debate, claiming that “because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate ...

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Turkey's brash behavior riles Iraq - Al-Monitor Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:21:37 GMT

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Turkey's brash behavior riles Iraq
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The warning called for summoning the Turkish ambassador, branding Turkish forces in Iraq as occupiers, prosecuting those responsible and denouncing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's pronouncements. It also called for reviewing trade and ...
Politics|US Set to Open a Climactic Battle Against ISIS in Mosul, IraqNew York Times
Turkey says Shi'ite role in Iraq's Mosul battle will 'increase problems'Reuters
US-led coalition says Turkish army 'on its own' in Iraq as Baghdad calls UNSC meetingRT
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Trump and Clinton both have a big problem: Iraq - Vox Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:50:00 GMT

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Trump and Clinton both have a big problem: Iraq
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Clinton is struggling to square her repeated promises not to send ground troops back into Iraq with the cold reality that the Obama administration already has nearly 5,000 US forces on the ground there. Trump, for his part, has yet to give a clear ...

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This Marine Turned Congressman Has A Plan To Save Iraq From ISIS - Task & Purpose Fri, 07 Oct 2016 09:05:32 GMT

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This Marine Turned Congressman Has A Plan To Save Iraq From ISIS
Task & Purpose
Five years after the U.S. military withdrew from Iraq, American service members are again deployed in support of operations there. Some of these servicemen and women are returning to areas they deployed to years ago, engaged in a new mission against a ...

Drawing Iraq: Inside Raw War Comic 'Rolling Blackouts' - RollingStone.com Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:16:00 GMT

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Drawing Iraq: Inside Raw War Comic 'Rolling Blackouts'
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In the fall of 2010, cartoonist Sarah Glidden was planning a trip with her friends, but it wasn't going to be a vacation. The group would be venturing to Syria, Turkey and Iraq to research and report stories on the impact of the Iraq war for American ...

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Turkish troops 'to stay in Iraq' despite objections - Al-Arabiya Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:43:54 GMT

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Turkish troops 'to stay in Iraq' despite objections
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Turkey insisted on Thursday that its troops will remain in Iraq despite Baghdad's growing anger ahead of a planned operation to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS. Baghdad has accused Ankara of risking a regional war by keeping its forces inside ...

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What Does Iran Want in Iraq? - RealClearWorld Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:13:01 GMT

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What Does Iran Want in Iraq?
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These Iran-backed Shiite militias have played a sizable role in the fight against the Islamic State in northern Iraq, but not without inviting controversy and condemnation of their own. And while these Shia fighters have reportedly agreed to remain on ...
HRW concerned about Shiite militias' abuses in IraqDaily Sabah

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Clinton, Kaine airbrush out inconvenient details about US troop departure from Iraq - Washington Post Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:02:36 GMT

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Clinton, Kaine airbrush out inconvenient details about US troop departure from Iraq
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“President Bush said we would leave Iraq at the end of 2011. And Iraq didn't want our troops to stay, and they wouldn't give us the protection for our troops. And guess what? If a nation where our troops are serving does not want us to stay, we're not ...
WaPo fact checker knocks Clinton, Kaine for misleading on Iraq departureWashington Examiner (blog)
Mike Pence: Hillary Clinton failed to keep U.S. troops in IraqPolitiFact
No, Mike Pence, It Wasn't Hillary Clinton Who Agreed To Pull Troops From Iraq In 2011Huffington Post
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Can Iraq reach dam agreement with Turkey to protect marshes? - Al-Monitor Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:46:44 GMT

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Can Iraq reach dam agreement with Turkey to protect marshes?
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BAGHDAD — Severe drought is affecting agricultural lands across Iraq because of the low levels of river water. Iraqi officials have raised the alarm on the negative impact of the Turkish Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River, which is scheduled to be ...

The baby boomers' monumental quagmire in Iraq - Los Angeles Times Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:01:26 GMT

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The baby boomers' monumental quagmire in Iraq
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In the United States, a nation wedded to the proposition that military might guarantees security, the members of each successive generation face this challenge: Will they demonstrate greater or lesser wisdom than their predecessors in deciding where ...