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United Nations to stop reporting military casualties in Iraq - UPI.com Sun, 04 Dec 2016 16:59:29 GMT

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United Nations to stop reporting military casualties in Iraq
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The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, or UNAMI, on Sunday said it would no longer publish Iraqi military casualties figures following a complaint from Iraq's Joint Operations Command, which said the agency's information was "much exaggerated.
Chaos erupts as Iraq delivers aid to MosulMilitary Times
Hero SAS sniper records 100th kill after battling ISIS in Iraq and AfghanistanThe Sun
Iraq disputes number killed in battle against ISISCNN
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter says US, partners need to stay in Iraq after ISIS defeat - Fox News Sun, 04 Dec 2016 12:00:10 GMT

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter says US, partners need to stay in Iraq after ISIS defeat
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The American military, along with its international partners, will need to remain in Iraq even after the expected defeat of the Islamic State group, outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday. Carter said the U.S. and its coalition partners ...
Carter: US must stay in Iraq after ISIS defeatRudaw
Carter: US, Partners Need to Stay in Iraq After IS DefeatABC News
US, allies should stay in Iraq, even after Daesh's defeat: CarterPress TV
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War based on deception: Bush's Iraq lies, uncontested, will haunt us under Donald Trump - Salon Sun, 04 Dec 2016 17:00:39 GMT

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War based on deception: Bush's Iraq lies, uncontested, will haunt us under Donald Trump
Salon
The CODEPINK Tribunal taking place Dec. 1 and 2, and live streamed by the Real News, is a historic collection of testimonies about the lies and costs of the Iraq war. It takes on new meaning with the incoming Trump administration, and the hawks who are ...

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Coalition launches 16 strikes in Syria, Iraq - Kuwait News Agency Sun, 04 Dec 2016 18:32:00 GMT

Coalition launches 16 strikes in Syria, Iraq
Kuwait News Agency
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) launched 16 strikes in Syria and Iraq Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in its daily report Sunday. In Syria, nine ...

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Why Iraq needs immediate action on climate change - Al-Monitor Sun, 04 Dec 2016 18:15:33 GMT

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Why Iraq needs immediate action on climate change
Al-Monitor
A lack of water is at the center of many of Iraq's problems. Iraqi Minister of Health and Environment Adila Hammoud headed a meeting Nov. 30 with a group of environmentalists and academics to address the serious dangers that threaten Iraq's marshes, ...

Canadian veteran fighting ISIL has been arrested in Iraq, his mother says: 'Nobody knows the reasons' - National Post Sun, 04 Dec 2016 19:44:18 GMT

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Canadian veteran fighting ISIL has been arrested in Iraq, his mother says: 'Nobody knows the reasons'
National Post
TORONTO — A Canadian military veteran who has spent the past six months fighting ISIL alongside Kurdish forces has been arrested in northern Iraq, his mother said in an interview Sunday. Michael Kennedy, 32, was on his to Sulaymaniyah, trying to make ...

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Iraq: KRG Restrictions Harm Yezidi Recovery - Human Rights Watch Sun, 04 Dec 2016 05:02:40 GMT

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Iraq: KRG Restrictions Harm Yezidi Recovery
Human Rights Watch
Since the ISIS attack on Sinjar in 2014, the only route out of Sinjar into Iraq not controlled by ISIS is via the Suhaila bridge crossing, two kilometers from the Syrian border, which is controlled by KRG forces. Southern Sinjar is still under ISIS ...
Kurdish authorities harming recovery of Iraq's Yazidis: HRWMiddle East Eye

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Empowered Shiite militias poised to dominate key Iraq town - Fox News Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:09:23 GMT

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Empowered Shiite militias poised to dominate key Iraq town
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AIN AL-JEHESH, Iraq – On the road to Tal Afar, an Iraqi city near Syria that's been key to sectarian catastrophes in both countries over the past decade, a mosaic of rag-tag troops advancing against Islamic State militants have one symbol in common.

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After Isis: the families returning home in Iraq - The Guardian Sat, 03 Dec 2016 09:00:21 GMT

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After Isis: the families returning home in Iraq
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On the evening of 11 August 2014, Assam Dara Ali was at home in Jalawla, southern Iraq. His wife, Teba, was putting their two young children to bed; meanwhile, Kurdish officials in Erbil were beginning to report that Jalawla had fallen to Isis ...

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New UN tally shows spike in casualties in Iraq - Aljazeera.com Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:25:00 GMT

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New UN tally shows spike in casualties in Iraq
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Halgord Hekmat, a spokesman for the autonomous Kurdish region's Peshmerga ministry in Iraq, said on Thursday a total of 1,600 Peshmerga soldiers had been killed since the start of the offensive to retake the ISIL-held Iraqi city of Mosul on October 17.
British jihadists fleeing Mosul could face the death sentence in Iraq's makeshift courtsTelegraph.co.uk
Sunni tribesmen battling Islamic State demand federalism in IraqReuters
Iraq's special forces have retaken 19 Mosul neighborhoodsFox News
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