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In Iraq's Battle for Fallujah, Residents Gird for Long Fight - ABC News Fri, 27 May 2016 19:09:35 GMT

ABC News

In Iraq's Battle for Fallujah, Residents Gird for Long Fight ABC News Mideast Iraq Islamic State The Associated Press. Security forces arrive to join the forces surrounding Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, May 27, 2016. Iraqi forces launched an offensive on the city of Fallujah, located 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad ... Iraqi airstrikes kill 3 senior Daesh commanders in MosulPress TV US strikes kill ISIS commander in Iraq's FallujahAl-Arabiya Sadr Weathers Iraq's Twists and Turns to Re-Emerge as Political PlayerWorld Politics Review Yahoo7 News -The Sydney Morning Herald -Voice of America all 1,318 news articles »

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Why Accountability for Iraq's Militias Matters - Just Security Fri, 27 May 2016 23:26:15 GMT

Why Accountability for Iraq's Militias Matters Just Security Iraq is awash with daily atrocities, with the Islamic State (ISIL) reportedly burying people alive, drowning people in submerged cages, detonating explosives around victims' necks, and shooting its own members trying to defect. The group has murdered ... and more »

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Air strikes on Isis in Iraq and Syria are reducing their cities to ruins - The Independent Fri, 27 May 2016 15:35:11 GMT

The Independent

Air strikes on Isis in Iraq and Syria are reducing their cities to ruins The Independent The denunciation has echoed down the centuries and been applied to many pacification campaigns, but it is peculiarly appropriate to what is now happening in Iraq. Some 20,000 Iraqi soldiers, special forces, federal police and Shia paramilitaries are ... Top Shi'ite cleric urges restraint in assault on Iraq's FallujaReuters Blogs (blog) US Coalition Conducts 23 Anti-Islamic State Airstrikes in Iraq, 2 in SyriaSputnik International Centcom commander visits Iraq and SyriaThe Fort Campbell Courier Antiwar.com all 65 news articles »

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Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Iraq, Syria - Department of Defense Fri, 27 May 2016 17:40:43 GMT

Al-Bawaba

Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Iraq, Syria Department of Defense The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq ... Iraq: Progress in fight to oust ISIL from Falluja but 'civilians face starvation'euronews all 17 news articles »

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Obama: Troops died in combat in Iraq - Stars and Stripes Fri, 27 May 2016 20:14:04 GMT

Stars and Stripes

Obama: Troops died in combat in Iraq Stars and Stripes Obama addressed whether U.S. forces are in combat in the Middle East in the written Q&A with Stars and Stripes, and several other key security decisions of his presidency, including his 2011 decision to withdraw forces from Iraq and why he won't say ...

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Dozens of Isis fighters killed in Iraqi forces' assault on Falluja, US says - The Guardian Fri, 27 May 2016 20:02:07 GMT

The Guardian

Dozens of Isis fighters killed in Iraqi forces' assault on Falluja, US says The Guardian Falluja is a bastion of the insurgency that fought the US occupation of Iraq and the Shia-led authorities that replaced Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a Sunni. It was the first city captured by Islamic State in Iraq, in January 2014, and is the second ... and more »

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ISIS militant is captured by Iraq forces after he was filmed at sex-slave market - Daily Mail Fri, 27 May 2016 14:31:16 GMT

Daily Mail

ISIS militant is captured by Iraq forces after he was filmed at sex-slave market Daily Mail One says he would need to check the teeth of the 15-year-old being auctioned, and explains: 'If she doesn't have teeth, why would I want her?' The video was shot in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, which was seized by ISIS in June 2014, according to ... and more »

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Iraq war vet: Memorial Day should also remember those we killed - Washington Post Fri, 27 May 2016 11:03:50 GMT

Washington Post

Iraq war vet: Memorial Day should also remember those we killed Washington Post In Iraq, more than 240,000 people have died since the 2003 invasion, and the total increases daily. Our collective myopia to war's consequences contributes to the widespread opposition toward granting Iraqi, Syrian and Afghan war refugees the right of ... and more »

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The costly truth of emergency spending in Iraq and Afghanistan - Center for Public Integrity Fri, 27 May 2016 09:31:03 GMT

Center for Public Integrity

The costly truth of emergency spending in Iraq and Afghanistan Center for Public Integrity Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division perform a security check on their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles near the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011.

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Iraqi government formed in 2003 was fully controlled by US – Iraq's former defense minister to RT - RT Thu, 26 May 2016 21:16:35 GMT

RT

Iraqi government formed in 2003 was fully controlled by US – Iraq's former defense minister to RT RT Interim Prime Minister of Iraq Ayad Allawi, who held office from 2003 to 2005, was “among the first to be appointed [by the US]. We were all appointed by Americans, by [Lewis Paul ] Bremer [top civilian administrator of the Coalition Provisional ... and more »