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How a Victory Over ISIS in Fallujah Could Actually Hurt Iraq - TIME Tue, 31 May 2016 22:44:00 GMT

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How a Victory Over ISIS in Fallujah Could Actually Hurt Iraq
TIME
Iraq could finally turn the corner against ISIS—but at a potentially high risk to the future of the divided country. The Iraqi military and its allied militias are now engaged in intense fighting on the edges of the city of Fallujah in an effort to ...
Isis face likely defeat in battles raging across Iraq and Syria - but how will power be shared between the victors?The Independent
'US playing sectarian card in Iraq over fears of Baghdad-Tehran bloc'RT
In Iraq, pro-government forces close in on FalloujaLos Angeles Times
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Two U.S. troops injured during ISIS attacks in Iraq, Syria - Military Times Tue, 31 May 2016 17:10:38 GMT

Military Times
Two U.S. troops injured during ISIS attacks in Iraq, Syria
Military Times
Two American troops were injured over the weekend in separate attacks by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, a defense official said, marking the first time the U.S. military has publicly disclosed a casualty among troops deployed to Syria. The ...
2 US service members wounded in Iraq, SyriaCNN
Two American Troops Injured by ISIS in Iraq, SyriaWashington Free Beacon
US troops wounded in Iraq and Syria over Memorial Day weekendHamilton Spectator
Reuters -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -Daily Beast
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This map shows the extreme factionalism that is tearing Iraq apart - Business Insider Tue, 31 May 2016 18:46:24 GMT

Business Insider
This map shows the extreme factionalism that is tearing Iraq apart
Business Insider
ISIS's rapid advancement across Iraq in the summer of 2014 has caused so far irreparable damage to any idea of unity in the country. As the following map shows, Iraqi territory can be thought of as belonging to one of three factions: ISIS, the Kurds ...
US-led coalition troops seen near front line in new Iraq offensiveReuters
A century of separation did not divide Kurdish families on Iraq-Rudaw
Kurdish forces in big push against Islamic State in Iraq and SyriaThe Guardian
The Independent -Jordan Times
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Fallujah, Iraq Is Again Engulfed In Violence - WBUR Tue, 31 May 2016 13:44:32 GMT

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Fallujah, Iraq Is Again Engulfed In Violence
WBUR
American Marines endured some of the bloodiest fighting of the Iraq War in this city in 2004. Twelve years later, Iraqi forces helped by U.S. air strikes are engaged in an offensive to retake the city from ISIS. Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti talks to ...

The expulsion that backfired: When Iraq kicked out its Jews - The Times of Israel Tue, 31 May 2016 11:39:00 GMT

The Times of Israel
The expulsion that backfired: When Iraq kicked out its Jews
The Times of Israel
From the moment Hitler took power in 1933, Iraq had distinguished itself throughout the Arab world as a top Nazi ally. The nexus was continually stoked by resident gestapo agents such as Fritz Grobba. Grobba employed such tactics as dispensing lots of ...

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Politico reporter badly mangles anecdote about David French's marriage, Iraq deployment - Washington Examiner Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:09:50 GMT

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Politico reporter badly mangles anecdote about David French's marriage, Iraq deployment
Washington Examiner
Before David left for Iraq, he and Nancy put together rules, in a painfully honest conversation about human frailty. There would be no drinking during the year of separation. Nancy would not "have phone conversations with men, or meaningful e-mail ...

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Anti-IS Forces Advance on Iraq, Syria Militant Strongholds - Voice of America Tue, 31 May 2016 11:04:14 GMT

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Anti-IS Forces Advance on Iraq, Syria Militant Strongholds
Voice of America
May 31, 2016 7:02 AM. BAGHDAD—. Islamic State has come under fierce attack on three fronts stretching from Iraq to Syria. Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces on Monday entered the IS stronghold of Fallujah, a city in central Iraq that the extremists ...

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From Bosnia to Iraq: The Failure of Forced Coexistence - The National Interest Online Tue, 31 May 2016 02:22:26 GMT

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From Bosnia to Iraq: The Failure of Forced Coexistence
The National Interest Online
The U.S.-led military interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, rump Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq have revealed Washington's inclination toward forcible regime change and external democratization, but also its propensity for the maintenance of the ...

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A Visit to Ground Zero of ISIS' Genocide in Iraq - Daily Signal Tue, 31 May 2016 23:40:32 GMT

Daily Signal
A Visit to Ground Zero of ISIS' Genocide in Iraq
Daily Signal
SINJAR, Iraq—This town in northern Iraq was home to more than 88,000 civilians in 2013. Today, there are none left living here. As The Daily Signal's foreign correspondent, I visited Sinjar, where more than 5,000 civilians died at the hands of the ...

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UK air strike data shows scale of involvement in Iraq and Syria - Flightglobal Tue, 31 May 2016 09:24:14 GMT

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UK air strike data shows scale of involvement in Iraq and Syria
Flightglobal
Meanwhile, figures released by the government on 29 April in response to a freedom of information request show the reliance the RAF has on the Eurofighter Typhoon in Iraq; an aircraft that was only deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to support the ...

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