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American service member in Iraq dies of non-combat injury - CNN Sat, 07 May 2016 13:38:23 GMT

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American service member in Iraq dies of non-combat injury
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... to rescue a team of less than a dozen U.S. military advisers who came under attack Tuesday from more than 100 ISIS fighters. Keating was the third American military member to die in combat in Iraq since the United States began fighting ISIS there ...
Navy SEAL killed in Iraq was part of rescue teamWTSP.com
Slain Navy SEAL Charles Keating secretly married fiancée before deploying to IraqNew York Daily News
Body of US Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq Returning to USABC News
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Deadly toll of ISIS uncovered in more than 50 mass graves in Iraq - CNN Sat, 07 May 2016 10:10:15 GMT

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Deadly toll of ISIS uncovered in more than 50 mass graves in Iraq
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(CNN) More than 50 mass graves have been discovered throughout Iraq as it regains cities and villages from ISIS, a U.N. special representative for the country said. "As territory is retaken from the criminal and terrorist gangs of Daesh [also known as ...
More than 50 Islamic State mass graves found in IraqUPI.com
'More than 50' IS mass graves found in Iraq, says UN envoyBBC News
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Millions in ISIS-occupied northern Iraq threatened with catastrophic dam collapse - RT Sat, 07 May 2016 15:29:50 GMT

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Millions in ISIS-occupied northern Iraq threatened with catastrophic dam collapse
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Just as the UN has warned of up to 2 million people projected to be displaced in Iraq this year by the fighting with Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL), an even more apocalyptic threat looms in the country's largest dam on the Tigris River, which, according ...

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Counter-ISIL Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Sat, 07 May 2016 15:46:10 GMT

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Counter-ISIL Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 7, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported ...
Rising terror threat casts doubt on US-led coalition's effectiveness in Iraq – Russia's UN envoyRT
6 strikes in Syria, 11 in Iraq target IS -- coalitionKuwait News Agency

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Opinion: Is Iraq Collapsing? - Asharq Alawsat Sat, 07 May 2016 17:36:45 GMT

Asharq Alawsat

Opinion: Is Iraq Collapsing?
Asharq Alawsat
It is hard to believe that there are features of a revolution in Iraq against corruption, nepotism and the sectarian quota system. It is also difficult to believe that what is happening is a reformist movement, even if the occupiers of parliament and ...
He once fought US troops. Now Moqtada al-Sadr is battling Iraq's political system.Washington Post
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British Isis fighter explodes suicide belt in Iraq just for laughs - WATCH - Metro Sat, 07 May 2016 17:02:00 GMT

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British Isis fighter explodes suicide belt in Iraq just for laughs - WATCH
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This 'gag' from a British Isis fighter involved him setting off an explosive on a suicide belt. It's not quite our idea of a joke but Abu Waqqas al-Albani (aka Gezim Klokoci) and his friends found it hilarious. They were heard laughing after the ...
ISIS video shows Brit fighter almost blow himself up after pulling pin on SUICIDE VEST for a prankDaily Mail

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The Only Way to Solve Iraq's Political Crisis - New York Times Thu, 05 May 2016 10:59:53 GMT

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The Only Way to Solve Iraq's Political Crisis
New York Times
With the Islamic State still in control of large parts of the country and oil prices depressed, Iraq is on the verge of a meltdown. But instead of working to solve the country's problems, Iraq's political class has been consumed by a power struggle ...
The ungovernable countryThe Economist
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Four ISIS jihadi commanders killed in fresh attacks northwest Iraq - ARA News Sat, 07 May 2016 22:43:37 GMT

Four ISIS jihadi commanders killed in fresh attacks northwest Iraq
ARA News
ERBIL – Four jihadi commanders from the radical group of Islamic State (ISIS) were killed in northwestern Iraq as a result of airstrikes by the US-led coalition's warplanes and ground operations by the Iraqi army, local sources reported on Saturday ...

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Abdulraheem inspired by Iraq's class of 2004 - FIFA.com Fri, 06 May 2016 13:39:36 GMT

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Abdulraheem inspired by Iraq's class of 2004
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While Iraq was undergoing a political crisis during the summer of 2004, a young Mohanad Abdulraheem could think of little else than the Olympic Games in Greece. There, seemingly against all the odds, an Iraq team spearheaded by Younis Mahmoud was ...


Alsation saves SAS team in Iraq firefight - Daily Star Sat, 07 May 2016 23:00:26 GMT

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Alsation saves SAS team in Iraq firefight
Daily Star
The SAS have used attack dogs on numerous operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but this is thought to be the first time one has been praised for directly saving the lives of troops. Details of the attack emerged just days after a member of US special ...