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Iraq: Aid agencies inundated as thousands flee Fallujah - Aljazeera.com Sat, 18 Jun 2016 18:37:18 GMT

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Iraq: Aid agencies inundated as thousands flee Fallujah
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About 2,300 families have fled the Iraqi city of Fallujah over the past 24 hours, according to an international aid group, as government forces and their allies push forward with an offensive to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant ...

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Iraq: PM Abadi declares victory over ISIL in Fallujah - Aljazeera.com Sat, 18 Jun 2016 08:19:06 GMT

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Iraq: PM Abadi declares victory over ISIL in Fallujah
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Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi forces have retaken most of Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as clearing operations are under way to flush out the armed group's remaining fighters in the city. The ...
Iraq declares win over Islamic State in FallujahThe Union Leader
Iraq troops seize Fallujah hospital, clear minesKSAT San Antonio
Iraq Says Military Has Retaken Central Fallujah From Islamic StateWall Street Journal
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Iraq, Afghan vets may have their own Agent Orange - Minneapolis Star Tribune Sat, 18 Jun 2016 23:48:21 GMT

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Iraq, Afghan vets may have their own Agent Orange
Minneapolis Star Tribune
ROCHESTER – They are known as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: Massive open-air burn pits at U.S. military bases that billowed the toxic smoke and ash of everything from Styrofoam, metals and plastics to electrical equipment and even ...

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Iraq says most of Falluja retaken from ISIS - CNN Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:50:37 GMT

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Iraq says most of Falluja retaken from ISIS
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During a televised address, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraqi forces are now in control of Falluja's city center, something Iraq hasn't been able to claim in more than two years. But U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was more cautious when ...

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US “Underestimates” Civilian Death Toll in Iraq and Syria by 95% - Center for Research on Globalization Sat, 18 Jun 2016 22:24:58 GMT

Center for Research on Globalization
US “Underestimates” Civilian Death Toll in Iraq and Syria by 95%
Center for Research on Globalization
“Between December and May, in both Iraq and Syria, there was a marked increase in the number of alleged casualty incidents and civilian death attributed to coalition actions,” it says. In Iraq, the group reports that between 297 and 518 civilians were ...

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Road to recovery takes Anchorage man, wounded in Iraq, to Minnesota marathon - Alaska Dispatch News Sat, 18 Jun 2016 15:41:34 GMT

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Road to recovery takes Anchorage man, wounded in Iraq, to Minnesota marathon
Alaska Dispatch News
Josh Revak, left, stands with Joe Kapacziewski on top of Flattop last summer, about a month after Revak was fitted with a prostethic device for his right foot. Kapacziewski is an Army Ranger who is still active duty despite losing his leg in combat ...
Wounded Iraq Veteran To Run in Duluth's Grandma's MarathonWDAY

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Trump's views on Iraq war are mixed - Los Angeles Times Sat, 18 Jun 2016 19:08:56 GMT

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Trump's views on Iraq war are mixed
Los Angeles Times
Donald Trump complained Saturday about his tepid support from top Republicans, an extraordinary public display of the acute tensions within the party's top ranks a month before its national convention. Trump told supporters at a Las Vegas casino rally ...
Paul Ryan Keeps Quiet About Trump's Slander of Iraq War VetsThe Weekly Standard (blog)

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Most advanced U.S. warship named after Navy SEAL killed in Iraq - Washington Examiner Sat, 18 Jun 2016 17:42:01 GMT

Most advanced U.S. warship named after Navy SEAL killed in Iraq
Washington Examiner
The mother of a fallen Navy SEAL killed in action in Iraq christened the second of the Navy's new class of advanced guided missile destroyers on Saturday. The 15,000-ton ship was named for her son, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor, who was ...

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Christian militias fighting IS in Iraq hope for US support - Fox News Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:12:00 GMT

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Christian militias fighting IS in Iraq hope for US support
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The militia, known as the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, or NPU, is one of three Christian armed groups hoping for American support after the U.S. House of Representatives called for direct assistance to be delivered to local security forces in the ...

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Will Iraq's wetlands join World Heritage List? - Al-Monitor Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:54:20 GMT

Al-Monitor
Will Iraq's wetlands join World Heritage List?
Al-Monitor
Iraq's wetlands, known as the Mesopotamian marshlands, are located in the areas surrounding the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in the provinces of Basra, Maysan and Dhi Qar in southern Iraq. Eridu, Ur and Uruk are archaeological sites ...