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France to send artillery to Iraq in fight against ISIL - Aljazeera.com Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:02:39 GMT

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France to send artillery to Iraq in fight against ISIL
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French President Francois Hollande has said that France will send heavy artillery to Iraq to support the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Hollande announced the plan on Friday, saying the artillery equipment "will be in ...
After attack, France bolsters Iraq military fight against ISThe Columbian
Nice attack: Francois Hollande announces new help for Iraq's military in fighting IsisThe Independent
France to supply Iraq artillery as it steps up fight against IsisThe Local.fr
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Iraq sweats in near-record heatwave - BBC News Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:02:46 GMT

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Iraq sweats in near-record heatwave
BBC News
Government offices have been shut and streets have emptied in Iraq as summer temperatures hit 53C (127F), nearing the highest recorded in the country. The heat has been compounded by chronic power shortages, depriving homes of electricity for large ...

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Kuwait, Iraq sizzle in 129-degree heat, setting all-time eastern hemisphere record - Mashable Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:49:24 GMT

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Kuwait, Iraq sizzle in 129-degree heat, setting all-time eastern hemisphere record
Mashable
While much of the continental United States is baking in high heat and humidity, there is at least one spot on Earth dealing with far more intense heat. On Thursday and Friday, with a strong area of high pressure parked across the Middle East, high ...
All-Time Temperature Records for the Eastern Hemisphere in Kuwait and Iraq | The Weather ChannelThe Weather Channel
Kuwait and Iraq in the midst of record-breaking 129-degree heatwaveNewstalk 106-108 fm

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Military strikes continue against IS militants in Syria, Iraq - Kuwait News Agency Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:23:23 GMT

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Military strikes continue against IS militants in Syria, Iraq
Kuwait News Agency
WASHINGTON, July 22 (KUNA) -- Coalition military forces continued to attack so-called Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted eight strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft ...
US-Led Coalition Conducts 17 Airstrikes Against Daesh in Syria, IraqSputnik International

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US resisters to the Iraq War are now living undocumented in Canada - PRI Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:02:39 GMT

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US resisters to the Iraq War are now living undocumented in Canada
PRI
Some federal court cases brought against Iraq War resisters during former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's term will soon require a response about whether or not the government will continue their prosecution. Trudeau has until Sept. 16 to make ...
Iraq war dodgers urge Trudeau to let them stay after he pledged support for the US deserters during electionNational Post

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Iraq needs to improve security as it makes gains against ISIS - Rudaw Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:27:02 GMT

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Iraq needs to improve security as it makes gains against ISIS
Rudaw
“Progress in military performance must be paired with progress on the security file,” tweeted Iraq's Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on Thursday from Washington, where he attended a meeting of defense ministers whose countries are part of the US-led ...
Iraq security 'must' catch up to military gainsAl-Arabiya
Anti-ISIL front to step up fight in Iraq, SyriaHurriyet Daily News
Kerry warns of new challenge in securing Iraq after Islamic StateReuters
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VP Pick Mike Pence in 2004: "WMDs Have Been Found in Iraq" - Democracy Now! Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:32:43 GMT

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VP Pick Mike Pence in 2004: "WMDs Have Been Found in Iraq"
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Mike Pence: "Despite the national media's best efforts to minimize the news, I am here to report, as the United States military confirmed in Iraq on Monday, weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq. … 'Where are the WMDs?' we've been asked ...

ISIS publishes photos of executions and enforcing rules for clothes in Iraq and Syria - Daily Mail Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:49:03 GMT

Daily Mail
ISIS publishes photos of executions and enforcing rules for clothes in Iraq and Syria
Daily Mail
In a second set of photos to be published today, the group are show 'a glimpse of the work of the religious police', in Iraq's region of Kirkuk. Amid mundane photos regulating expiry dates and handing out leaflets, is the now sickeningly familiar ...

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Canadian troops in Iraq to keep Kurdish flag - Orangeville Banner Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:26:20 GMT

Canadian troops in Iraq to keep Kurdish flag
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OTTAWA — Canada's top soldier has decided special forces troops in Iraq will continue to wear the Kurdish flag on their uniforms in addition to the Maple Leaf, despite questions about the practice. National Defence says Gen. Jonathan Vance recently ...

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Iraq seeks more help as it sets sights on Mosul - BBC News Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:26:42 GMT

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Iraq seeks more help as it sets sights on Mosul
BBC News
Black banners of so-called Islamic State (IS) flap in the scorching heat of northern Iraq. Fighters' corpses lie where they fell, wrapped in dust, in parched wheat fields. An Iraqi military convoy hurtles along dirt tracks, kicking up a haze which ...

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