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Why Iraq Needs the Oil - The Atlantic - The Atlantic Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:52:51 GMT

The Atlantic

Why Iraq Needs the Oil - The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Taking it, as Donald Trump has mused about doing, is not only illegal—it would tear the country apart.
Kurdish 'Hipsters' Showing Iraq as You've Never Seen It Before (PHOTOS)Sputnik International

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Meet ISIS' worst nightmare: A Marine who grew up in Iraq - Marine Corps Times Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:18:02 GMT

Marine Corps Times

Meet ISIS' worst nightmare: A Marine who grew up in Iraq
Marine Corps Times
“America is my home, but Iraq is my homeland,” Cpl. Ali J. Mohammed said in a Marine Corps news story. “My biggest motivation right now is to help drive these extremist groups out of my homeland, and being able to do that as a United States Marine is ...
This story about an Iraqi refugee becoming a US Marine may be the Pentagon's 'Twitter rebellion' against Donald TrumpBusiness Insider

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Iraq says Donald Trump's threat to seize the country's oil makes no sense - The Independent Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:00:26 GMT

The Independent

Iraq says Donald Trump's threat to seize the country's oil makes no sense
The Independent
No one knows how seriously to take President Donald Trump's threat to seize Iraq's oil. Doing so would involve extraordinary costs and risk confrontation with America's best ground partner against Isis, but the President told the CIA this weekend ...
As Trump muses about seizing Iraq oil, energy experts say it makes no senseThe Boston Globe
Iraq is worried that Donald Trump says he may re-invade to take their oilSalon
How Trump's Speech to the CIA Endangered AmericaThe Atlantic
New York Magazine -Huffington Post
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Coalition launches 28 strikes in Syria, Iraq - Kuwait News Agency Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:58:37 GMT

Coalition launches 28 strikes in Syria, Iraq
Kuwait News Agency
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- The US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State (IS) launched 28 air strikes in Syria and Iraq Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in its daily report Wednesday.

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Trump's Talk On Terror And Iraq Has Experts Worried About A Coming Backlash - Huffington Post Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:30:31 GMT

Huffington Post

Trump's Talk On Terror And Iraq Has Experts Worried About A Coming Backlash
Huffington Post
The next day, he told an audience of cherry-picked supporters and some CIA staff that previous administrations should have stolen oil from Iraq. The U.S. could still do so, Trump suggested, raising the specter of a renewed confrontation between Iraqi ...

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Rowboats and missiles in war of attrition on Iraq front line - Reuters Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:22:24 GMT

Reuters

Rowboats and missiles in war of attrition on Iraq front line
Reuters
MOSUL, Iraq Iraqi rapid response forces take up positions on the roof of a house as their Islamic State enemies plot their next move along the front line between east and west Mosul. Sometimes the militants row small boats across the Tigris River at ...
Iraqi PM Vowes Trump Will Not Take Iraq's Oil as He PromisedHaaretz
Iraq: Hundreds of families leave camps for Mosul returnThe Indian Express
The Fate of Iraq's Indigenous CommunitiesFair Observer
Rudaw -STRATFOR -Washington Examiner (blog)
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Iraq: East Mosul Free of IS Control - Voice of America Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:58:20 GMT

Department of Defense

Iraq: East Mosul Free of IS Control
Voice of America
“This is a monumental achievement for not only the Iraqi security forces and sovereign government of Iraq, but all Iraqi people,” said Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, the commanding general of the international counter-IS coalition in Iraq. Townsend ...
Iraq Announces Liberation of Eastern MosulDepartment of Defense
Iraq declares eastern Mosul 'fully liberated' from ISISFox News
PM Abadi says Iraq's oil is for Iraqis, in reaction to TrumpReuters
Aljazeera.com -Washington Post -Yahoo News
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Inspiring Iraq War veteran to visit BYU - Universe.byu.edu Thu, 26 Jan 2017 01:14:40 GMT

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Inspiring Iraq War veteran to visit BYU
Universe.byu.edu
Blaisdell served as a platoon sergeant within the Bravo Company of the First Battalion during the war in Iraq. All junior cadets in the ROTC were assigned to read “Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death” in ...


A not-so-historic settlement: Iraq's post-IS vision runs into trouble - Middle East Eye Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:31:38 GMT

Middle East Eye

A not-so-historic settlement: Iraq's post-IS vision runs into trouble
Middle East Eye
A political reconciliation plan, spearheaded by the leader of Iraq's Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim, promises to heal Iraq and unite its warring factions. Named the 'historic settlement,' the initiative is built on the central areas around ...


Trump May Suspend Some Immigration From Iraq and 6 Other Countries: Sources - ABC News Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:20:56 GMT

Gulf Business News

Trump May Suspend Some Immigration From Iraq and 6 Other Countries: Sources
ABC News
President Donald Trump is set to unveil executive actions on immigration -- one of his central campaign promises -- and could move to suspend some immigration from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, either temporarily or "indefinitely ...
Trump expected to order refugee, visa ban for Iraq, Iran, YemenGulf Business News
Exclusive: Trump expected to sign executive orders on immigrationReuters

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