Iraq: US Launches Air Strikes on Islamic State Militants Killing 'Hundreds'
• http://www.ibtimes.co.ukThe US military has launched air strikes against militants of the Islamic State in northern Iraq, according to the Pentagon.
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Airstrikes Begin: U.S. Navy Planes Drop Bombs on ISIS Forces
• NBC NewsThe United States dropped laser-guided bombs on ISIS artillery in Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said ? the beginning of airstrikes threatened a day earlier by President Barack Obama.
Obama authorizes renewed airstrikes in Iraq
• Associated PressPresident Obama authorized US airstrikes in northern Iraq Thursday night, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. His announcement threatened a renewal
ISIS Marches On (And The Saudis Are Getting Nervous)
• http://www.zerohedge.comDestroying Iraq's Cultural Heritage.
Report: US to Give Air Support, Arms to Iraqi Kurds
• antiwar.comOfficials Had Previously Downplayed Chances of Arming Kurds
Maliki Sends Iraqi Air Force to Help Kurds Combat ISIS
• the wireThe commander in chief of the armed forces has issued orders to the leadership of the air force and the army's aviation units to provide air support to Peshmerga forces," Iraqi army spokesman Qassem Atta said in a statement, the BBC reported.
ISIS Executes Hundreds in Tikrit Massacre
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzMany Soldiers Among the Slain Captives.
Iraq is already splitting into three states
• http://www.usatoday.com, Jim MichaelsEver since U.S. forces invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, the U.S. government has worried that Iraq would splinter into three states
US judge orders theft of Kurdish oil from tanker off Texas at behest of Iraq
• ReutersActing on a request from the central government in Iraq, a U.S. judge has signed an order telling the U.S. Marshals Service to seize a cargo of oil from Iraqi Kurdistan aboard a tanker off the Texas coast, court filings showed on Tuesday.
ISIS enforces female circumcision
• BAS NewsThe Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) group is asking all families in Mosul to circumcise their daughters or face severe punishment.
Iraq: The Cost of Building a Failed State
• http://www.cato.org, Steve H. Hanke"Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other." - Thomas Jefferson
How America's Policies Sealed Iraq's Fate
• http://original.antiwar.com, Dahr Jamail and Tom EWho even knows what to call it?
How Saudi Arabia Helped Isis Take Over the North of Iraq
• http://www.unz.com, Patrick CockburnA speech by an ex-MI6 boss hints at a plan going back over a decade.
Blowback in Iraq
• http://www.unz.com, Kelley VlahosThe Petraeus Legacy Comes Home.
Brief Iraq Parliament Meeting Ends Without Deal on Govt
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzSandstorm Kept Kurdish MPs from Attending.
Heavy fighting rages over town north of Baghdad
• Associated PressGovernment forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters battled to dislodge militants from a small town north of Baghdad on Monday, while two car bombs in the capital killed at least seven people, officials said.
Iraqi Kurdish leader in Turkey amid independence moves
• News LinkThe president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will meet Turkish leaders on Monday as Ankara keeps a close eye on moves for an independent Iraqi Kurdistan amid the chaos in its conflict-torn neighbor.
Iraq Will Solve Itself When We Leave It Alone
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin PavoniPresident Obama recently sent a small contingent of American troops back into Iraq in order to support a weak and corrupt Iraqi regime that has been losing territory to a group of rebel fighters known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS
Iraq VP to U.S.: Stay Out of Our Civil War
• thedailybeast.comThe world may be focused on the terrorist group ISIS, but inside Iraq the group is only one part of a larger revolt that has been years in the making.
Six US Presidents Have Destroyed Iraq
• Chris Ernesto, AntiWar.comIraq was better off with Saddam Hussein than it is today. It's not that Saddam was a great leader without blood on his hands. It's just that what 6 US presidents have done to Iraq has been much worse than anything Saddam ever did to the Iraqis.
Iraq: 'Terrorists' seize ex-chemical weapons site
• Associated PressThe Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where remnants of 2,500 degraded chemical rockets filled decades ago with the deadly nerve agent sarin are stored along with other ch
As ISIS Routs The Iraqi Army, Here's A Look At What The Jihadists Have In Their Arsenal
• Business InsiderThe Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) recently declared the establishment of a caliphate and has changed its name to simply the Islamic State.
US opposes independence referendum for Iraqi Kurds
• AFPThe United States came out against a call by Iraq's Kurdish leader for an independence referendum, saying the country could only repel Islamic State radicals by staying united. Massud Barzani, leader of the autonomous region, earlier told parliame
Iraq chases Baghdad sleeper cells as 'Zero Hour' looms over capital
• ReutersIraqi insurgents are preparing for an assault on Baghdad, with sleeper cells planted inside the capital to rise up at "Zero Hour" and aid fighters pushing in from the outskirts, according to senior Iraqi and U.S. security officials.
Dempsey Says Iraq Can't Beat ISIL, Won't Rule Out More U.S. Troops
• http://www.defenseone.com, Stephanie Gaskell //The Iraqi Army won't be able to regain territory lost to extremist Islamic fighters without launching a "really broad" military campaign, and they're going to need a lot of help doing it, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said Thursday.
U.S. troops in Baghdad to fly Apache helicopters, drones
• AFPThe nearly 500 American troops sent to Baghdad to bolster security for the US embassy are equipped with Apache attack helicopters and small unarmed surveillance drones, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
In Baghdad, we could see the fall of Saigon all over again
• Washington PostI know what it looks like when a city is captured. I was there.
For U.S. Vets, Iraq's Newest Conflict Awakens Complex Emotions
• NPR StaffA lot of veterans are struggling right now to understand their own feelings about the situation in Iraq — not just seeing cities they remember fall to insurgents, but also watching U.S. military advisers return to the country.
Fareed Zakaria: al-Sadr's Shiite Militia Is Like Iraq's "Own Tea Party"
• realclearpolitics.comNow for our "What in the World" segment. It seems that everyone, President Obama, John Kerry, NATO, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, even the Iranian government -- has the same advice for prime minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki.
Blackwater threatened to kill US investigator in Iraq
• AFPThe top manager in Iraq of the notorious private security firm Blackwater threatened to kill a US State Department investigator for probing the company's performance weeks before Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 civilians
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