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Wary of air strikes, Islamic State insurgents change tactics
Islamic State militants are changing tactics in the face of U.S. air strikes in northern Iraq, ditching conspicuous convoys in favor of motorcycles and planting their black flags on civilian homes, tribal sources and eyewitnesses say. They reported fewer militant checkpoints to weed out "apostates" and less cell phone use since the air strikes intensified and more U.S. allies pledged to join the campaign that began in August, saying the militants had also split up to limit casualties.
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Britain, Belgium and Denmark to join U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq
The British Parliament voted Friday to join U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq against the extremist group Islamic State. The motion approved by a vote of 524 to 43 does not allow Britain’s air force to also conduct operations in neighboring Syria, where the militants have seized large swaths of territory.
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In rare alliance, Shi'ites join Sunnis to defend Iraqi towns
When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi'ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank.
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Banker who financed 9/11 mastermind now funding terrorists in Syria and Iraq
A terrorist financier from Qatar is at the centre of a jihadi network linking him to al-Qaeda fighters in Syria and Iraq
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U.S. will 'respect' Canada’s decision on Iraq mission, Hillary Clinton says
The United States will “welcome and respect” whatever commitment Canada makes to help fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, Hillary Clinton says.
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Why ISIL Beheads Its Victims
Beefore June 2014, most Americans were unfamiliar with the Islamic State. The vicious militant group—also known as ISIL—has dominated the international news since its takeover of Mosul and numerous Sunni-majority areas in Iraq and Syria this summer.
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ISIS Pummeled by Air and Land in Iraq
With the help of 22 U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and peshmerga forces say they have retaken key locations in Iraq's north and south.
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Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis swears allegiance to ISIS: statement
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most active militant group, has sworn allegiance to Islamic State, a statement from Ansar said Monday night. Ansar had previously told Reuters that it sought inspiration and advice from Islamic State, the radical al-Qaeda offshoot that has taken over swathes of Iraq and Syria, drawing U.S.-led airstrikes as it tries to remake the map of the Middle East.
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More than 600 US troops say they were exposed to chemical agents in Iraq
Defence secretary orders a review into military records and the Pentagon will increase support for veterans who could be at risk
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US to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq
The US is to send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants, nearly doubling the US presence. The Pentagon said the troops would train and assist Iraqi forces. President Barack Obama authorised the deployment following a request from Iraq's government, the Pentagon added.
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Bush says rise of ISIS the only ‘regret’ for 2003 Iraq invasion
Former U.S. President George W. Bush has claimed that the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group is his only regret about invading Iraq in 2003.
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Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq
Gertrude of Arabia rigged an election, installed a king loyal to the British, drew new borders—and gave us today’s ungovernable country.
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Outcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud
Activists, officials and historians have condemned Islamic State (Isis) for the destruction of the ancient Assyrian archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, with Unesco describing the act as a war crime. “They are not destroying our present life, or only taking the villages, churches, and homes, or erasing our future – they want to erase our culture, past and civilisation,” said Habib Afram, the president of the Syriac League...
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Q&A: On art, chairs and being Saddam Hussein's doctor
Ala Bashir is a celebrated Iraqi artist and surgeon who spent two decades as a personal doctor and plastic surgeon to Saddam Hussein, the late Iraqi leader, and his family and inner circle. A former head of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Baghdad University, Bashir was widely respected in Iraq for his work treating thousands of soldiers injured during the country's eight-year war with Iran, which included developing new plastic surgery techniques...
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Fed Up With Islam and Sectarianism, Some Iraqis Embrace Zoroastrianism
Confused and disheartened by the religious and ethnic divides in Iraq, Kurds, especially, are turning to a faith that dates back 3,500 years.
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Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, dies after heart attack
Tariq Aziz, known as the face of Saddam Hussein's regime on the world stage for many years, has died in an Iraqi hospital, officials say.
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'ISIL fighters' given death sentences for Iraq massacre
Two dozen suspected fighters sentenced to be hanged for role in killing of 1,700 troops at Camp Speicher in 2014.
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Iraq: President must halt ratification of death sentences
Amnesty International is seriously concerned that many of the death sentences President Fuad Ma’sum may be ratifying are of individuals who were convicted based on “confessions” obtained under torture that the defendants later retracted in court, televised “confessions” admitted as evidence against other defendants, or information obtained through secret informants in total disregard for international fair trial guarantees.
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25 Years In Iraq, With No End In Sight
Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. The U.S. reversed Saddam Hussein's aggression, but it was just the start of the U.S. military role in Iraq that's spanned four presidents and a panoply of goals.
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Facing Islamic State threat, Iraq digitizes national library
The dimly-lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of sultans and kings; imperialists and socialists; occupation and liberation; war and peace.
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