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5 Iraqi Soldiers Killed In 'Terrorist' Attack
An army officer and four soldiers were killed in an attack on their post in Iraq's central province of Salaheddin on Monday, officials said.
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US Forces Shoot Down Armed Drone Over Iraq Embassy
US forces shot down an armed drone above their embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi security officials said, hours after a rocket attack on a base housing US soldiers in the west of the country.
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5 Wounded In Rocket Attack On Iraq Base Hosting Americans: Report
Five rockets targeted Sunday an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers and at least two projectiles hit an American maintenance firm wounding two foreigners and three Iraqi soldiers, a security source said.
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Rocket Fire Targets Kurdish Iraq's Arbil Airport Near US Army Base
Rocket fire targeted an airport where US soldiers are based in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Wednesday evening, Kurdish officials said.
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US, UK Troops Among 3 Dead In Iraq Rocket Attack
An American soldier and a British soldier, as well as one US contractor, were killed Wednesday when rockets hit an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad, a US military official said.
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15 Years After Saddam Hussein's Fall, Iraqi Hopes Fade
Fifteen years ago, Abu Ali was thrilled to see American soldiers enter Baghdad. "The tyrant is finished," he remembers saying, imagining a bright future for Iraq without Saddam Hussein.
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Use Of 'Weaponized' Drones By ISIS Spurs Terrorism Fears
Late last month, a pair of Islamic State fighters in desert camouflage climbed to the top of a river bluff in northern Iraq to demonstrate an important new weapon: a small drone, about six feet wide with swept wings and a small bomb tucked in its fuselage.
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'Crashing Waves' Of Jihadists Fray Soldiers' Nerves In Mosul Battle
A week after his tank division punched through ISIS defences on the southeast edge of Mosul, an Iraqi army colonel says the fight to drive the militants out of their urban stronghold is turning into a nightmare.
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Britain To Send 250 Additional Soldiers To Iraq To Assist ISIS Fight
Britain will send 250 additional soldiers to Iraq to help the Iraqi Army build on the recent success in combating ISIS terrorists who have occupied large swathes of land in the country.
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4 ISIS Suicide Bombers Penetrate Iraq Army Head Quarters, Kill General
Four ISIS suicide bombers infiltrated an army headquarters west of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi general and five other soldiers, army and police officers said today.
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Iraq Deploying Thousands Of Troops To Retake Mosul
The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the ISIS hub of Mosul, officials said today.
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Turkish Soldiers Training Iraqi Troops Near Mosul: Sources
Several hundred Turkish soldiers have been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops in an area near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under Islamic State control, a Turkish security source told Reuters on Friday.
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The Tiny Pill Fueling Syria's War and Turning Fighters Into Superhuman Soldiers
As The Washington Post's Liz Sly recently noted, the war in Syria has become a tangled web of conflict dominated by "al-Qaida veterans, hardened Iraqi insurgents, Arab jihadist ideologues and Western volunteers."
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Iraqi Court Sentences 24 to Death Over Speicher Killings
An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death today over the killing of hundreds of soldiers last year at a former US base near Tikrit during an offensive by Islamic State militants, an official said.
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John Boehner Seeks More Robust Role for US Troops in Iraq
US troops in Iraq should be doing more than training and advising Iraqi soldiers in the fight against Islamic State, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday.
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5 Iraqi Soldiers Killed In 'Terrorist' Attack
An army officer and four soldiers were killed in an attack on their post in Iraq's central province of Salaheddin on Monday, officials said.
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US Forces Shoot Down Armed Drone Over Iraq Embassy
US forces shot down an armed drone above their embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi security officials said, hours after a rocket attack on a base housing US soldiers in the west of the country.
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5 Wounded In Rocket Attack On Iraq Base Hosting Americans: Report
Five rockets targeted Sunday an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers and at least two projectiles hit an American maintenance firm wounding two foreigners and three Iraqi soldiers, a security source said.
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Rocket Fire Targets Kurdish Iraq's Arbil Airport Near US Army Base
Rocket fire targeted an airport where US soldiers are based in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Wednesday evening, Kurdish officials said.
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US, UK Troops Among 3 Dead In Iraq Rocket Attack
An American soldier and a British soldier, as well as one US contractor, were killed Wednesday when rockets hit an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad, a US military official said.
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15 Years After Saddam Hussein's Fall, Iraqi Hopes Fade
Fifteen years ago, Abu Ali was thrilled to see American soldiers enter Baghdad. "The tyrant is finished," he remembers saying, imagining a bright future for Iraq without Saddam Hussein.
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Use Of 'Weaponized' Drones By ISIS Spurs Terrorism Fears
Late last month, a pair of Islamic State fighters in desert camouflage climbed to the top of a river bluff in northern Iraq to demonstrate an important new weapon: a small drone, about six feet wide with swept wings and a small bomb tucked in its fuselage.
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'Crashing Waves' Of Jihadists Fray Soldiers' Nerves In Mosul Battle
A week after his tank division punched through ISIS defences on the southeast edge of Mosul, an Iraqi army colonel says the fight to drive the militants out of their urban stronghold is turning into a nightmare.
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Britain To Send 250 Additional Soldiers To Iraq To Assist ISIS Fight
Britain will send 250 additional soldiers to Iraq to help the Iraqi Army build on the recent success in combating ISIS terrorists who have occupied large swathes of land in the country.
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4 ISIS Suicide Bombers Penetrate Iraq Army Head Quarters, Kill General
Four ISIS suicide bombers infiltrated an army headquarters west of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi general and five other soldiers, army and police officers said today.
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Iraq Deploying Thousands Of Troops To Retake Mosul
The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the ISIS hub of Mosul, officials said today.
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Turkish Soldiers Training Iraqi Troops Near Mosul: Sources
Several hundred Turkish soldiers have been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops in an area near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under Islamic State control, a Turkish security source told Reuters on Friday.
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The Tiny Pill Fueling Syria's War and Turning Fighters Into Superhuman Soldiers
As The Washington Post's Liz Sly recently noted, the war in Syria has become a tangled web of conflict dominated by "al-Qaida veterans, hardened Iraqi insurgents, Arab jihadist ideologues and Western volunteers."
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Iraqi Court Sentences 24 to Death Over Speicher Killings
An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death today over the killing of hundreds of soldiers last year at a former US base near Tikrit during an offensive by Islamic State militants, an official said.
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John Boehner Seeks More Robust Role for US Troops in Iraq
US troops in Iraq should be doing more than training and advising Iraqi soldiers in the fight against Islamic State, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday.
