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Iraq News - June 14, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 13 June 2014

Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq's Highest-Ranking Shia Cleric, Issues Fatwa To Fight ISIS - ibtimes.com

VIDEO: Top Iraqi Shia cleric calls on followers to take up arms against ISIS - euronews

Why Ayatollah Al-Sistani's Iraq Fatwa Is So Important - ibtimes.com

Thousands of Iraqis volunteer to battle ISIS militants - AFP

Iraq PM Maliki Arms Tribes In Fight With Anbar Militants - haberler.com

VIDEO: Recruits from Karbala set off to help fight ISIS - YouTube

ISIS' advance halted at Samarra - The Long War Journal

Iraq PM in embattled Samarra for security meet - GlobalPost

VIDEO: ISIS threatens Samarra shrine - YouTube

President Barzani: Peshmerga in Areas Abandoned by Iraqi Army - Rudaw

Kurdish Peshmerga Say They are Ready if Islamists Bring Fight - Rudaw

Iraq cracks down on ISIS with airstrikes, killing 40 - Daily Sabah

Samarra, Baghdad, Karbala, and Najaf: These cities and their Shi’a shrines will not fall the way that Mosul did - Institute for the Study of War Iraq Updates

U.S. Officials Say 4 of Iraq’s 14 army divisions abandoned their posts under ISIS attack, Other units stationed closer to Baghdad would put up a resistance - NYTimes.com

In Iraq, ISIS militants continue drive, grab 2 towns close to Baghdad - CBS News

Extortion, bank robbery fuel ISIS bloody drive to establish Sharia caliphate (VIDEO) - Fox News

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Has a Consumer Protection Office, A guide to how the militant group overrunning Iraq actually governs - The Atlantic

ISIS boast of slaughtering 1,700 soldiers after posting beheading video of Iraqi policeman - Mail Online

U.N. Warns of Atrocities, Abuses and Hundreds Dead in Iraq Fighting - NYTimes.com

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Obama Considering 'Targeted' Military Action in Iraq - rollcall.com

VIDEO: President Obama Makes a Statement on Iraq - The White House

TRANSCRIPT: Statement by the President on Iraq - The White House

Report: Carrier Bush to move toward Iraq crisis - AP

Pentagon Said to Plan Increased Surveillance Over Iraq - Bloomberg

Iraq May Turn to Iran for Help, Maliki Aide Says - NYTimes.com

In a phone conversation Rouhani, Maliki stress eradication of terrorism in Iraq - PressTV

Exclusive: Alarmed by Iraq, Iran open to shared role with U.S. - Iran official - Yahoo News

State Department: U.S., Iran Have a 'Shared Interest' in Stabilizing Iraq, But Haven't Discussed the Iraqi Crisis - WSJ

Iranian Proxies Step Up Their Role in Iraq - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Hizbullah Vows Not to Intervene in Iraq, Warns of ISIS Spread - Naharnet

Jihadist expansion in Iraq puts Persian Gulf states in a tight spot - The Washington Post

Iraq government to blame for Islamist rebel advance: Saudi prince - Yahoo News

Fears About Iraq Continue to Push Up Oil Prices - NYTimes.com

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