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Iraq News - Aug 11, 2014


By bartolo - Posted on 10 August 2014


20,000 Iraqi Yazidis besieged by IS escape from mountain after US air strikes - The Guardian


Kurdish rebels help rescue besieged Yazidi refugees from Iraq mountain - The Guardian


Iraqi Yazidis describe flight from Islamic State militants - LA Times


U.K., France Join U.S. Aid Efforts For Displaced Iraqis - rferl.org


VIDEO: US Cargo Planes C 17 Drop Humanitarian Aid over Northern Iraq - YouTube


VIDEO: Bleeding Yazidi children trapped on Sinjar Mountain - YouTube


PHOTOS: Yazidis rescued by Kurdish peshmerga after escaping Jihadist horde - Mail Online


Iraq Claims IS Militants Executed Hundreds Of Minority Yazidis - NPR


Claims IS buried women and children alive should be treated carefully - i100.independent.co.uk


Pope Francis: IS violence against minorities in Iraq must be stopped - The Guardian


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Targeted US airstrikes hamper Islamic State's advances in Kurdish territory - ibtimes.co.in


American intervention against IS boosts Kurdish morale as President Obama launches more air strikes - The Independent


Iraqi Kurds say U.S. attacks helping push back Islamic State militants - LA Times


After resisting for years, U.S. increases military aid to Kurds in Iraq - WJLA.com


Obama Says Iraq Airstrike Effort Could Be Long-Term - NYTimes.com


TRANSCRIPT: President Obama's remarks on airstrikes and humanitarian efforts in Iraq - LA Times


VIDEO: US Military Releases Video Showing Air Strike in Iraq - YouTube


Kurdish Peshmerga Retake Gwer; IS in Retreat in Nineveh - Rudaw


Suicide bomber kills 10 Kurdish fighters in Iraq - THE DAILY STAR


VIDEO: Kurdish Special Forces raid on ISIS compound! (raw) - LiveLeak.com


VIDEO: Kurdish Peshmerga reclaim Gwer from IS militants - YouTube


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Maliki defiant as his special forces deploy in Baghdad, says he will not cave in to pressure to drop a bid for a third term -  Reuters


VIDEO: Maliki forces deployed around Baghdad - CNN


U.S. says backs Iraqi president after Maliki forces deploy in Baghdad - Yahoo News


ISIS recruiting on the rise in Iraq, officials say - CNN.com


Tens of Arab Tribes help IS in Northern Iraq - BAS NEWS


Fighters abandoning al-Qaida affiliates to join Islamic State, US officials say - The Washington Post


VIDEO: Grooming Children for Jihad: The Islamic State (Part 2) - VICE

 

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