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Iraq News - Aug 13, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 12 August 2014

Desperate Yazidis fleeing Islamic State throw themselves at relief helicopters in Iraq (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) - Mail Online

VIDEO: Desperate Yazidis mob helicopter in dramatic rescue mission - YouTube

VIDEO: Heroic mission rescues desperate Yazidis from Islamic State on Mount Sinjar - CNN

Helicopter crashes during aid mission to Yazidis killing the pilot, report says too many civilians attempted to board it - huffingtonpost

Islamic State seize 63 members of a Yazidi family, allegedly have been collectively sentenced to death for refusing to convert to Islam - NBC

US fighters hit Islamic State checkpoints near where thousands of minority Yazidi refugees have been trapped on a mountain - Yahoo News

U.S. to send 130 military advisers to help Iraq's Yezidis - ABC News

Yazidis at risk: UN urges rescue from Islamic State jihadists, says international action needed "within days or hours" - DW.DE

Syrian Kurdish fighters rescuing stranded Yazidis - Fox News

VIDEO: Yazidi refugees continue to flee Iraq over Syria border - BBC News

Pentagon Says Airstrikes Have Slowed but Not Stopped Islamic State Militants - NYTimes.com

VIDEO: US Air Strikes Pound Islamic State in Iraq - Arutz Sheva

Militants have not yet displayed surface-to-air capability, Pentagon says - Air Force Times

Iraq militants changing tactics, complicating US airstrike mission - Fox News

POLL: Air Strikes Against Islamic State Radicals In Iraq Has Strong Public Support In UK And US - huffingtonpost

Islamic State militants behead, crucify and execute 23 in crushing of tribal rebellion in Syria - Mail Online

Who are the tribesmen standing up to the Islamic State in Syria? - GlobalPost

VIDEO: The Islamic State (Part 3) - VICE News

VIDEO: The Islamic State (Part 4) - VICE News

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U.S., allies rush heavy weapons to Kurds to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq - LA Times

Britain to transport weapons to Kurds battling Islamic State in Iraq - Washington Times

France Urges Europe to Arm Kurds to Battle Islamic State - Bloomberg

Germany struggles to find consensus on arming Iraq’s Kurds - The Washington Post

Kurdish fighters hold off Islamic State, await more help from US, Baghdad - Fox News

Islamic State has exposed peshmerga's military vulnerability - The Guardian

Why the Kurdish Peshmerga Have Many Troubles in Stopping the Islamic State - VICE News

Islamic State captures Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Makhmor area, Mosul - Iraqi News

Kurds from Syria and Turkey helped to turn the tide against Islamic State in Iraq - McClatchy DC

Iranian Kurdish Parties Support Peshmerga With Fighters - Rudaw

How Mosul Dam Allows the Islamic State to Inflict Water Torture on Iraq - ibtimes.co.uk

Islamic State funds caliphate with Mosul Dam as terror spreads - The Boston Globe

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Maliki’s Bid to Keep Power in Iraq Seems to Collapse - NYTimes.com

VIDEO: Obama throws support behind Maliki successor in Iraq - YouTube

Biden urges Kurdish leader, new Iraqi PM to work together - KUNA

Iraqi Kurdistan's leader says supports Iraq's new leader Abadi - Yahoo News

Iran puts support behind Maliki's successor as Iraqi prime minister - The Guardian

Saudi king praises nomination of al-Abadi as Iraq’s new PM - Al Arabiya News

Profile: New Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi - Al Akhbar English

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