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Iraq News - June 12, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 11 June 2014

ISIS takes control of Bayji, Tikrit in lightning southward advance - The Long War Journal

ISIS Sunni militants push into Iraqi oil refinery town - Reuters

Iraq Says Mosul Violence Won't Spread to Oil-Producing South - WSJ

PHOTOS: Tikrit falls to Islamist terrorists - Mail Online

Mosul Seized: Jihadis Loot $429m from City's Central Bank to Make ISIS World's Richest Terror Force - ibtimes.co.uk

MAP: Where ISIS Is Gaining Control in Iraq and Syria - NYTimes.com

Iraq forces repel militant assault on Samarra: witnesses - THE DAILY STAR

Iraq says to work with Kurdish forces to retake Mosul - Reuters

Kurdish Fighters Mobilize to Stop Threat of Islamist Militants - WSJ

As Islamic Militants Continue Advance, Kurds Vow to Defend Kirku - Rudaw

Sadr calls for new force to defend Iraq religious sites - THE DAILY STAR

ISIS Militants Seize Turkish Consulate Staff in Iraqi City - NYTimes.com

Bombings in Shiite areas of Iraq kill 37 - THE DAILY STAR

Al-Qaida splinter group ISIS encircles Syrian city across the Iraq border - The Washington Post

How ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the world’s most powerful jihadist leader - washingtonpost.com

The Ginger Jihadist of Mosul: Omar al-Shishani the Chechen ‘General’ - ibtimes.co.uk

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Iraq Asked U.S. for Airstrikes, Officials Say - NYTimes.com

Iraq Requests Accelerated Shipment of U.S. Arms to Counter Militants - Wall Street Journal

US considers sending emergency military aid to Iraq - The Independent

Iraqi, U.S. Forces Trade Barbs Over Failures - WSJ

State Department: US has no plans to send any of its 35,000 Middle East-based troops into Iraq - Mail Online

US ponders whether new leadership in Baghdad could slow extremists but sees few alternatives - Fox News

U.S. Embassy in Iraq prepares evacuation plans - IraqiNews.com

Iraq foreign minister: Iraq faces 'mortal threat' - Yahoo News

Iraq army capitulates to ISIS militants in four cities - The Guardian

Iraq's Army Abandoned Mosul To ISIS By 'Changing Clothes, Abandoning Weapons’ - huffingtonpost.com

VIDEO: Iraqi Army fleeing Kirkuk in civilian clothing - YouTube

How did hundreds of Islamist militants beat thousands of US-trained Iraqi army soldiers? - ITV News

Iraq army was not prepared for ISIS, says former White House advisor - abc.net.au

Iraqi Army's power blunted by a rise in desertions, Exhausted and bereft soldiers quit fight - NYTimes.com

Iraq’s Terrorists Are Becoming a Full-Blown Army - The Daily Beast

President George W. Bush’s illegal invasion of Iraq at the root of Iraq’s chaos - Consortiumnews

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