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Iraq News - June 20, 2014


By bartolo - Posted on 19 June 2014


Obama sending 300 military advisers to Iraq in no-combat role, leaving open the possibility of targeted airstrikes - AP


VIDEO (short version): President Obama Remarks on Iraq - YouTube


VIDEO (full version): President Obama Remarks on Iraq - C-SPAN.org


TRANSCRIPT: President Obama's remarks on Iraq - CNN.com


The military advisers will have a number of missions, Pentagon officials say - NYTimes.com


Dempsey: Too Soon for US Air Strikes in Iraq "until we can clarify this intelligence picture" - Military.com


CIA facing gaps in Iraq as it hunts for ISIS militants - THE DAILY STAR


VIDEO: General Patrick Dempsey and Chuck Hagel Senate Committee Testimony on Iraq - Unedited Politics


Kerry says U.S. may share information with Iran over Iraq, not cooperate - Reuters


Iranian Leader Vows to Protect Holy Sites in Iraq - NYTimes.com


Saudi FM blasts Iraqi PM Maliki’s ‘sectarian policies’ - Al Arabiya News


With eye on Iran, Saudi insists Iraq solution is internal, opposes "all foreign intervention and interference" - Yahoo News


Gulf Nations Struggle With Iraq Militant Blowback - ABC News


ISIS advance in Iraq forces Gulf donors to rethink their patronage - Yahoo News


How Arab backers of the Syrian rebels see Iraq - The Washington Post


Turkey gives cold shoulder to US strikes in Iraq - todayszaman.com


Turkey Gives Up On Unified Iraq - The Daily Beast


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Iraq's Maliki: I won't quit as condition of US strikes against ISIS militants - theguardian.com


Iraqi capital out of danger; urgent need for U.S. strikes eases: Maliki ally - Yahoo News UK


Iraq's al-Maliki extends overtures to Sunni and Kurdish rivals - Yahoo News


Biden urges Maliki , Barzani and Nujaifi to unite against ISIS - shafaaq.com


Readout of the Vice President's Calls with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, Nujaifi and Barzani - The White House


Kurds support dividing Iraq into three autonomous regions - Al-Monitor


Battle rages for Iraq's largest oil refinery - Middle East - Al Jazeera English


Iraq exodus? Oil majors withdraw staff as terror threat rises - RT Business


Kurdish Oil Keeps Flowing, For Now - Rudaw


Iraqi Kurds link Kirkuk to own oil pipeline, plan more exports via Turkey - hurriyetdailynews


Iraqi Kurds seize control of key Syria border crossing - Al-Monitor


ISIS alliance with a deeply rooted network of Saddam Hussein loyalists - nytimes.com


ISIS photos show gains and Iraqi support - The Long War Journal


ISIS, Inc. – Jihadists attract investors, fighters with annual reports & glossy PR - RT News


ISIS publishes its annual report called al-Naba covering all its activities with attack metrics: Analysis - Institute for the Study of War (ISW)


With gritty determination, Iraqi Shiites rush to fight ISIS militants - CSMonitor.com


VIDEO (Arabic) : We'll "demolish" ISIS and Saudi, Qatar “enemies”: Iraqi Shia Volunteer leader - YouTube

 

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