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Iraq/Syria News - Aug 19, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 18 August 2014

Obama: Recapture of Critical Dam in Iraq Is a Success - ABC News

VIDEO: President Obama Addresses Iraq and Ferguson Crisis, (FULL STATEMENT) - YouTube

TRANSCRIPT: Obama’s remarks on Iraq and Ferguson - The Washington Post

Obama to chair UN meeting on Syria, Iraq foreign fighters - GlobalPost

POLL: Most Americans support U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq; Concern About Getting Too Involved - Pew Research Center

POLL (Full Report): Most Americans support U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq; Concern About Getting Too Involved - Pew Research Center

Iraq Crisis: Approximately 100 CIA agents and US special forces hunt Islamic State 'Caliph' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Yahoo News UK

Security of Mosul Dam Critical to Iraq’s Infrastructure: Defense Dept - Defense.gov

Mosul dam needs crucial maintenance to reduce flood risk: expert - Fox News

VIDEO: Why is Iraq's Mosul dam so important? - BBC News

Iraqis consolidating gains after victory retaking dam - usatoday.com

VIDEO: Video from a U.S. military airstrike against IS Humvee near the Mosul Dam - YouTube

VIDEO: Video from a U.S. military airstrike against IS armed truck near the Mosul Dam - YouTube

Britain steps up role in Iraq as warplanes monitor IS positions - The Guardian

Pope Backs Military Force To Protect Iraq Minorities, Wants UN OK - ABC News

UNSC takes aim at jihadist supporters in Iraq and Syria - DW.DE

Kuwait briefly detains Muslim cleric U.S. suspects of militant financing, "He was released without any charges" - Reuters

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Plight of Iraqi Minorities Worsens With Forced Conversions and Killings - NYTimes.com

Testimonies from Kocho: The Yazidi village IS tried to wipe off the map - Amnesty's blog

VIDEO: Yazidi man tells of family wiped out by Islamic State 'massacre' in Kocho - Telegraph

In Iraq, Captured Yazidi Women Fear the Islamic State Will Force Them to Wed - Washington Post

Kurdish militants train hundreds of Yazidis to fight Islamic State - Reuters

VIDEO: Inside the Syria training camp where Kurdish forces are preparing Yazidis for battle against IS - Telegraph

Disabled Yazidi boy found by Kurdish abandoned in middle of Iraqi desert (PHOTOS) - Mail Online

VIDEO: Disabled Yazidi refugee boy 'abandoned in desert' - BBC News

Turkmen: Iraq's Third Largest Ethnic Group Is Also On The Run From The Islamic State - huffingtonpost

Iraq's Sunnis Offer To Back New Government In Fight Against Islamic State - Eurasia Review

Baathist Insurgent Naqshbandi Army' Activist Front Groups - Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

How IS Is Using Taxes To Build A Terrorist State - Forbes

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Reports: Islamic State Group Kills Syria Tribesmen - ABC News

PHOTOS: Three older men executed and crucified in Deir ez-Zor by IS - LiveLeak.com

Syria bombs ISIS positions in Raqqa for second day - THE DAILY STAR

Rebels ask for Iraq-style strikes in Syria against IS - Al Jazeera English

Syrian Coalition Statement Calls for Targeted Airstrikes in Syria and a Comprehensive Approach to Defeating IS - National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces

Japanese 'mercenary' captured and interrogated at knifepoint by IS jihadists with British accents in Syria - Mail Online

VIDEO: Bloodied Japanese 'mercenary’ captured by IS - YouTube

VIDEO: New IS Interrogation Video Allegedly Of Japanese Military Contractor Haruna Yukawa - LiveLeak.com

U.S. ship finishes neutralizing Syria's worst chemical arms: Pentagon - Yahoo News

Statement by President Obama on the Completion of the Destruction of Syria’s Declared Chemical Weapons - enewspf.com

Expert: Claims of Syrian Government Involvement in Sarin Gas Attack in Doubt, A Brief Assessment of the Veracity of Published Statements by Dan Kaszeta - cryptome.org

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