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# Iraq

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Air strikes against Islamic State 'aren't working'
Syrian’s foreign minister said Turkey must do more to control its border.
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Nov 29th 2014, 2:11 PM
The only Republican in Barack Obama's national security team is resigning
Chuck Hagel is stepping down as Defence Secretary.
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Nov 24th 2014, 4:35 PM
Gold, silver and copper: Islamic State group to begin minting its own currency
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi says Western economies have “enslaved Muslims”.
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Nov 14th 2014, 11:06 AM
Islamic State leader calls for 'volcanoes of jihad' in alleged new recording
He was rumoured to have died in an air strike earlier this week.
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Nov 13th 2014, 7:24 PM
Has the leader of ISIS been hit in a US airstrike?
A US official said he couldn’t confirm if Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was in a convoy destroyed by US-led airstrikes.
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Nov 9th 2014, 1:39 PM
Islamic State group slaughter dozens in one Iraqi village
Militants lined up and shot at least 50 men and women yesterday.
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Nov 1st 2014, 1:52 PM
British tourists warned they could be targeted by terrorists
The Foreign Office said it would be motivated by the conflict in Iraq and Syria.
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Nov 1st 2014, 10:00 AM
Opinion: What is the lure of IS for western girls and women?
Why would a western woman – who enjoys the freedom to vote, drive, and wear what she wishes – subject herself to such an apparently patriarchal culture?
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Oct 28th 2014, 8:00 PM
Watch: US military obliterate Islamic State flag planted on Kobane hill
The effect of the air campaign remains the subject of debate.
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Oct 24th 2014, 9:30 AM
Four Blackwater guards found guilty of 2007 Iraq killings
More than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad were shot and 14 were killed.
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Oct 22nd 2014, 10:25 PM
Turkey will help Kurds fight Islamic State across the border in sudden policy shift
“We have no wish at all to see Kobane fall.”
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Oct 20th 2014, 4:47 PM
Obama: We are deeply concerned about what's happening in Kobane
The US president has committed to continued air strikes on the northern Syrian town.
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Oct 14th 2014, 10:54 PM
Australia is joining the fight against Islamic State in Iraq
The country’s cabinet today approve the deployment of special forces and military air strikes.
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Oct 3rd 2014, 9:12 AM
British jets take out Islamic State weapons post and machine gun vehicle
IS fighters near the Turkish border were among the targets of the strikes.
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Sep 30th 2014, 9:20 PM
Opinion: The US should step back and let the Middle East tackle Isis
It is time to stop air strikes and let the people of the Middle East decide their own fate – together and without interference.
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Sep 30th 2014, 8:00 PM
Israeli PM warns nuclear-capable Iran poses greater threat than Islamic State
He said “to defeat ISIS and leave Iran as a threshold nuclear state power is to win the battle and lose the war”.
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Sep 29th 2014, 9:50 PM
Flanagan: 'The beheading, the barbaric sexual violence is too harrowing to witness'
Addressing the UN tonight, Flanagan said the “bloodlust and inhumanity which ISIS is displaying in Syria and Iraq” has shocked all civilised people.
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Sep 29th 2014, 9:10 PM
Obama admits they underestimated Islamic State group and what was happening in Syria
He said that it must be accepted the military action is part of the solution.
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Sep 29th 2014, 8:03 AM
Al-Nusra terror group warns of attacks on nations involved in Syrian air strikes
The group, linked to Al-Qaeda, has declared the air strikes “a war against Islam”.
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Sep 28th 2014, 3:16 PM
British warplanes are already in the skies over Iraq waiting to attack
The Tornado combat jets took off from an RAF base in Cyprus.
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Sep 27th 2014, 3:19 PM
Poll: Would you support the use of Irish airports for attacks on Islamic State militants?
Should Ireland join the international coalition?
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Sep 27th 2014, 10:18 AM
US flying "near continuous" bombing raids but warn "ground component" will be needed
The US is planning to train and arm 5,000 Syrian rebels.
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Sep 27th 2014, 10:04 AM
Explainer: What is happening with the Islamic State group?
Why has there been a spate of beheadings? What should the group be referred to as? Has the West just gone to war with them?
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Sep 27th 2014, 7:56 AM
British and Belgian politicians vote to join air strikes on Islamic State
Speaking today, David Cameron told MPs “there is no more serious issue than asking our armed forces to put themselves in harm’s way to protect our country”.
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Sep 26th 2014, 11:45 PM
Ireland to examine updating terror laws following UN resolution on foreign fighters
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said Europeans joining Islamist State group is a ‘serious problem’.
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Sep 26th 2014, 3:05 PM
Will Britain join the US-led airstrikes on ISIS?.. MPs vote today
David Cameron has urged Britain not to be “frozen with fear” about re-entering conflict in Iraq.
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Sep 26th 2014, 7:12 AM
Islamic State plot to attack US and Paris subway systems revealed
He told reporters today that he had been alerted to the plan to target systems in the US and Paris which involved militants from that country who are part of IS.
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Sep 25th 2014, 10:50 PM
Poll: Do you support US-led airstrikes on the Islamic State group?
They killed 19 people last night, including 5 civilians and one child.
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Sep 25th 2014, 9:31 AM
New video shows beheading of Frenchman by Islamic State militants
Herve Gourdel, a French hiker, was abducted at the weekend.
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Sep 24th 2014, 11:24 PM
Cameron recalls British parliament to vote on joining air strikes in Iraq
Speaking after talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi, Cameron said he was “confident” that members of the House of Commons would authorise the move.
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Sep 24th 2014, 7:21 PM
Captured British aid worker pleads for his life in audio file sent to his wife
Alan Henning was seized during an aid mission to Syria last December.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 9:32 PM
Fleeing ISIS: More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have now crossed into Turkey
Extremists with Islamic State have seized dozens of villages in the past week.
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Sep 22nd 2014, 9:40 AM
Wife of British taxi driver captured by Islamic State pleads with captors to release him
“I cannot see how it could assist any State’s allow the world to see a man like Alan dying,” she said.
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Sep 21st 2014, 8:06 AM
France is the first nation to join the US in attacking Islamic State...
… but refused to support the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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Sep 19th 2014, 2:43 PM
US bombs Islamic State near Baghdad for first time
Last week Obama ordered a “relentless” war against the Islamic State.
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Sep 16th 2014, 7:45 AM
Countries to support Iraq by "any means necessary" against Islamic State
30 diplomats met today in Paris on the issue.
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Sep 15th 2014, 10:39 PM
German court puts first alleged Islamic State jihadist on trial
Prosecutors say there is no evidence he was plotting an attack in Germany.
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Sep 15th 2014, 3:00 PM
Family of British man kidnapped by ISIS ask his captors to make contact
Islamic State has threatened to kill David Haines, who was kidnapped in March last year.
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Sep 13th 2014, 12:27 PM
White House makes it official: The US is at war with Islamic State
“The United States is at war with ISIS in the same way that we are at war with Al-Qaeda”.
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Sep 13th 2014, 8:08 AM
CIA triples its estimate of the number of Islamic State fighters
Up to 2,000 Westerners are fighting with the group, the intelligence agency says.
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Sep 12th 2014, 7:41 AM
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