Iraq at risk again: How did we get here so fast?

Published June 23, 2014 1:40pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s crumbling so quickly: Just 2½ years after American troops came home, Iraq is back in crisis.

And chaos in Iraq, a diverse nation that stands as a buffer zone between the mostly Sunni Mideast and mostly Shiite Iran, is troubling around the world.

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