Tag: Iraq

President Barack Obama reads as he walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Obama slow-walks naming of envoy for persecuted Christians

Susan Crabtree · April 8, 2015 10:35 pm

Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston, senior trainer for the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq, points out an objective to an Iraqi commander during brigade training at Besmaya, Iraq, on Jan. 29. Grinston, the command's senior enlisted adviser, was visiting Besmaya to observe and improve training of the Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Mike Lavigne, 1st Inf. Div. Public Affairs)

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U.S. training of Iraqi fighters stresses real-world scenarios, mental aspects

Tara Copp · April 7, 2015 9:00 am

Tikrit Liberated?

Tikrit Liberated?

Geoffrey Norman · April 1, 2015 7:21 pm

In this image posted on the official Facebook account of Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi shows the premier carrying the national flag as he walks with Iraqi security forces in Tikrit, Iraq, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Iraq Prime Minister's office)

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Iraqi prime minister celebrates liberation of Tikrit

Tara Copp · April 1, 2015 3:07 pm

Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militiamen celebrate in front of the provincial council building in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants holed up in downtown Tikrit, going house to house Tuesday in search of snipers and booby traps, and the prime minister announced security forces had reached the city's center. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Tikrit … liberated?

Tara Copp · March 31, 2015 11:00 pm

Iraqi Security Forces are still fighting Islamic State militants in Tikrit despite an announcement by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi earlier Tuesday that Iraq had cleared the city. (AP Photo)

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After initial claims of victory, more fighting left in Tikrit

Tara Copp · March 31, 2015 7:09 pm

In this Friday, March 27, 2015 file photo, Iraqi soldiers watch movements of their enemy at the front line during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group extremists in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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Iraqis retake Tikrit from Islamic State

Tara Copp · March 31, 2015 4:21 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, left, meets with Salim al-Jabouri, right, speaker of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Boehner’s Middle East trip includes visit to Iraq

Susan Ferrechio · March 31, 2015 2:17 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, March 26, 2015 file photo, an Iraqi military helicopter attacks Islamic State group positions during clashes in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi troops started the final phase of an offensive to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Thursday, a military official said, just hours after the United States launched airstrikes on the Islamic State held city. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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Pentagon denies killing two Iranians during Tikrit airstrikes

Tara Copp · March 30, 2015 7:00 pm

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi, right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri leave a press conference at the conclusion of an Arab summit meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

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Arab nations agree to form unified military to combat common threats

Ethan Barton · March 29, 2015 8:26 pm

Smoke rises from central Tikrit as Iraqi security forces attack Islamic State extremist positions in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Â (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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18 airstrikes hit Islamic State targets

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 8:35 pm

Houthi Shiite fighters wearing an army uniform ride on a pickup vehicle as they patrol a street during a demonstration to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the nation's president and Cabinet resigned. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Military’s complex bedfellows highlight difficulties ahead

Tara Copp · March 28, 2015 10:00 am