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A black flag used by the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves over the celebrations square in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

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Militant urges Muslims to build Islamic state

July 1, 2014 10:10 pm

In this picture taken on Monday, June 30, 2014, a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter cleans his weapon on his position behind a dirt barrier built along the front line with militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in Mariam Bek village, between the northern cities of Tikrit and Kirkuk, Iraq. Demonstrating their growing independence from the rest of Iraq, the largely-autonomous Kurdish regional government is setting up dirt barriers that they hope will ultimately set the borders of their future state. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Iraqi Kurds dig frontier around disputed areas

Diaa Hadid -

July 1, 2014 8:07 pm

President Obama announced 200 new armed American personnel were being sent to protect American interests in the fray. (AP Photo)

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Did President Obama keep his ‘not sending U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq’ promise?

Spencer Brown -

July 1, 2014 7:07 pm

You can consider the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a terrorist organization, but you can also consider it a particularly murderous and oppressive state. Which is it? (AP PHoto)

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First Gulf War in 1991 was America’s opening Iraq mistake

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June 30, 2014 5:00 pm

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Islamic state declaration could lead to schism

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June 30, 2014 4:57 pm

FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant slogans to support al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

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Successors to the prophet: Islam’s caliphates

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June 30, 2014 4:47 pm

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Turkey does not want ‘tattered and divided’ Iraq

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June 30, 2014 1:55 pm

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Tempers fray as displaced Iraqis break Muslim fast

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June 30, 2014 7:38 am

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Between Iraq and a Hard Place

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June 30, 2014 4:00 am

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The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

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June 30, 2014 12:00 am

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Tag: Iraq

Militant urges Muslims to build Islamic state

Iraqi Kurds dig frontier around disputed areas

Did President Obama keep his ‘not sending U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq’ promise?

First Gulf War in 1991 was America’s opening Iraq mistake

Islamic state declaration could lead to schism

Successors to the prophet: Islam’s caliphates

Turkey does not want ‘tattered and divided’ Iraq

Tempers fray as displaced Iraqis break Muslim fast

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

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