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US sends 130 more military advisors to Iraq ...

US sends 130 more military advisors to Iraq …

The US has sent 130 more military advisors to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says.

The marines and special operations forces will assess the humanitarian situation and will not be engaged in combat, a US defence official said.

The US has been carrying out air strikes against fighters from militant group Islamic State (IS).

IS fighters have forced tens of…

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Sunni Militants advance toward Iraq's second largest Dam ....

Sunni Militants advance toward Iraq’s second largest Dam ….

Baghdad: Iraqi security officials said that fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were advancing on the Haditha Dam, the second-largest in Iraq, raising the possibility of catastrophic damage and flooding.

Worries about the dam came as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki criticized his political rivals but did not reject entreaties by Western leaders, including a personal visit by…

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United States to deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq ...

United States to deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq …

Washington: President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the United States will deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help its beleaguered security forces fend off Sunni militants, edging the United States back into a conflict that Obama thought he had left behind.

Obama also said the United States was gathering intelligence on the positions of militant fighters to identify targets and…

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