U.S. Begins Airstrikes In Support Of Iraqi Ground Forces
• The air attacks on Islamic State forces were requested by Iraqi security forces engaged in combat south of Baghdad.
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• The air attacks on Islamic State forces were requested by Iraqi security forces engaged in combat south of Baghdad.
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• American and other forces have launched an offensive to free the town of Amerli, surrounded by Islamic militants for more than two months and desperately short on food and clean water.
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• In northern Iraq, the Kurdish Peshmerga troops are battling the extremists of the Islamic State. But commanders say they’re not getting the weapons promised by the U.S. and others.
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• Haider al-Abadi, a prominent politician for the past decade, has been nominated as prime minister. But a potential confrontation looms with Nouri al-Maliki, the man who’s had the job for eight years.
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