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Iranian General In Charge of Defense of Baghdad as al-Qaeda Nears Jun 14, 2014

by Jason Ditz With an al-Qaeda seizing towns in Nineveh with ease, a siege of Baghdad is seemingly only a matter of time, and could amount to the last stand for Iraq’s Maliki government in trying to retain a meaningful amount of the fractured country. (more…)

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Iran Deploys Troops to Guard Baghdad, Fight al-Qaeda Jun 12, 2014

by Jason Ditz Reports coming out of security sources in Iran say that two battalions of Quds Force troops from the nation’s Revolutionary Guard have deployed into neighboring Iraq to guard Shi’ite holy sites as well as the capital city of Baghdad. Some have also reportedly taken part in fighting in Tikrit. (more…)

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US Readies Air Strikes Against al-Qaeda in Iraq Jun 12, 2014

by Jason Ditz There seems to be growing momentum among US politicians from both parties in favor of direct military intervention on behalf of the Iraqi government, with President Obama saying he won’t rule out anything that might aid Prime Minister Maliki. (more…)

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US Resumes Drone Strikes Against Pakistan Jun 11, 2014

by Jason Ditz Having drawn down the number of drone strikes against Pakistani territory to almost nothing in recent months, the US was surprisingly aggressive today in North Waziristan, launching two strikes in 24 hours, killing 16 people. (more…)

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Yesterday Mosul, Today Tikrit: al-Qaeda Seizing Much of Iraq’s Northwest Jun 11, 2014

by Jason Ditz The situation in Iraq is going from bad to worse at an alarming rate, with two key provincial capitals falling in as many days. Yesterday, it was the oil rich northern city of Mosul, and today the al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) fighters have seized Tikrit, capital of Salaheddin Province. (more…)

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Al-Qaeda Seizes Iraq’s Mosul, Moves on Kirkuk Jun 11, 2014

by Jason Ditz Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is pressing its military success in northern Iraq, seizing the oil rich city of Mosul and moving eastward toward the Kirkuk Province, overrunningmore towns along the way. (more…)

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House GOP Leader Defeated by Anti-NSA Challenger Jun 11, 2014

by Justin Raimondo In a development that is going to shake the Republican Establishment to its foundations, Republican House majority leader Eric Cantor has been defeated: with a little more than 60 percent of the vote in, David A. Bates, a professor of economics and a trenchant critic of the National Security Agency’s spying on American citizens is clobbering the pro-NSA Cantor with a little less than 60 percent of the vote so far. (more…)

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Justin Raimondo Talks Bergdahl on the Alan Colmes Show Jun 10, 2014

by Eric Garris Antiwar.com editorial director Justin Raimondo spoke today with Fox Radio’s Alan Colmes about the Bowe Bergdahl case. (more…)

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Al-Qaeda Seizes Northern Iraqi Oil Capital of Mosul Jun 10, 2014

by Jason Ditz Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s (AQI) offensive continues and they now control the vast majority of one of Iraq’s most important cities, the oil rich northern city of Mosul. The army has mostly fled the city, and AQI seems to be doing mop-up operations at this point. (more…)

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Bergdahl Reports Torture After Failed Escape Attempt Jun 10, 2014

by Jason Ditz The first details of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s nearly five years in captivity are starting to emerge, as he told the medical personnel in Germany that he was tortured and held in a cage at one point during his time held by the Taliban. (more…)

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