U.S. Secretary of State Pledges 'Intense, Sustained And Effective' Support For Iraq Against ISIS As Militants Seize Border Crossings, Four More Towns And Now Surround National Grid Dam -- Daily Mail
* Militants capture two border posts, one border town and three other towns in new blitz through west of country
* Strategic gains bring Sunni extremists closer to achieving goal of creating an Islamic state across Syria and Iraq
* Insurgents 'trying to take control' of dam which powers electrical grid and could cause major flooding if destroyed
* U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets embattled Iraq PM Nouri al-Maliki to push him to stabilise the country
* Iranian leader 'strongly opposes' U.S. intervention, accuses Washington of trying to install 'blind followers to power'
* MP says at least 1,500 Britons may have been recruited by ISIS - four times higher than estimate by William Hague
* MI6 and CIA ignored warnings five months ago of planned jihadist insurgency, says head of Kurdish intelligence
* Cambridge professor tells how Blair ignored his advice that 2003 invasion would spark sectarian violence in Iraq
* ISIS 'imposes terrifying regime of rape against women' in captured territories, according to letter circulating online
* Militants recruit children for roles ranging from soldiers and snipers to suicide bombers, says human rights group
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today pledged 'intense' support for Iraq against the 'existential threat' of the ISIS offensive pushing toward Baghdad from the north and west.
Flying in from Jordan, Kerry met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders to urge a speeding up of the government formation process in order to face down the insurgents.
Help from the U.S. will be 'intense, sustained, and if Iraq's leaders take the steps needed to bring the country together, it will be effective,' Kerry told journalists in Baghdad.
But the danger to Iraq, he said, is dire.
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