Crisis In Iraq -- News Updates August 13, 2014

Iraq PM 'Will Not Quit' Without Court Ruling -- Al Jazeera

Nouri al-Maliki says only court decision can force him out as US sends more military personnel to violence-hit nation.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said that it will take a federal court ruling for him to leave power, defying the president's decision to task a rival with forming the next government.

In his weekly televised address, Maliki on Wednesday said the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as prime minister was a "violation" of the constitution and "had no value".

"I confirm that the government will continue and there will not be a replacement for it without a decision from the federal court," Maliki said.

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Iraq Crisis -- News Updates August 13, 2014

Maliki’s Bid to Keep Power in Iraq Seems to Collapse -- NYT
Iraq crisis: Incumbent PM Maliki left out as country moves on -- BBC
Iran endorses Haider al-Abadi as Iraq’s new prime minister, spurning Nouri al-Maliki -- Washington Post
Iraq's PM-designate faces challenges ahead -- AP
US likely to arm Iraq's new government with weapons to fight Isis -- The Guardian
U.S. military cautiously ups role in Iraq -- CBS
US send more military help to Iraq as crisis deepens -- The Telegraph
John Kerry Says U.S. Doesn't Plan to Send More Troops to Iraq -- WSJ
US sends 130 additional military advisors to Iraq’s Kurdistan -- RT
130 more U.S. military advisers arrive in northern Iraq -- USA Today
More U.S. advisers, French arms pour into Iraq -- USA Today
France Plans Arms Shipments to Kurdish Forces in Iraq -- NYT
France to send arms to besieged Yazidi community in Iraq -- The Guardian
France to Send Weapons to Kurd Forces in Iraq -- VOA
Iraq crisis: UK 'will play role' in rescue mission, says PM -- BBC
Britain sends Chinook helicopters to Iraq as ministers plan rescue mission for 'tens of thousands' of trapped Yazidi refugees -- Daily Mail
A cruel night on the mountain among Iraq’s exhausted, starving and dying refugees -- National Post/The Telegraph
Iraq's Yazidis Flee ISIS Militants -- NBC
Thousands of Yazidis 'still trapped' on Iraq mountain -- BBC
Is this Iraq's last chance to put itself right? -- Nahlah Ayed, CBC News