Daesh fighters in Iraq. (AFP/Azhar Shallal)
Al Jazeera: ISIL launches major offensive on outskirts of Baghdad
Eighteen Iraqi forces killed in clashes after brazen ISIL attack near Abu Ghraib - just 20km from the capital.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters launched a major offensive against Iraqi forces in a town just 20km west of the capital Baghdad, killing at least 18 soldiers and militiamen backing the army.
A separate ISIL suicide attack, meanwhile, near the city of Fallujah on Sunday left 14 Iraqi policemen dead and another 25 wounded.
On the outskirts of Baghdad, ISIL seized the village of Khdim Adhab in Abu Ghraib - as well as a silo and a water plant in the town - after attacking several security posts, military sources told Al Jazeera.
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More News On The Iraq - Islamic State Conflict
Militants launch largest attacks in months on Baghdad outskirts -- Reuters
Iraq Repels IS Attack on Baghdad Suburb of Abu Ghraib -- AP
At least 120 ISIS militants killed in different cities of Iraq -- ABNA
Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq -- US Department of Defense
Daesh group executes 12 of its own fighters for desertion in Iraq -- Al Bawaba
Second Chemical Attack Reported; 204 Killed in Iraq -- Antiwar
Kurds say investigating suspected Islamic State chemical attack in Iraq -- Reuters
Kurds: IS Militants Hit Northern Iraq With Chemical Weapons -- VOA
Obama: 'Absolutely no ceasefire' in ISIS fight -- The Hill
‘I witnessed the birth of Isis’: how one film-maker captured the horror of Iraq -- The Guardian
Fixing the Iraq Mess -- New York Times
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The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 is a United States Congressional statement of policy stating that "It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq..." It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, and states that it is the policy of the United States to support democratic movements within Iraq.
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The New York Times: "We have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been. In some cases, information that was controversial then, and seems questionable now, was insufficiently qualified or allowed to stand unchallenged. Looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re-examining the claims as new evidence emerged - or failed to emerge. . . Editors at several levels who should have been challenging reporters and pressing for more skepticism were perhaps too intent on rushing scoops into the paper. Accounts of Iraqi defectors were not always weighed against their strong desire to have Saddam Hussein ousted. Articles based on dire claims about Iraq tended to get prominent display, while follow-up articles that called the original ones into question were sometimes buried. In some cases, there was no follow-up at all."
Paul Wolfowitz: In an interview with The Sunday Times to mark the 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, he said there “should have been Iraqi leadership from the beginning”, rather than a 14-month occupation led by an American viceroy and based on “this idea that we’re going to come in like [General Douglas] MacArthur in Japan and write the constitution for them”.
According to reports, the people doing the fighting now, especially those leading the fighting, are largely those from the Iraq army disbanded by the US in 2003. They know the terrain and the people.
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