U.S. Lack of Response to Iraq
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U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike MilitantsAs the threat from Sunni militants in western Iraq escalated last month, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki secretly asked the Obama administration to consider carrying out airstrikes against extremist staging areas, according to Iraqi and American officials.
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Militants Make Gains In Iraq Amid Report U.S. Rebuffed Calls For HelpThe violence in Iraq has intensified today, with al-Qaida-linked Sunni militants moving into areas close to Baghdad after capturing the cities of Mosul and Tikrit. And amid this chaos, there's a new report that the U.S. rebuffed Iraqi requests last month to conduct airstrikes against the advancing militants, and that Kurdish fighters have taken territory in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk
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White House mum on pleas from Iraq for airstrikes, as militants gain groundThe Obama administration reportedly has rebuffed calls from the Iraqi government to carry out airstrikes against Al Qaeda-aligned militants who are on a violent march that is threatening to take over the nation's north.
The insurgents have already seized several major ci
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