1. KURDS CAPITALIZE ON U.S. BOMBING, RETAKING TOWNS.
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NORDLAND, ROD, COOPER, HELENE, Rubin, Alissa J., Arango, Tim, Al-Jawoshy, Omar, Shear, Michael D., Gordon, Michael R., Shanker, Thom, and Schneider, Elena
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AERIAL bombing , *INSURGENCY ,IRAQI Kurds ,IRAQI politics & government, 2003- ,IRAQ-United States military relations - Abstract
The article discusses the impact of U.S. airstrikes against Sunni Muslim militants aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization, noting Kurdish forces' counterattacks against ISIS. Topics include political instability in Iraq due to the expiration of a deadline for Iraqi President Fouad Massoum to select a replacement for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, as well as U.S. efforts to protect the Yazidi ethnic minority and the Kurdish capital city of Erbil, Iraq.
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- 2014