Iraq is on the brink of disintegration as Sunni militants seize more
towns and set their sights on the ancient Cradle of Civilization capital Baghdad. In the past few
days, al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
has seized control of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, as well as
Tikrit and Dhuluiya.
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| Afghanistan, Pakistan, India just to the right |
Meanwhile, Iraqi Kurds have seized control of the
northern oil city of Kirkuk. The Sunni militants now control a territory
that stretches from the eastern edge of Aleppo, Syria, to Fallujah in
western Iraq and now the northern city of Mosul.
Their advance has
caused a humanitarian catastrophe, displacing some 500,000 people in
Mosul alone -- the largest number of people ever moved in one day in world history. Mosul fell in part because U.S.-trained Iraqi forces
abandoned their posts.
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| ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, fills power vacuum (latimes.com) |
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has
reportedly urged the U.S. to carry out airstrikes in recent months, but
the Obama administration [which has shown itself to be nothing more than a continuation of the Cheney and Bush administrations] has declined the request so far.
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| "Fund secret war in Iraq. Divest at home." |
Democracy Now is joined
by guests Reuters Bureau Chief Ned Parker in Baghdad and Mohammed
al Dulaimy, an Iraqi journalist with McClatchy Newspapers, who reported
from Iraq for years and is now seeking U.S. asylum out of fear for his
safety if he returns. This is Dulaimy’s first TV interview after years
of maintaining a low profile to protect his safety.
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| US made Iraq part of Military-Industrial-Prison Complex, Camp Bucca, 2009 (Dusan Vranic/AP) |
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