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June 12, 2014

US may send in drones to Iraq to battle jihadists
Washington (AFP) June 12, 2014
Washington vowed Wednesday to boost aid to Iraq and is mulling drone strikes amid fears Iraqi forces are crumbling in face of militants increasingly emboldened since the US withdrawal. Iraqi officials have already privately asked the US to consider sending in drones to root out jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who in a lightning offensive have seized a swathe of the north. The request has been turned down in the past, but Washington is now weighing several possibil ... read more

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