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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In Iraq and Syria, pair with the lesser evil

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Image: Twitter, Islamic State of Syria and the Levant

ISIL destroys key bridge leading to Baghdad; suicide truck bomb severed supply line

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** (Associated Press)

Kurdish ship with $100M in oil barred from entering Texas port

By Emily Schmall - Associated Press

Fouad Massoum speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Kurdish politician Massoum was named Iraq&#8217;s new president on Thursday, Massoum, 76, one of the founders of President Jalal Talabani&#8217;s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, known as PUK, accepted the position after winning two-thirds of the votes, noting the &#8220;huge security, political and economic tasks" facing the government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq elects new president Fouad Massoum as attacks kill dozens

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014 photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads,"Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah." It has been nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo) (AP Photo)

Iraq: 60 dead in attack on prisoner convoy

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State, delivers a sermon posted on social media outlets that the militants use. (Associated Press)

Elusive target: U.S. believed Iraq terror mastermind al-Baghdadi killed 3 times

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AP Photo, Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraqi PM condemns jihadis’ targeting of Christians

Associated Press

Civilians inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Jihad neighborhood in Baghdad, Saturday, July 19, 2014. A series of bombings, including three over a span of less than 10 minutes, killed and wounded dozens of people across Baghdad on Saturday, shaking the fragile sense of security the capital has maintained despite the Sunni militant offensive raging across northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Baghdad car bombings kill at least 27; ISIL terror blitz shakes Iraq’s capital

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2008, file photo shows Iranian basij paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, attending a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.

Iranian commanders on front line of Iraq’s fight against ISIL

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Iraqi gunmen slaughter 25 prostitutes as religious punishment

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State, has rarely been photographed. (Associated Press)

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi formerly a U.S. captive

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqis sign up for military service to help battle an al Qaeda-inspired militant army intent on capturing Baghdad International Airport and eventually the capital itself. (Associated Press)

Islamic militants aim to take Baghdad airport

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday July 7, 2014, photo, an Iraqi Army marching band performs at a funeral procession of a top commander of the armed forces at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

50 bodies found in Iraq, raising sectarian worries

By Sinan Salaheddin and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Above: Mobs scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, in April 1975 to escape the imminent communist takeover. Left: In April 1956, black and white passengers sit segregated on a trolley in Atlanta, despite a Supreme Court decision. Both were pivot points in U.S. history.

EDITORIAL: The threat of fall of Baghdad evokes Saigon 1975

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is shown in a video delivering a sermon Friday at the Grand Mosque in Mosul, Iraq. His sudden public appearance after years of building and running his militant operations from hideouts suggests growing confidence in his security. (Associated Press)

ISIL leader emerges in sign of bravado as Iraqi government flounders

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State, delivers a sermon posted on social media outlets that the militants use. (Associated Press)

ISIL shows increasing strength and structure, takes war where al Qaeda couldn’t

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki offered amnesty to those who renounce Islamic extremists. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki signals his intent to stay in job

By Ryan Lucas and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces celebrate after clashes with followers of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi, in front of his home in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)

Indian nurses who were kidnapped cross into Iraqi Kurdish region

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Muneeza Naqvi - Associated Press

This undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

ISIL sleeper cells planning ‘Zero Hour’ attack on Baghdad: ‘It can come any minute’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times