Iraq

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Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leading away captured Iraqi soldiers in Tikrit, Iraq in June. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

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National Edition Opinion cover for June 27, 2014 - ISIS, a threat beyond Iraq (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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American forces in Baghdad at he start of the Iraq war Associated Press photo

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National Edition News cover for June 25, 2014 - Militants want Islamic state as staging ground for U.S. attacks: FILE - This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf petro-powerhouses encouraged a flow of cash to Sunni rebels in Syria for years. But now they face a worrying blowback as an al-Qaida breakaway group that benefited from some of the funding storms across a wide swath of Iraq. Gulf nations fear its extremism could be a threat to them as well. But the tangle of rivalries in the region is complex: Saudi Arabia and its allies firmly oppose any U.S. military action to stop the Islamic State’s advance in Iraq because they don’t want to boost its Shiite-led prime minister or his ally, Iran. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, ahead of a meeting in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Kerry arrived in Iraq's Kurdish region in a US diplomatic drive aimed at preventing the country from splitting apart in the face of militants pushing towards Baghdad. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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The Obama administration is sending 300 American troops to Iraq to serve as military advisers in an attempt to head off a full-fledged civil war in the country. (AP Photo, File)