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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

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HUSAIN: Grand Ayatollah Sistani releases rare statement on Iraq crisis

By Rahat Husain

** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said the U.S. should stay out of Iraq, and previous military action has emboldened extremists. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Rand Paul on Iraq: ‘What’s going on now, I don’t blame on President Obama’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on an emerging Kurdistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ALMEMAR: Independence for Kurds on way

By Zamawang Almemar

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Linking MEK to terrorism is mistaken

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP Photo/Militant video)

U.K. engineering student now an ISIL terrorist: ‘I was so happy’ to join jihad

By Cheryl K. Chumley - 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 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

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

Pew Research: Only a quarter of Americans tracking Iraq violence

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

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)

Extremist group takes Syrian towns, key oil field

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A burned Iraqi army vehicle on a street after clashes between followers of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi and ISIL in Karbala. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: No Iraq invasion unless U.S. homeland is threatened

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Illustration on the collapse of peace in Iraq by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MERRY: Iraq’s stern rebuttal to a simplistic neocon vision

By Robert W. Merry

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Forget Iraq; protect U.S. borders

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says that the U.S. should stay out of Iraq, and that previous military action has emboldened extremists. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

FEIN: Does upheaval in Iraq vindicate Rand Paul’s foreign policy?

By Bruce Fein