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In this file photo, U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fire an M777 howitzer at Kara Soar Base, Iraq. In March 2021 the 4th Battalion, 319th Artillery Regiment, part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, will train in France with French-made anti-tank rounds. (Associated Press) **FILE**

ISIS exploits U.S. rules of engagement, Obama’s aversion to civilian deaths even in defeat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan police walk past Islamic State militant flags after an operation in the Kot district of Jalalabad province in Afghanistan on Aug. 1. (Associated Press)

Obama administration again underestimates ISIS as Afghan affiliate grows into threat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sheikh Nazhan Sakhar, second from the right, poses for a picture with his men holding an Islamic State flag they captured in Hajj Ali, Iraq, Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Sheikh Nazhan Sakhar and the 700 men under his command are among the forces preparing to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic state group. He says his Sunni militia is critical to defeating IS and maintaining peace afterward because his fighters, unlike the majority of Iraq's military, are local to Mosul. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

Democrats blame Iraq war for ISIS, making Hillary Clinton collateral damage

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014. (Associated Press)

U.S. military chiefs scrubbed reports on ISIS’s strength: GOP task force

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and Iraqi soldiers from the 47th Iraqi Army Brigade train near Hawijah, Iraq, on May 22, 2010. (U.S. Department of Defense) ** FILE **

Pentagon mum on exact figures of U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria for ISIS fight

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, the new commander general of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, attends a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool) ** FILE **

Sean MacFarland, departing U.S. commander, sees turning point in Islamic State fight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, photo, Christian women gather at an Assyrian church in Irbil, Iraq, to mourn the death of a member of their community who died in Europe. As operations to retake the militant-held city of Mosul ramp up, Iraqi Christians displaced from the area by the Islamic State group say even a military defeat of the extremists in Iraq, will not make the country safe for minorities again. (AP Photo/Alice Martins) ** FILE **

Christians: Retaking Mosul won’t make it safe

Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 file photo, members of a cargo aircraft crew perform a visual check of their passengers as their plane prepares to land on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier currently deployed in the Persian Gulf, supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the military operation against Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq. Two years ago, just weeks after the fall of Mosul, an Islamic State group push deeper into Iraq’s Kurdistan region triggered Iraq’s Peshmerga forces to retreat and the U.S.-led coalition to drop the first airstrikes in the fight against the militant group. Since then coalition planes have dropped more than 9,400 bombs on Iraq. The munitions, often called in to closely support advancing forces on the ground, have dramatically changed the fight against IS, allowing Iraqi forces to slowly claw back cities, towns, supply lines and infrastructure. But the fight _ that continues to be largely waged from the air _ has also leveled entire neighborhoods, displaced millions and redrawn the Iraqi map. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

2 years of anti-IS airstrikes have redrawn the Iraqi map

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus controls the ball during a Brazil Olympic soccer team training session in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 1, 2016. Brazil holds its first match against South Africa on August 4. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil men’s team preparing for more jeers from home crowd

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses while answering a question during a news conference after attending a National Security Council Meeting on efforts to counter the Islamic State, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says Islamic State on the run, despite attacks around globe

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Mosul Dam holds enough water to engulf Iraq's second-largest city and spill to Baghdad 240 miles away. (Associated Press)

Mosul Dam need for maintenance clouded by power struggle

By Laura Kelly — Special to The Washington Times

Then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, was booed over the war in Iraq by attendees at the Take Back America conference in Washington when she praised the troops. (Rodney Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Commander in chief Donald Trump? Hillary Clinton?

By Bruce Fein

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is trying to quell a movement of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (Associated Press)

Iraq prime minister issues travel ban for some lawmakers

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama answers a question a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. The prime minister of the Southeast Asian city state joins Obama in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal is high on their agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama: Trump ‘woefully unprepared’ for presidency

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan and his wife Ghazala speak during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28, 2016. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump broke a major American political and societal taboo over the weekend when he engaged in an emotionally-charged feud with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ** FILE **

Donald Trump: If I had been president, Capt. Humayun Khan wouldn’t have died

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is trying to quell a movement of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (Associated Press)

Haider al-Abadi, Iraq prime minister, faces power struggle with Muqtada al-Sadr in Mosul fight

By Ammar Al Shamary and Robert Tollast — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 1, 2016 file photo, Iraqi counterterrorism forces face off with Islamic State militants in the Nuaimiya neighborhood of Fallujah, Iraq. Iraq’s government is setting its sight on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city that has been under IS control since June 2014, as its next major target in the fight against IS. The assault is likely months away, but fierce fighting has already been raging as Iraqi forces try to clear the militants from villages south of the city.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Retaking IS-held Mosul likely to be tricky, costly for Iraq

By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Residents who fled towns and villages near Mosul during the fight between Iraqi Security Forces and Islamic State militants moved to a camp for displaced people outside Irbil. Some U.S. officers in Baghdad believe the Obama administration is rushing plans for a Mosul offensive so it takes place before the November presidential election. (Associated Press)

Obama rushing Mosul offensive against ISIS to influence election, troops fear

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times