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Iraqi federal policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Desperate Iraq asks for U.S. airstrikes, as U.S. prepares to empty embassy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida breakaway group, on Monday and Tuesday took over much of Mosul in Iraq and then swept into the city of Tikrit further south. An estimated half a million residents fled the economically important city. (AP Photo, File)

Tikrit falls to al-Qaeda-inspired militants: Iraqi city’s security forces abandon posts

Associated Press

REFUGEES: Iraqis fleeing Mosul arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad following an al Qaeda breakaway group's takeover of their home city. An estimated half a million fled Iraq's second-largest city. (associated press)

Gains by al Qaeda group in Iraq spark fears of a decade’s progress lost

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 9, 2014 image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi Military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, armed Iraqi soldiers take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. Insurgents on Tuesday pressed their efforts to seize effective control of Iraq&#8217;s second-largest city of Mosul on Tuesday after Iraqi security forces abandoned their posts and militants overran the provincial government headquarters and other key buildings, dealing a serious blow to Baghdad&#8217;s attempts to tame a widening insurgency in the country. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

U.N. chief Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ‘shocked’ over Turkish diplomats kidnapped in Iraq

Associated Press

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, has raised concerns about the U.S.' ability to conduct large-scale reconstruction efforts. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers fear a re-run of Iraq in Afghan aid effort

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A Sunni military leader of The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria inspects a stolen U.S. military Humvee. (Image: Twitter, Jenan Moussa of Al Aan TV)

American-made military Humvees stolen by al Qaeda offshoot, headed for Syria

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

An Iraqi man casts his vote at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A key election for a new Iraqi parliament was underway on Wednesday amid a massive security operation as the country continued to slide deeper into sectarian violence more than two years after U.S. forces left the country. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq timeline: Key events since 2003 invasion

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mourners chant slogans against the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while carrying a flag-draped coffin of Shawki Rahim during his funeral procession in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The Iraqi Army officer was killed during clashes with al-Qaida fighters in Hillah last night, his family said. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Gunmen attack Iraq military base, kill 10 soldiers

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press