UN Security Council to Meet on Iraq Crisis

The U.N. Security Council meets Thursday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, as the United States promises new aid to the beleaguered Baghdad central government.  The Security Council will take part in a video briefing from the U.N. special representative to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, amid reports militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continue their push south toward Baghdad.    Wednesday, the militants captured the city of...

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