Iraq Militants Threaten Move on Baghdad

Islamist Sunni militants are threatening to advance on Iraq's capital after seizing several other key cities in a blow to the country's Shi'ite-led government.   A spokesman for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and al-Qaida offshoot, said in a message posted Thursday that the militants also want to take the city of Karbala, which is home to one of the holiest sites for Shi'ite Muslims. Kurdish forces control Kirkuk In another development,...

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