ISIL’s Rapid Advance Shocks Iraq, US

U.S. military planners are drawing up options to present to President Barack Obama to “break the momentum” of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL, as its fighters push toward Baghdad.     Pentagon officials say they have been concerned about growing unrest in Iraq for months, and have been rushing more arms and ammunition to the Iraqi military.   Still, the way ISIL was able to march into cities like Mosul with little or no resistance from Iraqi...

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