Pentagon: ‘Presence' of ISIL Threatens Baghdad

Sunni militants bent on establishing an Islamic caliphate are putting pressure on Baghdad. It has nervous Iraqi officials looking for help anywhere they can find it, even if it means turning away from the United States. In the skies over Baghdad, there are signs of hope - not from the U.S., but from the Russians. For weeks, Iraqi officials have simmered over a lack of U.S. airstrikes against the militants. In Washington, Iraqi ambassador Lukman Faily made no apologies for seeking...

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