US, Allies Bracing for More IS Incursions in Iraq

The United States and its allies are expecting more offensives like the one Islamic State fighters pulled off Tuesday in northern Iraq, briefly breaking Kurdish Peshmerga lines and resulting in the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL. U.S. officials have been adamant that IS is as vulnerable and weak as it has been since its fighters first pushed into Iraq in June 2014. But such optimism has been tempered by caution; defense and intelligence officials have repeatedly warned of the terror...

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