Iraq’s Kurds vote on independence, raising regional fears
25, 2017. . Kurdish security services stand guard outside polling center shortly before opening for the referendum on independence from Iraq in Irbil, Iraq, Monday, Sept.
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Congress sits idle in the face of genocide
Kenneth W. Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, served as independent counsel in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations during the Clinton administration. In the wake of the Islamic State's genocidal practices in Iraq, the plight of religious minorities on the plain of Nineveh continues unabated.
Iraqi PM signals start of operations to drive IS from Mosul
FILE -- In this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, file photo, Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq. Iraqi forces appear poised to... .
The Latest: Iraqi, Kurdish forces move east, south of Mosul
Iraqi forces appear poised to... . File -- In this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 file photo, Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq.