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  US admits it should have acted faster against IS in Iraq

  World | Jun 18, 2015, 10:26 AM IST

  Washington:  US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter admitted that they did not act fast enough to prepare Iraqi forces for the threat posed by the Islamic State militant group."We ... determined that our equipping of the

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  Iraq forces look to claw back city from insurgents

  World | Jun 29, 2014, 02:55 PM IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north