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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, ahead of a meeting in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Kerry arrived in Iraq's Kurdish region in a US diplomatic drive aimed at preventing the country from splitting apart in the face of militants pushing towards Baghdad. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
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The Obama administration is sending 300 American troops to Iraq to serve as military advisers in an attempt to head off a full-fledged civil war in the country. (AP Photo, File)
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Iraqi federal policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq. Tensions in the country have heated up as the extremist ISIL group has allied with more moderate, secular Sunni militant groups, many of whom are not even targets of U.S. operations. (associated press)
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National Edition News cover for June 20, 2014 - Obama will send 300 back to Iraq, open to ‘targeted’ action: Volunteers in the newly formed "Peace Brigades" participate in a parade near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, after called for by the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr to form brigades to protect Shiite holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)
