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    Intelligence Report Warns that Iraq Is at Risk of Further Strife

    Sixteen US spy agencies have produced the latest National Security Estimate, or NIE, on Iraq.  A two-page unclassified summary was released today in the midst of debate in Congress over the President's New Way Forward .  Its predictions are not optimistic.  Dafna Linzer reports on national security for the Washington Post .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Sixteen US spy agencies have produced the latest National Security Estimate, or NIE, on Iraq. A two-page unclassified summary was released today in the midst of debate in Congress over the President's New Way Forward. Its predictions are not optimistic. Dafna Linzer reports on national security for the Washington Post.

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    The Arabs, the Jews and American History
    1. 1:33Intelligence Report Warns that Iraq Is at Risk of Further StrifeYou’re reading this
    2. 7:46Power, Faith and Fantasy in the Middle East
    3. 41:22New UN Report Calls Global Warming Unstoppable
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

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      Dan Konecky

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Dafna Linzer

      ProPublica

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Arabs, the Jews and American History
    1. 1:33Intelligence Report Warns that Iraq Is at Risk of Further StrifeYou’re reading this
    2. 7:46Power, Faith and Fantasy in the Middle East
    3. 41:22New UN Report Calls Global Warming Unstoppable
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