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Iraq, Iran and the Pottery Barn Rule
As ISIS moves closer to Baghdad, sectarian violence has broken out in that city. Can Prime Minister al-Maliki keep Iraq together? Is it destined to become a divided country?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAs the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria moves closer to Baghdad, sectarian violence has broken out in that city. Can Prime Minister al-Maliki keep Iraq together? Is it destined to become a divided country? Also, a Benghazi suspect captured in secret raid, and another US President takes steps to save the Pacific Ocean.
Banner image: Personnel from the Kurdish security forces detain a man suspected of being a militant belonging to the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the outskirts of Kirkuk June 16, 2014. Photo: Ako Rasheed/Reuters
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3 storiesBenghazi Suspect Captured in Secret Raid
In an action that's been a long time coming, the Pentagon announced today a suspected ringleader of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya a year and a half ago has been captured. Zeke Miller covers politics and the White House for Time magazine.
Read the story8 minWill Iraq Become a Divided Country?
In Baghdad today, 44 Sunni prisoners in a government-controlled police station were killed — apparently in retaliation for advances by Sunni extremists with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. As forces of ISIS get closer to Baghdad, it appears that Iraq's current leadership might not hold the country together.
Read the story35 minObama Seeks to Create World's Largest Marine Sanctuary
Before leaving the White House, George W. Bush created the world's largest marine sanctuary. The Remote Pacific Islands National Marine Monument is 82,000 square miles of ocean off-limits to fishing, energy development or other sources of pollution. Now Barack Obama wants to vastly expand it to 782,000 square miles.
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