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ISIS and the Fall of Ramadi: Who's to Blame?
ISIS, the so-called Islamic State, has seized Ramadi, a major Iraqi City — creating new challenges for the governments of Iraq and the United States. We hear what it could mean on the ground — and for America's presidential campaign.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenISIS, the so-called Islamic State, has seized Ramadi, a major Iraqi City — creating new challenges for the governments of Iraq and the United States. We hear what it could mean on the ground and for America's presidential campaign.
Also, global banks to pay record fines. On today's Talking Point, a horror story about the mass abuse of women and girls in Nigeria — and what it took to get it.
Photo: Displaced Sunni people, who fled the violence in the city of Ramadi, arrive at the outskirts of Baghdad. Stringer/Reuters)
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3 storiesGlobal Banks to Pay Record Fines
Some of the world's biggest banks have agreed to pay a record total of $5.8 billion in fines for illegal manipulation of dollars and euros on the currency market. Attorney General Loretta Lynch observed, "Currency traders at several multi-national banks formed a group they dubbed 'The Cartel.'
Read the story7 minISIS and the Blame Game on the Campaign Trail
The Obama Administration was saying that ISIS, the so-called Islamic State, was on the run. Then ISIS took Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar Province. Government troops, trained by the US, fled from the scene, along with thousands of civilian refugees. It was a blow to Iraq's Prime Minister, Haidar al-Abadi and to President Obama.
Read the story33 minBearing Witness to the Mass Rape of Nigerian Girls by Boko Haram
For six years, Adam Nossiter, West and Central Africa bureau chief for the New York Times , has reported on the militant group. This week, he reported on the rapes and intended impregnancies of hundreds of girls and women — risking his life to get the story. The story – and the risks it took to get it -- can only be called gut-wrenching.
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