Thursday, June 12, 2014

ISLAMISTS CLOSE IN ON BAGHDAD


Iraq Battles Islamists in Saddam’s Hometown, 80 Miles From Baghdad - Bloomberg

DRUDGE HEADLINES:
IRAQ ANARCHY SPIRAL...
WAR GAINS LOST...
Washington Watches Disaster Unfold...
'Mass beheadings' by al-Qaeda forces in Mosul and Tikrit...
PM Asks USA for Strikes...
Secret Request Rebuffed...
Governemt on brink of collapse...
Militants Sweeping Toward Baghdad...