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Militants seize Iraqi cities vow march on Baghdad
Islamic State militants claim victory as they overrun Mosul and Tikrit and promise to impose Shariah law. Kurdish forces fill power gaps in Kirkuk while U.S. and international actors weigh responses. Oil markets surge as risk to supplies grows and Baghdad braces for further attacks.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Mosul
Kirkuk
Germany
Barack Obama
United States
Washington
U.N. Security Council
Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant
Nouri al- Maliki
Syria
Tikrit
Beiji
Samarra
Karbala
Najaf
Saddam
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Naqshabandi
Baath
Hakim al-Zamiri
al-Douri
Feisal Istrabadi
U.N