Iraqi government asks U.S. to bomb Islamist fighters as 30,000 troops flee their posts
By Mitchell Prothero
McClatchy Foreign StaffJune 11, 2014 Updated 1 hour ago
ISTANBUL — Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Wednesday pushed their offensive south into Iraq’s Sunni Muslim heartland, capturing key crossroad towns on the highway to the capital, Baghdad, and taking control of a critical oil refinery.
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