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The threat of ISIS

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/16/in-threatening-baghdad-militants-seek-to-undo-800-years-of-history.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/isis-is-making-middle-east-superpowers-nervous.html

In Iraq, Maliki finally steps aside

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/maliki-agrees-to-step-aside-easing-iraqs-political-crisis/2014/08/14/