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The Brewing Battle for Baghdad

Baghdad Diary

The Islamic State threatens Baghdad and hopes to provoke a new civil war. But Iraq’s capital won’t fall without a bloody fight.

Jacob Siegel

Published Aug. 3 2014 6:30PM EDT

articles/2014/08/03/a-sectarian-storm-is-brewing-in-iraq/140802-siegel-iraq-tease_vcgdd1 — Jacob Siegel/The Daily Beast

Jacob Siegel

Jacob Siegel

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