Coalition will keep Islamic State on defensive in Iraq
The counter-offensive is beginning to yield results -- but defeating Islamic State will take time
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- Nineveh
- Anbar
- Other northern provinces
- Iraqi Kurdistan
- Baghdad area
- Southern Iraq
- Strategic priorities
- Baghdad/Anbar surge
- North-west
- Kurdish operations
- Federal government operations
- Oil export implications
- Energy flows
- Investment
- Budget impact
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_350.jpg "Shiite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)")