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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Cheat Sheet - The Monster of Mosul: How a Sadistic General Helped ISIS Win

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June 19, 2014
SICKENING
Iraq put a general accused of systematic torture and running a death squad in charge of its second largest city; no wonder ISIS is winning. Andrew Slater reports on the terrifying past of the man whose brutality was rewarded by Iraq's under-fire Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
CATFIGHT
Speaking in front of the "folks" on Wednesday in Manhattan, longtime Fox News host Bill O'Reilly took some shots at his colleagues. O'Reilly dished on everybody from Steve Doocy to Sean Hannity, reports Lloyd Grove. The only question is: Will Roger Ailes summon him to the principal's office?
TOO BAD

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers petitioned a federal judge Wednesday to have his trial moved to Washington, D.C., claiming a survey shows "an overwhelming presumption of guilt in the District of Massachusetts" as well as a preference for the death penalty. The lawyers also say that a survey conducted in May showed that large numbers of people in the potential jury pool participated in the 2013 Boston Marathon or know somebody who did. Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, had his trial moved to Colorado. While a majority of respondents in New York and Massachusetts thought Tsarnaev was guilty, only 37 percent of respondents in D.C. held a presumption of guilt.

GET REAL

While the White House has not publicly called for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down, pressure is ramping up on both sides of the aisle for Maliki to go before any U.S. military assistance is considered. A spokesman for Maliki said Thursday, however, that he will not step down, and claimed Maliki has "never used sectarian tactics." Nearly every outside observer has accused Maliki of harsh sectarian actions against Sunnis and Kurds during his time in office.

GRATEFUL NATION

Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, 24, will receive the Medal of Honor at the White House on Thursday, making him the eighth living recipient of the award for serving in Afghanistan or Iraq. Carpenter, originally from Mississippi, jumped on a live grenade to save the life of his friend during a 2010 encounter with the Taliban. Both men were wounded, but Carpenter got the worst of it. He lost an eye, shattered his jaw and teeth, had a lung collapse, and his eardrums blew out. He was medically retired from the military last year after two and a half years in recovery, and is now studying at the University of South Carolina. "Going from toting a machine gun in Afghanistan … to using a bed pan, and I can't even put my own socks on—that was hard to kind of suck it up," Carpenter said on the Marine Corps website.


HE WON'T STOP
Putin's Ukraine Meddling Is Increasing
Despite claims he has stopped.
UH OH
Argentina Threatens to Default
Says next bond payment "impossible."
IT'S COMPLICATED
Pentagon: Iraq Airstrikes Have Big Risks
Political and military.
OOOH
American Apparel CEO Ousted
Dov Charney axed.
ADIOS
Spain Eliminated From World Cup
Defending champs are out.

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