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August 14th, 2014 
David Schulberg 
‘The UN has declared the highest level of emergency in Iraq as the ISIS advance threatens minority groups in the country as the Security Council urged Iraq’s new PM to form an inclusive govt to preserve state integrity and ease sectarian tensions.
Haider Al-Abadi, in a UN Security Council statement, is asked “to work swiftly to form such a government as quickly as possible and within the constitutional time-frame” and called on “all political parties and their supporters to remain calm and respect the political process governed by the Constitution.”
Meanwhile, a “Level 3 Emergency” has been declared as the ISIS onslaught across much of the country’s north and west continues, threatening Kurdistan and its oils reserves. Up to 30,000 minority Christian and Yazidi people have fled to Mount Sinjar to seek safe-haven.’
Read more: UN declares highest level of emergency in Iraq over ISIS advance
Source Article from http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/un-declares-highest-level-of-emergency-in-iraq-over-isis-advance/
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