Iraq's brutal crackdown on suspected Islamic State supporters could trigger civil war

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Iraq's brutal crackdown on suspected Islamic State supporters could trigger civil war
Eric Keels

Large portions of the Islamic State in Iraq have been either killed, captured or forced underground over the past three years.

Eleven years after the U.S. invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, triggering a war between Islamic State militants and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government, Iraq has finally achieved some measure of stability.

But the Iraqi government isn’t taking any chances that this terrorist organization, commonly known as “IS,” could regroup.

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