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Hundreds of Islamic State Militants Are Slipping Back into Iraq to Fight
(Washington Post) Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim - Islamic State militants who escaped defeat in Syria earlier this year have been slipping across the border into Iraq, bolstering a low-level insurgency there, according to security officials. About 1,000 fighters have crossed into Iraq over the past eight months, mostly Iraqis who are returning home to join militant cells in rural areas. The militants carry out sniper attacks and roadside bombings several times a week.