Iraqi plea for US troops as Islamic State advances in key province

By Paul McGeough
Updated October 13 2014 - 12:08pm, first published 11:15am

Beirut: An Iraqi provincial leader has issued a plea for US ground forces to head off total collapse in the country's largest province, a swathe of territory that could serve as a springboard for an assault on Baghdad by forces of the so-called Islamic State.

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