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Claire Trevett: Key guarding high ground over Iraq 'crusade'
No sooner was the announcement made that New Zealand was heading to Iraq, the war of words broke out.
No sooner was the announcement made that New Zealand was heading to Iraq, the war of words broke out.
Passions over the announced deployment of a New Zealand training mission to Iraq spilled over in Parliament again yesterday.
A marine has been found guilty of murdering famed US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle at a gun range two years ago.
NZ soldiers training Iraqi troops near Baghdad will not be taking a "them-and-us" view of the Iraqis but a partnership approach.
An angry John Key has lashed out at the Opposition over its attacks over New Zealand's Iraq mission, saying “Get some guts and join the right side.”
Herald political writer John Armstrong says the PM's decision to bypass the media when announcing his decision shows he is failing.
John Key today announced that he was sending 143 NZ military personnel to Iraq to help train Iraqi forces fighting Islamic jihadists. Here is his full statement to Parliament:
New Zealand intelligence agencies could play a role in protecting trainers sent to Iraq but are unlikely to provide information to assist with drone strikes, Prime Minister John Key says.
In the latest propaganda video from Islamic State, hostages are paraded in cages through the packed streets of Iraq and interviewed by their captors.
Cabinet is expected to approve sending soldiers to help Iraqi forces fight the Islamic State group when it meets tomorrow.
NZ troops are preparing to return to Iraq, a decade after Kiwi soldiers were last in the violence-wracked nation. On Monday the cabinet is expected to set the ground rules for the deployment.
Militants from Isis have burned 45 people to death in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, according to the local police chief.
Mobile phones are banned and punishments are draconian, yet residents of Iraqi city Mosul enjoy certain benefits under Isis rule.
There is no crime of war, nor crime against humanity that they have not committed, writes Alexander Gillespie. But what is NZ's risk in getting involved?
Last June the US tried a bold rescue mission to gather hostages taken by Isis. It failed. All the hostages have since died. Was the White House to blame?
The Iraqi Government has asked for New Zealand's help to fight the Islamic State by describing the battle as World War III.
Iraq has issued a general invitation to the international community for support, the country's foreign minister says.
They're being lured with promises of reclaiming a lost Islamic empire. But foreign fighters for Isis often in up on the front lines, or as suicide bombers.
The announcement that 150 NZ Defence Force personnel will begin pre-deployment training for Iraq at Linton and Waiouru military camps has been condemned.
New Zealand troops have been given the go-ahead to begin training for a likely deployment to Iraq.
The Jordanian air force pilot burned to death by Isis extremists was reportedly heavily sedated and unaware what would happen.
Isis militants are reported to have publicly beheaded a man after finding him guilty of practicing “sorcery”.
He witnessed a suicide. He saw gangs at the Ritz Carlton. Or did he? NBC newsman Brian Williams' Katrina reporting is broken down and analysed.
After spending eight months as a captive of terrorists in Iraq, one of NZ's newest citizens says being able to call himself a Kiwi feels like a "dream".
NBC News anchor Brian Williams conceded yesterday that a story he had told repeatedly about being under fire while covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was false.
A Twitter campaign ran in the days after the capture of a Jordanian pilot, in which Isis supporters suggested sick methods of his execution.
Exclusive: NZ has been asked by Britain to contribute 100 defence personnel to a joint training mission in Iraq with Australia.
A flydubai airliner was shot at as it came in to land at Baghdad airport, injuring a young girl.
Islamic State has published a list of punishments ranging from 80 lashes for drinking alcohol and losing a hand for theft, to death for committing blasphemy.
The Prime Minister has told a BBC interviewer New Zealand's military contribution to the war against jihadists in Iraq and Syria is "the price of the club".