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World-Widen Islamistmilitants in Iraqseized a second city and nearedthe capital. Baghdad signaled itwould allow U.S. airstrikes andaskedWashington to speed de-livery of military gear. A1, A11n Cantor said he would stepdown as House majorityleader in the wake of hisGOP primary defeat, trigger-ing a succession fight. A1, A4n At least two U.S. dronestrikes hit Pakistan’s NorthWaziristan tribal region, amilitant stronghold. A9n Ukraine’s presidentcalled formilitants to lay downtheir arms.Meanwhile, Russiapressed for a gas deal.A12n Russian officials chargedthree opposition figures withfraud in what critics called aKremlin crackdown. A12nHagel defended the pris-oner swap that freed Bergdahl,telling lawmakers secrecy wasnecessary to avoid leaks. A6n The FBI has opened acriminal probe into VA sched-uling practices, escalating thestakes in the scandal. A8n Police need a warrant totrack criminal suspects’ cell-phones, a court ruled. A8n South Sudan’s presidentand a rebel leader agreed toform a transitional govern-ment in the next 60 days. A9n São Paulo subway workerscalled off a threatened strike onthe eve of theWorld Cup.A10n Died: Glenn Britt, 65, ledTime Warner Cable. B6
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The EU opened probes intotax practices used by Ap-ple, Starbucks and Fiat, a newfront in its effort to focus ontax avoidance by big firms. B1nBNP has tentatively agreedto oust a senior adviser as partof a proposed settlement ofalleged sanctions violations. C1n The Dow slid 102.04 pointsto 16843.88 as investors wor-ried about U.S. politics,global growth and Iraq. C1n Alibaba launched its 11Main U.S. shopping website,in a challenge to e-commercegiants Amazon and eBay. B1n Thousands of taxi driverssnarled traffic across Europeto protest Uber and othercar-hailing services. B3n The U.K. plans to outlinesteps aimed at cleaning upBritain’s financial markets. C3n J.P. Morgan may cut payfor some investment-bankemployees amid relativelyslow trading conditions. C3nPinnacle may try to squeezemore money from HillshireBrands before releasing itfrom a merger agreement. B3nAT&T told regulators its Di-recTV deal is needed to com-pete in the market for bundledvideo and broadband. B3n Emirates Airline walkedaway from a deal for 70 Air-bus jets, one of the industry’sbiggest cancellations. B6n Air-route competitionshowed little decline during aperiod of airline mergers. B2
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WASHINGTON—At a closed-door gathering of Gulf states inJeddah, Saudi Arabia, in May,Defense Secretary Chuck Hageland his Arab counterparts allsignaled agreement on one thingfor the first time: Islamist forcesseizing territory in Syria andIraq had become a regionwidemenace that can’t be ignored.
What they didn’t agree on waswhat to do about it, U.S. officialssaid. The fall this week of theIraqi cities Mosul and Tikrit to
the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham rebel group shows how theinsurgent threat is outpacing theresponse and posing a challengeto President Barack Obama’s ap-proach of limiting U.S. involve-ment in foreign conflicts.
The quickly unfolding dramaprompted a White House meetingWednesday of top policy makersand military leaders who werecaught off guard by the swift col-lapse of Iraqi security forces, of-ficials acknowledged.
State Department and Penta-gon officials have long warnedabout ISIS’s desire to create an
Islamic state based in the Sunni-dominated parts of Iraq andSyria.
Now, current and former offi-cials say Washington’s optionsfor helping the Iraqi army fightback are limited—both becausethe threat in Iraq is so en-trenched and because the U.S.hasn’t invested in building upmoderate allies on the Syrianside of the border.
U.S. military leaders said theyhad thought that Iraqi securityforces’ efforts would be enoughto slow ISIS’s advance. But thoseassumptions were proven wrong
when Iraqi troops largely aban-doned their posts.
The loss of Mosul, the sec-ond-largest city in Iraq, was astrategic blow and the U.S.doubts the Iraqi military will be
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BY ADAM ENTOUSAND JULIAN E. BARNES
Iraqi Drama Catches U.S. Off Guard
Cabbies Brake for Online Hazard
ANGRY HACKS: Taxi drivers snarled traffic across Europe Wednesday,including in Berlin, above, to protest car-hailing apps such as Uber. B3
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Islamist militants swept outof northern Iraq Wednesday toseize their second city in twodays, threatening Baghdad andpushing the country’s besiegedgovernment to signal it wouldallow U.S. airstrikes to beat backthe advance.
An alarmed Iraqi governmentalso asked the U.S. to acceleratedelivery of pledged military sup-port, particularly Apache heli-copters, F-16 fighters and sur-veillance equipment, to helppush back fighters from the Is-lamic State of Iraq and al-Sham,an al Qaeda offshoot known asISIS. The U.S. said it has beenexpediting shipments of militaryhardware to the Iraqis all year.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosh-yar Zebari said his country facesa “mortal threat” from the ISISinsurgents.
Officials declined to saywhether the U.S. would considerconducting airstrikes withdrones or manned aircraft. TheObama administration is consid-ering a number of options, ac-cording to a senior U.S. officialwho added that no decisionshave been made.
Bernadette Meehan, a WhiteHouse National Security Councilspokeswoman, said the currentfocus of discussions with Iraq “isto build the capacity of theIraqis to successfully confrontand deal with the threat posedby [ISIS].”
ISIS overran Tikrit, the birth-place of former dictator SaddamHussein, on Wednesday after cap-
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By Ali A. Nabhanin Baghdad and
Matt Bradley in Cairo
Militants AdvanceTowardBaghdadIraqi Government Signals Openness to U.S. Airstrikes After Islamists Seize Second City in Two Days
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Loveth Kirika was driving her2007 Chevrolet HHR towardHouston in April when it sud-denly stalled on Interstate 45.Another car rear-ended her,knocking out the 39-year-oldwoman with a concussion.
In May, her husband, Lenu,got a telephone call from MarkByrd, an investigator of product-liability cases at General MotorsCo. He wanted to know wherethe car’s black box was. Mr.Kirika replied that he hadn’tseen the car since it was towedaway from the crash scene. Theinvestigator called back later andtold Mr. Kirika he was still look-ing. Mr. Kirika said he hung up.
As GM braces for a long,costly legal slog over its liabilityfor defective ignition switches in2.6 million cars recalled by thecompany earlier this year, a tugof war has emerged over the
data in black boxes, mounteddeep inside the cars and knownin the auto industry as “eventdata recorders.”
GM and lawyers lining upplaintiffs to sue the company areracing to find black boxes inwrecked cars and track down olddownloads of black-box data.Some families and plaintiffs’lawyers said the auto maker hascontacted them seeking posses-sion of black boxes.
Mr. Byrd referred questions tohis boss in Detroit, who declinedto comment. In a written state-ment, a GM spokesman said theauto maker is “taking responsi-bility for what has happened bytaking steps to treat these vic-tims and their families withcompassion, decency and fair-ness.” The Kirikas are preparinga lawsuit against GM, said theirlawyer, Bob Hilliard.
The company has attributedat least 54 crashes and 13 deaths
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BY MIKE SPECTORAND VANESSA O’CONNELL
Lawyers Race GMTo Find Black Boxes
WASHINGTON—Rep. EricCantor said Wednesday hewould step down as majorityleader in the wake of his pri-mary defeat, triggering a succes-sion fight that promised to re-open deep divisions amongHouse Republicans.
The unexpected toppling ofMr. Cantor by tea-party-backedcollege professor David Brat onTuesday immediately touchedoff jockeying for leadershipspots. The House’s most conser-vative lawmakers, emboldenedby Mr. Cantor’s downfall, saw itas an opportunity to expandtheir power and attempt to pushthe party’s agenda to the righton issues including immigrationand spending.
Mr. Cantor, of Virginia, saidhe would resign as leader effec-tive July 31. House Republicanswill elect his successor June 19,a date set by GOP leaders tolimit the time for a potentiallybruising competition.
“What divides Republicanspales in comparison to what di-vides us conservatives from theleft and the Democratic Party,”Mr. Cantor told reportersWednesday.
The internal wranglingsparked by the lawmaker’s com-ing departure quickly resurfacedfault lines among House Republi-cans that had begun to publiclysubside since last fall’s partialgovernment shutdown. Headinginto this fall’s midterm races,House GOP leaders had workedto mask the fissures, largely bypushing off must-pass legislation
until after the elections.Now, the burgeoning competi-
tion to succeed Mr. Cantor asleader is quickly reanimatingpolicy debates. There is generalagreement that Mr. Cantor’s exitstrangles what little hope therehad been for moving legislationto overhaul immigration, thoughPresident Barack Obama onWednesday rejected that posi-tion. It also could spell troublefor reauthorizing the Export-Im-port Bank and re-energize a con-servative push to rein in federalspending in future fiscal fights.
Mr. Cantor’s upset marked thefirst time a majority leader hadlost a primary, capping at seven
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BY KRISTINA PETERSONAND JANET HOOK
Cantor Exits Leadership Post,Triggering House GOP Fight
Surprise loss in primary upendslegislative agenda........................ A4
Incumbent’s missteps................ A4
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Yorkshire HasNo ‘Love’ forTour de France
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Pet Names BanishedWhile Race Rolls;‘A Load of Twaddle’
BY JENNY GROSS
LEEDS, England—DominicWatt was clicking through an on-line manual for Tour de Francevolunteers in Britain when some-thing upsetting hit his screen.
“Avoid using words such as‘mate,’ ‘love’ or ‘darling’—theymay sound friendly to you, butthey could offend some people,”he read on an April Tuesday.
The banishment of pet namesthat roll freely off the tongueshere has stuck a stick in thespokes of pre-race preparationsfor the first part of the 2,270-mileTour de France cycling race,which begins in Yorkshire thissummer. The race hasn’t startedin England since 2007.
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Iraqi soldiers head toward Baghdad from a base in the north after Islamist fighters made gains, seizing control of Tikrit on Wednesday.
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