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ISIS Expansion in Iraq: Spillover from Syrian Civil War 

http://ivn.us/2014/06/26/isis-expansion-iraq-spillover-syrian-civil-war/?utm_source=ivn&utm_medium=featured&utm_content=prevnext&utm_campaign=opt-beta-v-1-0 

The rapid expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) across Iraq is leading to sectarian violence on a scale not seen in the country in years. In June 2014 alone, approximately a thousand Iraqis — nearly all civilians — have been killed.

The U.S. is currently sending roughly 300 military advisers to the country and pressuring its political leaders to overcome the sectarian governance under Shi’a Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that has created a base of support for ISIS among the alienated Sunni minority...