Theyre goal is to seize baghdad. The crisis unfolding right now is threatening to undo the eightyear attempt by the United States military to stabilize the country. The al qaedainspired group has taken mosul and tikrit. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in the region and just filed this report. Reporter al qaeda on the move. The roads of Northern Iraq littered with the burned out carcasses of iraqi army vehicles. Soon after taking iraqs secondbiggest city, mosul, the al qaeda offshoot, known as i. S. I. S. , went to take tikrit, the home of saddam hussein. Were dealing with this situation. Were not going to allow this to carry on, said iraqs Prime Minister. Theres little evidence that i. S. I. S. , short of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, is facing little resistance. The Prime Minister has asked citizens to take up arms, as iraqi forces are fleeing. So, too, are normal iraqis. Around 500,000 people are believed to have left mosul. Fleeing not i. S. I. S. , but out of fear that iran will resp
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The decision came three weeks later than planned, but the outcome perhaps was inevitable.
Vienna Town Council members on Dec. 7 voted unanimously to demolish a house, detached garage and outbuildings at 124 Courthouse Road, S.W., which previously had been owned by the late Vienna Mayor Charles Robinson Jr. and his late wife, former Council member Maud Robinson.
The Council approved a $28,000 contract with Tysons Service Corp. to perform the work. The price includes a $2,595 contingency allowance to cover unexpected costs.
The overall figure is an estimate and if the price exceeds $30,000, town officials will have to come back to the Town Council for further approval, said Vienna Parks and Recreation Director Leslie Herman.