WASHINGTON D.C.: The crisis in Iraq, sparked by a lightning offensive from Sunni jihadists led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), finds heavily armed players on opposite sides.

But there is no clear military solution and the conflict risks dragging on, experts say.

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