By Mark Tarallo
As radical Sunni militants snatch city after city in their march toward Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq on Monday during the country's tensest time since the U.S. withdrawal of troops in 2011, USA Todayreports. Kerry is meeting with Iraqi leaders, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. On Sunday, the Sunni insurgents continued their unrelenting drive across western Iraq, expanding their access and territory in line with their aim to create an Islamic state spanning Syria and Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) captured the Turaibil border crossing with Jordan and the al-Walid crossing with Syria, witnesses and Iraqi officials confirmed, according to USA Today. The Syrian crossing could be problematic as it will ostensibly allow easier transport of fighters, weaponry and equipment in and out of Syria. ISIS and allies already control the Syrian side of the border crossings.
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