Subject: Editors' Picks: An exclusive look at the plan to retrain Iraq's military; and East Africa's fading energy bonanza
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:23:19 -0400 (EDT)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Wednesday, October 15

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#1 
EXCLUSIVE: With the Islamic State pulling closer to Baghdad, Washington wants NATO allies to help retrain the Iraqi military... since it won't. FP’s Gopal Ratnam reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_dAeb40 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_SA576d>

#2
LET THEM EAT YELLOW CAKE: Bush defenders say that a recent <i> New York Times </i> story on Saddam’s WMDs just vindicated the Iraq invasion. That's a very selective reading: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_fA3d7c target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_UA48cd>

#3
DEMOCRACY IS NOT THE PROBLEM: Don’t believe Beijing. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists aren’t radicals or revolutionaries. The latest from FP’s Christian Caryl: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_hAfadf target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_WAdcfb>

#4
SONS OF ANARCHY: Dutch Biker gangs are going to Iraq and Syria to fight Islamic State militants. Someone call Hollywood: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_iA9f9f target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_YAdde6>

#5
LATE TO THE GAME: Mozambique and other East African nations are sitting on an energy mother lode -- in theory, at least: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_jAe3be target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wkx8.2h2s/VD7o08PoNUeT8A_aA46e4>

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