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Iraq's Christians Start Taking Security into Own Hands
[AnNahar] When jihadists raided their ancient heartland last month, Iraq's Christian Assyrians were left defenseless and fled, but now some have decided it is time to put up a fight.

In Sharafiya, a village that Kurdish peshmerga retook from Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (IS) fighters just north of the jihadist hub of djinn-infested Mosul
Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-27
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=400861