When ISIS militants blitzed across northern and western Iraq last year, tens of thousands of Shiite men answered a call-to-arms by the country's top Shiite cleric to defend the nation against the Sunni extremists. Now the Shiite militiamen have arrived in Kirkuk, long one of Iraq's most hotly disputed territories, and have made a string of bases just six miles from the city their home. A marriage of convenience has since emerged with Iraq's strained Kurdish forces, which had been exclusively in charge of the city since last year when they repelled ISIS advances. http://bit.ly/1MuvExX http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
Iraq's Shiite Militias Rush to Defend Oil-rich Kirkuk From Islamic State, Test Kurdish Claims
When ISIS militants blitzed across northern and western Iraq last year, tens of thousands of Shiite men answered a call-to-arms by the country's top Shiite cleric to defend the nation against the Sunni extremists. Now the Shiite militiamen have arrived in Kirkuk, long one of Iraq's most hotly disputed territories, and have made a string of bases just six miles from the city their home. A marriage of convenience has since emerged with Iraq's strained Kurdish forces, which had been exclusively in charge of the city since last year when they repelled ISIS advances. http://bit.ly/1MuvExX http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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