A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter moves into position while firing into Baretle village (background), which is controlled by the Islamic State, in Khazir, on the edge of Mosul September 8, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
Iraq's Shi'ite Militia, Kurds Use U.S. Air Strikes To Further Own Agendas -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives.
Some had brought spades to help dig up the mass grave near Suleiman Beg after the town was retaken from Sunni Islamic State militants who held the area until last week.
"They (Islamic State) slaughtered him simply because he was Shi'ite," said Jomaa Jabratollah, hauling the remnants of his friend, a truck driver, into a coffin, having identified him from the lighter in his breast pocket. "We must take revenge".
Helped by the United States and Iran, Kurdish forces and Shi'ite militia are finally beating back Islamic State militants who overran most Sunni Arab areas in northern and central Iraq nearly three months ago.
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....of it, he always says liars will perish in hell." Tanko laughed again. "Each time he says that, Bawa usually whispers into my ears that he would be the first because he is the biggest liar here." "But you were not caught when you went to pluck the oranges," Garba said to Tanko. "That is because we go there early in the morning," Tanko said. "But what if the Whiteman runs into you since he goes there in the morning?" Sule asked. "He will never catch us. One of us plucks while the other watches out for him," Tanko said. "I will like to have some of those oranges," Sule said. They agreed that they would go to the orange tree early in the morning to pluck oranges. Garba was very happy. He would enjoy orange again. That evening during mass, he realized he had learnt a few words in English. He knew what 'go,' 'come,' sit' and sit up' mean. He would soon be like his friends who had come to the school before him and could speak English even though it was broken. He didn't even know the difference. TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW...JOIN US TOMORROW FOR MORE ON THIS FUNNY AND EXCITING STORY }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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