Iraq: Out of the desert into Mosul (closed)

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I just posted some new videos on Iraq. They include the BBC visiting an Asaib Ah Al-Haq base in Salahaddin, the Kurds seizing two oil fields in Kirkuk and the opinions of the regional powers and the U.S. to Kurdish independence, a report on ISF & militias executing over 200 prisoners recently, PBS Newshour interviewing CSIS's Anthony Cordesman on how foreign military aid to Iraq will only have limited effect, Turkmen refugees from northern Iraq, and then a 1 hr+ video from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on the Kurdish situation. Click on this link

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Another worrying trend has begun in Baghdad. Over 4000 people have been displaced the majority of which appear to be Sunnis. Security in the capital overall has been constant this year. What has changed is the return of militias and increased targeting of Sunni neighborhoods by the security forces who are accused of cordoning off neighborhoods, conducting mass raids and arbitrary arrests. Here's a link to my article on the topic.