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October 1, 2014

Iraqi Kurds fight Islamic State with aged weapons

MAHMOUDIYAH, Iraq (AP) — The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with

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