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Iraq's Christians Turn to Militia for Protection
juan carlos .
Dec 19, 2016
QARAQOSH, Iraq"Two years ago, Mubarak Tuwaya fled when Islamic State militants made a triumphant charge through northern Iraq.
Now he is back in his hometown, wearing the uniform of an Iraqi militia that is helping drive out the extremists"and aiming to secure a place for Christians and other local minorities in Iraq's future.
Capt. Tuwaya's U.S.-trained force is made up of about 500 troops and 300 unpaid volunteers, most of them Assyrian Christians from Hamdaniya, a district east of Mosul that is home to Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town.
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