needed. they have been in combat with isis for months and now the enemy is just across the river. but they have been without pay for months. some have kalashnikovs made of cheap metal and chipboard. -- such people like isis, another says, and not sunnis, no. they're enemies, the ones who destroy and not build. the local mayor of the town around which isis swarms and fires mortars daily sees his enemy on the tv screen. this long-distance camera shows their mortars slamming into isis positions, paid for by locals themselves. they say baghdad, whose officials are often shia and distrust sunnis has ignored months of their pleas for help.

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