Iraq's Christians Take Up Arms To Fight Against The Islamic State

Many Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIS are volunteering to form a force against the militant group.(Photo courtesy Calvin Isaac)

Wall Street Journal/The Australian: Iraqi Christians take up arms against Islamic State

HUNDREDS of Christian men are picking up rifles for the first time at a former US military facility in the hills of northeast Iraq and training to reclaim their towns from Islamic State militants who stormed the country last year.

WNU Editor: Better later than never.

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