Milicianos chiitas iraquíes se preparan para enfrentar a los yihadistas sunitas.
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(FILES) - A file picture taken on August 14, 2014, shows Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters taking position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Iraqi Kurdish forces battling jihadists face their biggest threat since brutal crackdowns by Saddam Hussein's regime, beset by challenges including lacking experience, training and supplies and a huge front to defend. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED
A girl holds a placard whilst standing under a banner during a demonstration mainly by Yazidi refugees in support of their community in Iraq, on August 20, 2014 in Angers, western France. Yazidi refugees living in France's Maine-et-Loire department, whom arrived in the region in the last 10 years, demonstrated along with Kurdish speakers on August 20 in Angers in support of Yazidis persecuted in Iraq by the Islamic State (IS). AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER
La ayuda occidental continúa llegando al Kurdistán iraquí, donde hay miles de refugiados.
