Irbil On Edge After Suicide Attack
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
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Iraqi firefighters work at the site where a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Irbil on November 19, 2014 killing four people. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
The Kurdish capital in northern Iraq is bracing for more violence, after a suicide car bombing killed at least six people yesterday. The Kurds are leading the fight against ISIS in the region after the Sunni-led militant group took control of large parts of Iraq and neighboring Syria earlier this year. This was the first attack in the city.
Mitchell Prothero, Iraq bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, joins Here & Now’s Robin Young from Irbil with details.
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