Iraq's Shiite militias join Mosul push; bombs rock Baghdad
Monday, October 31, 2016
IRBIL, Iraq -- Thousands of fighters flocked to join Iraq's state-sanctioned, Iran-backed Shiite militias Sunday, advancing to cut off Islamic State extremists holed up near Mosul in northern Iraq while bombers killed at least 17 people in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad.
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