Northern Iraq on high alert

Northern Iraq on high alert

KIRKUK, Iraq - An armed convoy of the Kurdistan regional government proceeds on a street of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, on June 17, 2014, amid an onslaught by the militant Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group.

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