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World Service,2 mins

Iraq in chaos – where next?

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The Islamist militants ISIS who've overrun large swathes of Iraq say they will take the fight to the capital Baghdad. A Kurdish military spokesman says its forces are now in control of Kirkuk after the national army fled. So what will happen next? Middle East and Kurdish Analyst Bashdar Ismaeel says ISIS may come unstuck should they try to move on the Kurdish Pashmerga forces. (Photo: Burnt vehicles belonging to Iraqi security forces are pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer)

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