Shiites and Sunnis Open New War in Iraq

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It is therefore relying on Iran-backed militias to engage in an ideologically-driven fight to the death of the type the army just ran away from in Mosul.
Iraqi government forces have fought alongside those Shia militias in Samara to defend the shrine and are fortifying Baghdad, Balad and other places.
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As many as 500 British citizens have travelled to Syria to join rebel forces fighting President Assad, Security Services fear. Many are feared to have joined Jihadi groups.
The prospect of radicalised and battle-hardened Britons returning from the Syrian front to commit terrorist attacks on British soil are the country’s single biggest security threat, MI6 believes.
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ISIS has up to 12,000 fighters. The Peshmerga has up to 190,000. the Iraqi government commands 193,000 troops
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Iraq's parliament has failed to reach a quorum, officials told AFP, preventing it from voting on a request to announce a state of emergency to deal with the major jihadist offensive.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10892299/Iraq-crisis-al-Qaeda-militants-push-towards-Baghdad-live.html

Iraq crisis: al-Qaeda militants push towards Baghdad - live
US and UK speak of deep concern as al-Qaeda take swathes of northern Iraq, sparking exodus of Civilians - follow latest developments
By Barney Henderson, Andrew Marszal and Steve Wilson
5:30PM BST 12 Jun 2014