Shiite militias allied with Iraqi security forces are said to be flooding into the Iraqi city of Kir скачать в хорошем качестве

Shiite militias allied with Iraqi security forces are said to be flooding into the Iraqi city of Kir

(17 Feb 2015) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 2047365 VOICEOVER: UPSOUND (Shiite militia soldiers dancing and singing) SHIITE MILITIA SOLDIERS ARE RUSHING TO THE AREA AROUND KIRKUK... ONE OF IRAQ'S MOST HOTLY DISPUTED TERRITORIES...IN AN EFFORT TO DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND MANY SHIITE MILITIAS ON THE OUTSKIRTS...WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE CITY... THEY'VE ANSWERED A CALL FROM THE COUNTRY'S TOP SHIITE CLERIC TO DEFEND THE NATION AGAINST MILITANTS....AND CREATED A STRING OF BASES... (video of IS flag in distance) WITH I-S FLAGS FLYING NEARBY... A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE HAS EMERGED BETWEEN THE MILITIAS AND KURDISH FORCES. BUT THE ALLIANCE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF FRICTION. SOME LEADERS OF THE KURDISH PESHMERGA FORCES DENY THE PRESENCE OF SHIITE MILITIAS APPROACHING THE CITY. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Ja'far Mustafa, Commander of Peshmerga Forces, Kirkuk Province: "It's not true, it's far from reality. This area is protected by peshmerga forces and there are no any other forces here. And the peshmerga don't need any other forces here, apart from the (US-led) coalition air strikes." BUT A COMMANDER OF A MILITIA GROUP IN KIRKUK SAYS THE PESHMERGA NEEDS THE HELP OF THE MILITIAS. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Qassim, Commander of Hashd al-Shaabi in Kirkuk: "Our dearest Kurdish brothers haven't been trained well. The difference between us is that we are well trained." LAST YEAR, THE PESHMERGA GAINED CONTROL OF KIRKUK AFTER REPELLING I-S MILITANTS... YET INTER-ETHNIC COMPETITION REMAINS OVER WHO WILL ULTIMATELY GAIN CONTROL OF THE OIL RICH CITY. DAVID BRUNS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...