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Area veterans, experts weigh in on Iraqi conflict
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Iraqi men flash victory signs on Tuesday as they leave the main recruiting center to join the Iraqi army in Baghdad, Iraq. Hundreds of young Iraqi men gripped by religious and nationalistic fervor streamed into volunteer centers after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents.
As the eyes of the world turn to Baghdad, a few Northeast Georgia residents see the growing concerns in Iraq through different lenses. Sunni militants on Monday captured Tal Afar, a “strategic city” near the Syrian border. It is one of several cities in northern Iraq captured within the last week by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.