Many Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIS are volunteering to form a force against the militant group.(Photo courtesy Calvin Isaac)
Wall Street Journal/The Australian: Iraqi Christians take up arms against Islamic State
HUNDREDS of Christian men are picking up rifles for the first time at a former US military facility in the hills of northeast Iraq and training to reclaim their towns from Islamic State militants who stormed the country last year.
WNU Editor: Better later than never.
More News On Iraq's Christians Taking Up Arms To Fight Against The Islamic State
Iraqi Christians Form Militia to Defend Against Islamic State -- CS
WSJ: Iraqi Christians Training to Reclaim Towns Lost to ISIS -- Newsmax
Iraq's Assyrians Form Militia to Fight ISIS -- Assyrian International News Agency
IS sells off stolen Christian goods and burns manuscripts -- The Tablet
Iraqi Christians take arms against ISIS -- Al Arabiya
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Well from what I've understood the U.S. was actively preventing the creation of Christian militias in Iraq. And with the rise of the IS it's taken this long for what's left of the christian community to organize resistance.
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