Islamic State offensive opens old sectarian wounds in Iraq

By Ruth Pollard in Amerli
Updated September 14 2014 - 9:08pm, first published 12:15am
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Checkpoint: A Badr Brigade militia guard on a road outside Amerli. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Checkpoint: A Badr Brigade militia guard on a road outside Amerli. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
'Trust has been lost': 78-year-old Kamal Najar in his furniture store in Makhmur. Photo: Ruth Pollard
'Trust has been lost': 78-year-old Kamal Najar in his furniture store in Makhmur. Photo: Ruth Pollard
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Checkpoint: A Badr Brigade militia guard on a road outside Amerli. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Checkpoint: A Badr Brigade militia guard on a road outside Amerli. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
'Trust has been lost': 78-year-old Kamal Najar in his furniture store in Makhmur. Photo: Ruth Pollard
'Trust has been lost': 78-year-old Kamal Najar in his furniture store in Makhmur. Photo: Ruth Pollard
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Checkpoint: A Badr Brigade militia guard on a road outside Amerli. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Checkpoint: A Badr Brigade militia guard on a road outside Amerli. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
'Trust has been lost': 78-year-old Kamal Najar in his furniture store in Makhmur. Photo: Ruth Pollard
'Trust has been lost': 78-year-old Kamal Najar in his furniture store in Makhmur. Photo: Ruth Pollard
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Vantage point: Peshmerga fighters pile up sandbags to make a gun placement on the road to Makhmur. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah

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