Iraq's Shiite Militias Join Mosul Push; Bombs Rock Baghdad

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2flpM2S
via IFTTT Thousands of fighters flocked to join Iraq's state-sanctioned, Iran-backed Shiite militias on Sunday, advancing to cut off Islamic State extremists holed up near Mosul in northern Iraq while bombers killed at least 17 people in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad.