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Iraq militants take border crossing in huge strategic win

An Iraqi post on the border with Syria was seized by Sunni militants who killed 30 Iraqi soldiers, including the commander. This is exactly what the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, want - to erase the border between the two countries - as they try to create a larger Islamic state. Clarissa Ward reports.
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