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Shiite militias join the fight in Iraq

Iraqi forces have lost control of all the main border crossings in the West, as well as four towns along the Euphrates River to ISIS militants. With the Iraqi army in disarray, Shiite militias are stepping in. Clarissa Ward traveled to the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, home to one of the most powerful militias in Iraq.
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