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    Kurds Re-Take Iraqi City from ISIS

    US airstrikes helped Kurdish and Yazidi fighters retake the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar from ISIS today.  And, the US is intensifying the bombing of Syrian oil fields — often called an ATM for the Islamic State.  Ben Van Huevelen is managing editor of the Iraq Oil Report .

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 13, 2015 • 6m Listen

    US airstrikes helped Kurdish and Yazidi fighters retake the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar from ISIS today. And, the US is intensifying the bombing of Syrian oil fields — often called an ATM for the Islamic State. Ben Van Huevelen is managing editor of the Iraq Oil Report.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Ben Van Heuvelen

      Iraq Oil Report

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Guantánamo, the Constitution and Presidential Politics
    1. 1:48Kurds Re-Take Iraqi City from ISISYou’re reading this
    2. 8:48Guantánamo, the Constitution and Presidential Politics
    3. 42:49Trump goes "Full Trump" in Iowa, GOP Candidates React
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