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The Hero Yazidis Hope Will Save Them

Busted Trust

When the Yazidi city of Sinjar fell to ISIS last year, the U.S. got sucked into a new war. Now, who will lead the fight to re-take the town? Yazidis want to take point.

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ARBAT, Iraq—Minutes before Haydar Shesho arrived at this camp for displaced Yazidis, a stream of men, women and children marched down the dirt road that runs between the tents carrying flags with a sun and a red stripe.

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