Some Iraqis Feel They Are Winning The War

Baghdad recently lifted its night-time curfew.  BBC’ John Simpson reported that Iraq’s capital city has changed and has a new-found optimism.

A captured Islamic State suicide bomber told the BBC that the group actively recruits teenagers as young as 14 to carry out attacks in Iraq.

The bomber was caught in Baghdad, where security is improving as Islamic State (IS) is pushed back from areas around the city.  During an interview with the BBC, the young man cried and said he was “so sorry.”

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