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Iraqi security forces ride in the back of a truck on the main road between Baghdad and Kirkuk on the outskirts of Amerli on September 3, 2014, after securing the area from Islamic-State (IS) militants. IS-led militants launched a lightning offencive in the north in June, sweeping through much of the Sunni Arab heartland north and west of Baghdad before turning on Christian and Yazidi areas. Iraqi security forces, now bolstered by thousands of Shiite militiamen as well as Kurdish fighters, have clawed back some ground northeast of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE