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Iraq's most popular satirist on risking his life to mock IS

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Ahmed al-Basheer is Iraq's top satirist. He broadcasts his hugely successful Al Basheer Show from Jordan - poking fun at Iraq's political leaders and Islamic State extremists. He tells Jo Fidgen about leaving Iraq because of the extreme danger - he lost his own father and brother to the violence, and was himself kidnapped for 40 days.

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