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Taking on 'Islamic State'
An insider account of how to take on so-called Islamic State
The attempt by Iraqi Government and Kurdish forces to oust so-called Islamic State from Mosul goes on.
Meanwhile IS has unleashed a counter-attack in the north of Iraq in and around the city of Kirkuk.
Watching with interest from the UK is a man who knows the conflict first hand. He uses the nom-de-guerre Macer Gifford (not his real name) and has been to Syria to try to take on IS in a number of ways. He's 30-years-old and was moved to do something when he saw what IS was doing.
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The Eddie Mair Interview
Eddie Mair speaks at length to people with interesting things to say, for Radio 4's PM.
