The murderous gang of thugs known as the "Islamic State," or ISIS, just got a new enemy. According to the Daily Mail, Iraq's first Christian-only brigade of around 600 fighters recently joined the fight.
The fighters are called the "Tiger Brigade" and originate from the Nineveh plain, an area in the northeastern part of Iraq which is close to territory controlled by ISIS.
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"The new brigade will answer to the government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, whose peshmerga fighters are playing a leading role in the war against the jihadists."
"All the participants are volunteers... and want to liberate their land from IS and then protect it," the Kurdish special forces major general said.
"Several other Christian groups have formed in recent months in northern Iraq. They do not fall under the peshmerga's command but are hosted and supported by Kurdistan."