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Iraq's Minorities Caught Between Arabs, Kurds

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Iraqi Yazidis light candles outside Lalish temple, east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year, April 17, 2007. The Yazidis, a tiny religious group numbering fewer than 1 million, are among the Iraqi minorities caught in the middle of a territorial dispute between Iraqi Kurds and Arabs, as well as attacks by al-Qaida. (AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi Yazidis light candles outside Lalish temple, east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year, April 17, 2007. The Yazidis, a tiny religious group numbering fewer than 1 million, are among the Iraqi minorities caught in the middle of a territorial dispute between Iraqi Kurds and Arabs, as well as attacks by al-Qaida. (AFP/Getty Images)

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