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Germany ready to arm Iraqi Kurds

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Udo BauerSeptember 18, 2014

For the first time in its postwar history, Germany is about to arm one of the sides in a war. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the decision to arm Iraqi Kurds in the struggle against the Islamic State was not taken lightly.