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15/08/2014 GMT

Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani

Can the Kurds rescue the state of Iraq and how much outside help do they need to defeat the jihadists of the so called Islamic State?

The United Nations has declared its highest level of emergency in Iraq as a humanitarian crisis follows the rapid advance of Islamic State militants. There have been eye-witness accounts of people beheaded, of whole families buried alive, and there are an estimated 1.2 million Iraqis internally displaced.  Hardtalk speaks to Masrour Barzani head of intelligence and security in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. Is it the Kurds who can rescue the state of Iraq and how much outside help do they need to defeat the jihadists of the so called Islamic State?

Picture: Masrour Barzani, Credit: BBC

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