This is an entry from: Live Blog: The struggle for Iraq
Iraq's Kurdish troops vow to keep ISIL onslaught at bay
14 June 2014 17:21 BST
Reporter Sofia Barbarani speaks with Kurdish Peshmargas fighters just 700 meters from ISIL lines in northern Iraq.
A young soldier tells her: “We are not scared of anyone, only of God,” while pointing to a graveyard of Iraqi army vehicles abandoned by fleeing Iraq troops.
A senior commander also vows to stay firm and resist and ISIL or other military attacks: “Why did the Iraqi army leave? We would never do that.”