He’s in
: Christopher Allbritton, the reporter-turned-blogger-turned-war-correspondent, went through a lot to arrive at the front. Now he’s there, at the conquered Kurkuk:
The mood is World Cup crazy as people were hanging off trucks and speeding to the city. Armed men stood up in the back of pickup trucks waving the yellow or green flags of the KDP or the PUK, respectively. As we passed, they waved to me and honked, chanting,