AT WAR IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

The article discusses conflict between Assyrian Christian militias and the militant group Islamic State ISIS) in the Nineveh Plains area of Iraq. Topics include the role of the Dwekh militia in guarding the city of Baqofa, Iraq after peshmerga Kurdish militias left, the involvement of American military veterans in the Dwekh and peshmerga militias, and the religious lives of Assyrian Christians. The plight of Yazidis in Iraq in noted.