NATS HIGHWAY<br/> <br />On this wind-swept highway north of Baghdad, Iraqi families are making their escape.<br/> <br />They're from a Turkmen Shi'ite village.<br/> <br />They're fleeing violent clashes between radical Sunni militants and government forces for control of their village.<br/> <br />All their worldly goods, piled onto the back of a truck.<br/> <br />They'll make their way to a nearby town called Tuz Khurmato, controlled by Kurdish forces.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN FLEEING FROM AMERLY DISTRICT HEADING TO TUZ KHURMATO, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We left the village to go to Tuz Khurmato out of fear for the safety of our families and children."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED MAN FROM ALBU HASSAN VILLAGE, AMERLY DISTRICT, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We were forced to leave the district because of the clashes between the army and the militants. We are afraid for the safety of our families."<br/> <br />NATS FIGHTING<br/> <br />With stunning speed, Sunni Islamist insurgents called I-S-I-L, an offshoot of al Q
