<p>Did ex-director of US homeland security really suggest special forces should take out servers of cyber-attackers?</p>

<p>Iraqis are going to the polls in a democratic election, but most will vote along ethnic lines and that could spark conflict, especially in&nbsp;troubled areas like Kirkuk.</p>

<p>Kirkuk is a city full of oil, danger and birds. Every weekend, throngs of locals crowd into the city&rsquo;s central market to buy and sell birds.</p>

<p>Al Jazeera correspondent's tale&nbsp;of how drones have become vital&nbsp;to the US military for both intelligence gathering and for remote-controlled strikes.</p>

<p>While the Obama administration talks of US troops living among those they are meant to defend, Josh Rushing finds a miniature all-American&nbsp;town operating within a US military base.</p>