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Iraq
Militants Seize 48, including Turkish Consul and Seize Tikrit as Half a Million Iraqis Flee
2014-06-12
[AnNahar] Militants stormed the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
on Wednesday and kidnapped 48 people including the head of the diplomatic mission, a Turkish government official said.

"48 Turks including the consul, staff members, guards and three children were kidnapped," the official told Agence La Belle France Presse, speaking on condition of anonymity
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  The Kurds don't like arabs and, IMO, if they do anything it will be something that turn to their advantage, such as maybe attacking Mosul to get the air and armor we left there.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2014-06-12 18:02  

#4  ISIL has also been fighting the Kurds of northeast Syria. Kurds and ISIL are hostiles. The Iraqi Kurds have the military power to take back Mosul
Posted by: Squinty   2014-06-12 16:43  

#3  Sorry, ROC should have been ROK, Republic of Korea.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-06-12 16:18  

#2  I took a quick look and found this.

[nyt, sorry] Iraqi Kurds Take Oil City as Militants Push Forward
Posted by: Squinty   2014-06-12 16:15  

#1  Why annoy the Turks? The Turks and the ROCs are two armies it is better to avoid fighting.

Are they hoping for sympathy from the Kurds? Speaking of which, what are the Kurds in Iraq doing about this?
Posted by: Squinty   2014-06-12 16:12  

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