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| Iraq |
| How a shocking reversal of fortunes unfolded in Kirkuk |
| 2017-10-22 |
| [Al Jazeera] The Kurdish collapse in Kirkuk was shockingly sudden. Iraqi troops, police and Iranian-backed militias known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs) had massed south of the ethnically mixed city for days, prompting defiant messages from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its Peshmerga fighters. But Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had denied that the movements were preparation for an attack, dismissing such claims as "fake news". On Monday morning, Baghdad's units finally advanced. After isolated festivities, the Peshmerga swiftly withdrew from their positions, after one Kurdish faction apparently struck a deal with the government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I'm kind of saddened myself that the Kurds did this to themselves. Though I think the Talabani faction has GREATLY miscalculated the repercussions to themselves among the Kurdish people. |
| Posted by: Charles 2017-10-22 19:27 |
| #6 I think that relationship falls under the heading "Let's you and him fight" |
| Posted by: Don Vito Snavish5937 2017-10-22 18:22 |
| #5 are you saying Stalin was our "friend"? If he wasn't, why'd you sent him so much staff during WWII? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-22 17:15 |
| #4 I have, g, but the saying is better expressed by "the enemy of my enemy is ...my enemy's enemy". Friendship doesn't enter into the equation..or are you saying Stalin was our "friend"? |
| Posted by: UJ etc 2017-10-22 15:33 |
| #3 Ever heard the expression "an enemy of my enemy", Unaviter Jusock4194? Or, maybe, you think Arabs, Turks, and Iranians are your friends? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-22 12:29 |
| #2 I confess, I'm ambivalent. Almost everything I read tells me that the Kurds are good people, getting screwed, including by the US.... but several people who dealt with them in the various Iraq wars REALLY don't like or trust them. Plus you can say Peshmerga has nothing to do with the PKK (AKA Kommie Kurds), but then they said the same about Sinn Fein and the IRA ... |
| Posted by: Unaviter Jusock4194 2017-10-22 11:50 |
| #1 Now, that's sad. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-22 02:39 |