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2014-06-12 Iraq

Militants Seize 48, including Turkish Consul and Seize Tikrit as Half a Million Iraqis Flee

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#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|| 2014-06-12 16:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-06-12 16:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, ROC should have been ROK, Republic of Korea.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-12 16:18|| 2014-06-12 16:18|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-06-12 16:43|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-06-12 18:02|| Front Page Top

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