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2007-01-14 Iraq

General: Kurd Brigade Will Go to Baghdad

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-14 01:46|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I see someone has been reading the manuals and histories from the American Indian Wars : using a totally unrelated and/or hostile tribe for the hammer in a hammer and anvil operation against the tribal militias. The Kurds as the hammer and the US as the anvil will work especially well since the Kurds have NO interest in aiding either side of the Sunni/Shia battle. Especially since the Kurds are not ethnic Arabs, with their own language and culture; however, the Kurds are Sunnis. But that never stopped Saddam or the Baath Party from slaughtering them by the thousands.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-14 02:29|| 2007-01-14 02:29|| Front Page Top

#2 But that never stopped Saddam or the Baath Party from slaughtering them by the thousands.

Which, of course, gives the Kurds a vested interest in protecting the lives of Baghdad Sunnis.
/Crystal Ball mode on.
Expect the attitude to Kurds as "staunch allies of USA" to change presently.
/Crystal Ball mode off.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-14 03:11|| 2007-01-14 03:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Which, of course, gives the Kurds a vested interest in protecting the lives of Baghdad Sunnis.

Explain, gromgoru.

I think they don't give a shite whether a particular Arab or a group of them thereof is sunni or shia.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-01-14 03:19|| 2007-01-14 03:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Which part of slaughtering them you don't understand 2x4?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-14 03:24|| 2007-01-14 03:24|| Front Page Top

#5 The Kurds will be happy to kill Arabs without bothering too much about their religion.

Don't see why the US allies will status will change despite Iranian meddling.

Question: Who should you trust, A Turk, an Arab or a Persian.

Answer: If you a Kurd, none of them.

Posted by phil_b 2007-01-14 05:10|| 2007-01-14 05:10|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll bet this is the same Kurdish (Commando?) brigade that did pretty well in Fallujah.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-14 06:47|| 2007-01-14 06:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Payback's a bitch, ya know?

Posted by SR-71 2007-01-14 12:17|| 2007-01-14 12:17|| Front Page Top

#8 The sound you are about to hear is the first shoe.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-14 12:26|| 2007-01-14 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 The kurds presumably will be LESS inclined to arbitrarilly kill Sunni Arabs than SOME Shia dominated units are. That is, I assume, WHY they were chosen (as well as their willingness to take on the Mahdi Army when necessary) It is most definitely NOT US policy to engage in slaughter of Sunni Arab civilians. It IS our policy to kill and capture insurgents, which I expect the mainly Kurdish units will do. They MAY be a tad more inclined to kill rather than capture, as compared to our own troops.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-01-14 16:31|| 2007-01-14 16:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, Im think you got it LH.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-14 16:42|| 2007-01-14 16:42|| Front Page Top

#11 ``We do not represent any sect or ethnic group,'' Korran said, adding that he expect to be fighting against ``militias in residential areas.''

Bullshit, they're going to send tater and his freaks through the meat grinder and everyone in Iraq knows it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-14 17:15|| 2007-01-14 17:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Actually, he was being truthful : they are not after any one specific militia, they will grind up both ethnic militias when they are sent after them. The Kurds are NOT Arabs, so Sunni/Shia doesn't matter to them - revenge against the Arabs for what they did to their families in Kurdistan is what is important to the Kurds. Remember, Saddam used Sunni and Shia troops against the Kurds, and one of the top generals in the Baathist -controlled army that was used against the Kurds is a Iraqi Christian. So the major group that Kurds want to hurt/kill/main is Arab, which defines everyone in Baghdad that is in a militia. Baghdad is the best hunting area for Kurdish revenge that there is, since anyone they killed will be Arab - no matter the sect or religion.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-14 18:57|| 2007-01-14 18:57|| Front Page Top

#13 The kurds will not care. It's tribal which goes beyond religious sects. In fact, many (arab) tribes have both shia & sunni members within the same tribe. Which is why a lot of Iraqi Shia look at the Iranians w/a jaundiced eye. Will they take support from Iran, evidently, will they want to listen to every crazy demand from the MM's - in my experience - doubtful. Persian Shia are not Arab Shia - again, different tribes, different languages, different norms, etc. Plus, the Iraq/Iran war is still a current memory, unlike Americans, the arabs don't forget sh*t - as many of you well know.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-01-14 21:39|| 2007-01-14 21:39|| Front Page Top

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