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2016-09-05 Iraq

Kurdistan receives $22.2m from US for Peshmerga salaries

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Posted by Fred 2016-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Oh, good. Now, instead of calling them Kurdish freedom fighters, we can call them America's Kurdish mercenaries.

Posted by Glanter Trotsky5797 2016-09-05 08:03|| 2016-09-05 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 They were going to be called that in any case, o anonymous one.

Posted by Pappy 2016-09-05 11:21|| 2016-09-05 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Two years ago the Kurdish leadership in Irbil was begging for arms. No mention was made of funds for salaries as the Kurd's oil pipeline through Turkey to the Med had begun to operate. The Germans were providing some assistance; however, to get US support the Kurds had to agree to the creation of a major CIA/Military outpost north of Irbil. Hopefully a tell-all book will soon be written about how we have mistakenly cozied-up to the Turks and how miserably we have treated the Kurds.

Posted by Glanter Trotsky5797 2016-09-05 19:11|| 2016-09-05 19:11|| Front Page Top

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