A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter moves into position while firing into Baretle village (background), which is controlled by the Islamic State, in Khazir, on the edge of Mosul September 8, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
Iraq's Shi'ite Militia, Kurds Use U.S. Air Strikes To Further Own Agendas -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives.
Some had brought spades to help dig up the mass grave near Suleiman Beg after the town was retaken from Sunni Islamic State militants who held the area until last week.
"They (Islamic State) slaughtered him simply because he was Shi'ite," said Jomaa Jabratollah, hauling the remnants of his friend, a truck driver, into a coffin, having identified him from the lighter in his breast pocket. "We must take revenge".
Helped by the United States and Iran, Kurdish forces and Shi’ite militia are finally beating back Islamic State militants who overran most Sunni Arab areas in northern and central Iraq nearly three months ago.
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My Comment: The Iraq conflict is a sectarian war .... and yes .... U.S. involvement in support of one group will produce a backlash from the other. But considering how brutal the Islamic State has been in it's military campaign .... especially against minorities .... there were no good options for the U.S. when they made the decision to intervene and to stop this unprecedented campaign of terror.
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