Iraq's Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani speaks at the Iraq-Kurdistan Oil and Gas Conference at Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, December 2, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Azad Lashkari
Reuters: Kurdish PM says U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State faces long war
Update: Air strikes alone not enough to defeat Islamic State: NATO chief -- Reuters
WNU Editor: Everyone is now hinting that this war is going to go on for a long time. What also does not help the war effort is the reluctance of Iraq and of the U.S. in providing the means for the anti-Islamic State forces (such as the Kurds) to take the fight to the Islamic State .... Victorious Kurds ask White House for promised weapons (Bloomberg).
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Was this before or after the Al Anfal campaign?
If you remember, the Al Anfal campaign, happened during the Iran- Iraq War, when the Kurds attacked Iraq, on behalf of Iran, in Northern Iraq,
And the US did it's best to cover it up, as Saddam was Rummy's and Cheney's BFF,
Anti-Islamic forces? You do realize that the Kurds would be insulted by that as they consider themselves to be muslims?
You are right Anonymous. I have corrected my boo-boo.
You forgot the ethnic cleansing portion.
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