Friday, January 30, 2015

Iraq Kurd PM: The War Against The Islamic State Is Going To Last A Long Time

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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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 30, 2015 at 4:46 PM

    Was this before or after the Al Anfal campaign?

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  2. Jay FarquharsonJanuary 30, 2015 at 5:37 PM

    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,

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2015 at 2:54 AM

    Anti-Islamic forces? You do realize that the Kurds would be insulted by that as they consider themselves to be muslims?

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  4. War News Updates EditorJanuary 31, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    You are right Anonymous. I have corrected my boo-boo.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 31, 2015 at 10:17 AM

    You forgot the ethnic cleansing portion.

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