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| ALAN | Nov 27 15, 2:36 Post #2601 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Nov 28 15, 12:45 Post #2602 |
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US and EU worry about Turkey’s hitting Russian plane: analyst A political expert believes that the US and EU are worried about Turkey’s action in shooting down a Russian airplane on November 24. “The U.S. and EU will react with a mix of public support for Turkey, but in private they will have deep misgivings over the drastic nature of Erdogan’s action,” Naz Masraff, the director for Europe at political risk consultants Eurasia Group, said by e-mail on Wednesday. “Erdogan’s move will probably be viewed within NATO as a miscalculation.” The European Union is pledging to share the financial burden of some 2.2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey while Erdogan is pushing to create a no-fly zone across the border where migrants fleeing the war can be settled, Bloomberg said. Another political analyst says that fighting against the PKK not the IS is Turkey’s priority. It’s still Turkey’s “number one priority,” according to Sami Nader, director of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs in Beirut. “If Turkey has to choose between containing IS and containing the PKK, it will chose to contain the PKK because it’s a direct threat to its national security,” said Nader. It will be Turkey that ultimately determines how Syria emerges from war down the line, according to Kamran Bokhari, a lecturer of national security at the University of Ottawa, said from Toronto. “Turkey is the main player in the future of Syria,” said Bokhari. “The U.S. is relying on Turkey to manage Syria in the long haul. Though Turkey is very skeptical of playing this lead role, realities will force Turkey to play a much larger role as time goes by.” http://www.kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=11944 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Jim M | Nov 28 15, 5:08 Post #2603 |
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Quote: “The U.S. is relying on Turkey to manage Syria in the long haul." What kind of idiotic dream world does this so called analyst live in?? Turning Syria over to Kurd hating anti Assad Turkey will be a genocide waiting to happen. This idiot doesn't seem to see what Turkey is doing to its own Kurdish citizens or the bombing it is doing to Kurds beyond its borders. I suppose this guy thinks Iraq should be turned over to Iran as well. Well its halfway there with the Iraqi government being controlled by the Iran backed Shia Militia. This however is the state of US foreign policy and the Obama administration's move to "pacify" the region. To Obama peace means turning it into a wasteland. All Kurds in the region have been sold out by Obama but fortunately Russia has come to the rescue of the Kurds in Rojava. The Kurds in the KRG however don't look like they have a very bright future being crushed between a hostile Turkey and Iran. |
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Kurdish Wisdom of War Proverbs: "Deal with your friends as if they will become your enemies tomorrow, and deal with your enemies as if they will become your friends tomorrow." "Those away from the battlefield boast about their swords." "Those who do not go to war roar like a lion." "Everything is pardoned the brave." "Whoever digs a pit for his enemy should dig it his own size." "A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many." | |
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| ALAN | Nov 28 15, 1:13 Post #2604 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| kurdishpatriot | Nov 29 15, 3:52 Post #2605 |
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I am seeing the term"kurdistan" as in reference tobasur a lot more in public. Even in my english textbook it mentions kurdistan. |
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#PROMOTEWOMENRIGHTS "shengal bo ezdi ya", Ezidi namerin, HATA ARAB NAMAYEN NEK SHENGAL! "A society can never be free without women's liberation" - Abdullah Ocalan | |
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| kurdishpatriot | Nov 29 15, 3:53 Post #2606 |
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This is just a glimpse of the near future
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#PROMOTEWOMENRIGHTS "shengal bo ezdi ya", Ezidi namerin, HATA ARAB NAMAYEN NEK SHENGAL! "A society can never be free without women's liberation" - Abdullah Ocalan | |
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| ALAN | Nov 29 15, 5:26 Post #2607 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Nov 30 15, 2:26 Post #2608 |
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Former UK FM asks for Syria and Iraq partition ![]() Former UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on the UK and its allies to partition Iraq and Syria and give self-rule to the Kurds in the countries, BasNews reported. “As to the political plan, the UK and our allies should signal their openness to new solutions. The borders of Syria and Iraq were largely drawn by two British and French diplomats in 1916. They should not be considered immutable,” he wrote in the Telegraph. “If the leaders of either country cannot construct a state where all communities can live together, it will be right to consider international support for their partition. Kurds have shown their ability to run their own affairs,” he said. “A subdivided Syria might now be the only one that can be at peace. Would all of this have risks? Yes, very serious ones. But in choosing between unpalatable alternatives, the risks of doing too little while a terrorist state exists are greater still,” he added. http://www.kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=11955 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 3 15, 12:51 Post #2609 |
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You all remember Abu Tarramssh? Shia Iraqi dog who threatened Peshmerga? Well he has been eliminated by Isis Sunni rats Rest in hell MOFO |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 3 15, 3:21 Post #2610 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZHhfodn_I |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Bablisok | Dec 3 15, 3:52 Post #2611 |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 3 15, 4:28 Post #2612 |
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| Deleted User | Dec 3 15, 4:31 Post #2613 |
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He died? Is there any source to confirm this? |
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| Bablisok | Dec 3 15, 9:28 Post #2614 |
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| ALAN | Dec 8 15, 12:42 Post #2615 |
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Turkish FM says it’s our duty to protect soldiers in Iraq, after Baghdad ultimatum Posted on December 7, 2015 by Editorial Staff in Politics ISTANBUL,— Turkey said on Monday it had a duty to protect its soldiers around the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul in Iraq and that they were there simply on a training mission, after Baghdad ordered the immediate withdrawal of its latest deployment. Turkey sent hundreds of forces to a camp in the Bashiqa region of KRG on Thursday. It described it as a routine rotation in an existing training program to help Iraqis retake Mosul from Islamic State, and said the troops were there to ensure the safety of the Turkish military trainers. But the Iraqi government said the latest deployment had been made without informing or coordinating with Baghdad, and should be withdrawn. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday that Iraq might turn to the U.N. Security Council if the troops were not withdrawn within 48 hours, describing their deployment as a violation of national sovereignty. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, however, said Abadi had repeatedly requested more active Turkish support against Islamic State, and said he believed other countries had played a role in Iraq’s reaction. He did not elaborate. “It is our duty to provide security for our soldiers providing training there,” Cavusoglu said in an interview on Turkey’s Kanal 24 television. “Everybody is present in Iraq … The goal of all of them is clear. Train-and-equip advisory support is being provided. Our presence there is not a secret,” he added. Meanwhile the Secretary general of Iraq’s Shiite Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri vowed on Monday, Turkey’s firm response against the backdrop of the Turkish military forces to enter north of Iraq. Ameri said in a speech at the University of Mustansiriya about recalling the Husseini revolution “You are not stronger than the Americans and we will destroy your tanks on your heads.” Stressing his rejection for any foreign land presence under any pretext. ” “we stress on the government to reject the any foreign presence on land, we will resist them and consider it as an occupation, they will be a goal.” Al-Amiri wandered. TANKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday the new deployment was a troop rotation to support a camp that Turkish forces had previously set up at the Mosul governor’s request and in coordination with the Iraqi Defense Ministry. Iraqi Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani would visit Turkey this week, Cavusoglu said, adding that Iraq’s defense minister was also expected to visit the country soon in a previously-arranged trip. Kurdistan Regional Government spokesman Safeen Dizayee denied a Turkish media report that a deal had been reached between Turkey and Iraq for Turkey to have a permanent military base in Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital. He backed up Ankara’s version of events, saying Thursday’s deployment aimed “to expand the capacity” of the training base near Bashiqa and included armored personnel carriers and tanks. “The increase of personnel requires some protection,” he said. A senior Kurdish military official based on the Bashiqa front line, north of Mosul, said last week that additional Turkish trainers had arrived at a camp in the area on Thursday, escorted by a Turkish protection force. The camp is used by a force called Hashid Watani (national mobilization), which is made up of mainly Sunni Arab former Iraqi police and volunteers from Mosul. It was formed by former Nineveh governor Atheel al-Nujaifi, who had close relations with Turkey. There was already a small number of Turkish trainers there before this latest deployment. http://ekurd.net/turkey-duty-protect-soldiers-iraq-2015-12-07 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 8 15, 12:49 Post #2616 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| davidh | Dec 8 15, 10:34 Post #2617 |
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Are there 800 Saudi troops near Mosul now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYCt5wFX_mw |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 9 15, 5:34 Post #2618 |
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iraqis burn turkish flag https://www.facebook.com/1451868755130621/videos/1531276590523170/ |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 9 15, 7:03 Post #2619 |
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| kurdishpatriot | Dec 9 15, 8:45 Post #2620 |
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| ALAN | Dec 9 15, 12:43 Post #2621 |
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World leaders: "ground troops not needed to fight Isis" That's right Peshmergs is the ground troop who you all cowards refuse to make a state
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 10 15, 3:43 Post #2622 |
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Crippled in Syria, Turkey goes for a ‘Sunnistan’ in Iraq Turkey’s “incursion” into Iraq is a cold, calculated move. And once again, the name of the game is – what else? – Divide and Rule. Turkey sent to South Kurdistan – which is part of the state of Iraq - no less than a 400-strong battalion supported by 25 M-60A3 tanks. Now the Turkish boots on the ground at Bashiqa camp, northeast of Mosul, have reportedly reached a total of around 600. The short breakdown: this is not a “training camp”- as Ankara is spinning. It’s a full-blown, perhaps permanent, military base. The dodgy deal was struck between the ultra-corrupt Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and then-Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu in Hewlêr last month. Torrents of Turkish spin swear this is only about “training” Peshmergas to fight ISIS/ISIL/Daesh. Absolute nonsense. The crucial fact is that Ankara is terrified of the “4+1” alliance fighting Islamic State, which unites Iran, Iraqi Shiites and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), as well as Hezbollah, with Russia. In Syria, Ankara is virtually paralyzed, after the “stab in the back” downing of the Su-24; the Russian revelations of complicity between Turkey’s first family and stolen Syrian oil (Bilal Erdogan, a.k.a. Erdogan ‘Mini Me’, denies everything); and the Russian Air Force relentless pounding of Turkey’s fifth column Turkmen. Not to mention the deployment of S-400s and even a third-generation submarine complete with Kalibr cruise missiles. So Ankara now switches the attention to Iraq with a “counter-alliance”, made up of Turkey; the KRG (which – illegally – sells oil to Turkey); and Sunnis in KRG under the supposed leadership of the sprawling Nuceyfi tribe in Mosul. © Stringer This is textbook neo-Ottomanism in action. We should never forget that for the AKP in power in Ankara, northern Syria and KRG are nothing but former Ottoman Empire provinces, an eastward extension of Turkey’s Hatay province. ‘Sultan’ Erdogan’s (unstated) wet dream is to annex the whole lot. Meanwhile, Daesh still controls Mosul. But Iraqi Sunnis – as well as the Iraqi Army - are slowly setting up an offensive. So what Ankara wants with this military base close to Mosul is to be part of the game, coupled with two “invisible” agendas; protect their fifth-column Turkmen, wherever they are, and having more boots on the ground to fight – what else – PKK Kurds taking refuge in South Kurdistan. ‘Sultan’ Erdogan’s whole rationale is that Baghdad does not rule KRG anymore (he’s got a point). But the problem, for Ankara, is that the real powers in the region may turn out to be Shiites and the PKK (that’s far-fetched; but that’s Erdogan thinking.) ‘Sultan’ Erdogan has extremely close business deals with the KRG’s ‘Mobster-in-Chief’, Barzani the acting President– as in the oil exporting deal which, illegally, bypasses Baghdad. Barzani, predictably, has no problems with Turkish military designs; after all “his” oil is paid for by the Turks. As for the clincher, follow geopolitical ace Mick Jagger: it’s a gas, gas, gas. Ankara’s move plays straight into the ultimate ‘Pipelineistan’ war; the clash between two competing gas pipelines, Qatar-Saudi Arabia-Jordan-Syria-Turkey, or Iran-Iraq-Syria, at the heart of the Syrian tragedy. Erdogan’s paranoia that Russia may cut off gas supplies to Turkey after the downing of the Su-24 – something that Gazprom simply won’t do – has led Ankara, in desperation, to force Baghdad, mob-style, to “accept” a Qatar gas pipeline crossing Iraqi, not Syrian territory. © Osman Orsal Needless to add this far-fetched scheme is an absolute no-go for Baghdad, which is part of the “4+1” alliance. Moreover, expect Iran – and Russia – to go no holds barred exploiting divisions among the notoriously divisive Kurds to bomb Erdogan’s elaborate plans. Erdogan’s bottom line is quite something; he is aiming for no less than an Iraqi ‘Sunnistan’ – jointly managed by the ultra-corrupt KRG and assorted Sunnis, but under Turkish security arrangements. As if Washington and Tel-Aviv would let him get away with that. The fact is that at least for the moment, while his game in Syria may be going down the drain, Erdogan has decided to change the subject and turbo-charge his strategy for breaking up Iraq. The gift And that brings up the question, once again, of how Daesh was able last year to conquer Mosul – the second city in Iraq - without a fight. And this after their notorious convoy of gleaming white Toyotas crossing the desert from Syria to Iraq managed to evade detection by the most sophisticated satellite surveillance system in the history of the Universe. Regarding the mystery, persistent intel rumblings across the Middle East and among the “4+1” coalition are bound to turn into a volcano. According to the rumblings, the official - Pentagon - narrative that the Iraqi Army supposed to fight Islamic State in Mosul last year got scared and simply ran away is a myth. As we know, the Iraqi Army, trained by the Pentagon, left behind a wealth of tanks and heavy weapons duly captured by IS. And IS couldn’t be luckier in collecting this almighty ‘gift’. The new narrative rules that the Pentagon deliberately “instructed” the Iraqi Army to run away, as a sort of tactical retreat, leaving behind all that fabulous hardware. So what we have here is the Pentagon fully protected by plausible deniability. And Islamic State duly weaponized as a proxy/regime change army in Syria. A perfect chaos-provoking tool aligned with the strategic objective of the ‘Empire of Chaos’ in Syria. Which, by the way, does include, in the absence of full regime change, the formation of a ‘Sunnistan’ in Syria as well. Oh, but the Pentagon would never engage in such practices, would they? https://www.rt.com/op-edge/325218-syria-turkey-iraq-war/ |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 11 15, 1:43 Post #2623 |
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ISIS executions GRAPHIC: https://www.facebook.com/100009153278744/videos/1512311459083949/ |
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| ALAN | Dec 13 15, 12:51 Post #2624 |
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Iraqi Shi’ite Militia Threatens Turkish Troops in KRG Hawar Abdulrazaq BAGHDAD – The Shi’ite militia Hashd al-Shaabi has threatened Turkish troops in KRG, stating that “we will fight them just like we fight Islamic State (IS)”. Hashd al-Shaabi spokesperson Rayan Kildani told FarsNews Agency that “You will witness Hashd al-Shaabi react to the Turkish troops with force.” He said that Iraqi fractions and political parties are very concerned about any demographic change that might take place in Mosul. “The demography might change in a way that can be in the interest of some people such as the Kurds,” Kildani added. He continued, “There is a question mark on the silence of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) regarding the deployment of Turkish troops in KRG. We are afraid of demographic changes that might take place in KRG with the help of turkey.” “turkey is helping Islamic State,” he said ,“but now it wants to convince the Iraqi people that it will join the fight against IS in the country.” Last week, Turkish troops deployed in Bashiqa, KRG. turkey claimed that the troops moved to there in order to provide military training to the Sunni people of the area in the battle against IS. http://basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/247943 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 14 15, 1:28 Post #2625 |
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Top official: Kurdistan Region, turkey and US to hold tripartite meeting on ISIS By 2 hours ago Hewlêr, Kurdistan Region—Kurdish presidential Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein said on Sunday that a meeting has been proposed between Hewlêr, Ankara and Washington to discuss the anti-Islamic State (ISIS) strategy. “There is a proposal for a tripartite meeting between the United States, turkey and the Kurdistan Region,” Hussein told Rudaw. “That meeting has been suggested in order to discuss cooperation between these three parties against the forces of Daesh, the terrorists.” Hussein said that the meeting will be held in the Kurdistan Region. “This meeting will of course have to be with the knowledge of the Iraqi government,” he added. Speaking to Rudaw TV, Hussein said that the question of Mosul is under study and that the Kurdish Peshmerga will assist the Iraqi army when the time comes. “The subject of the liberation of Mosul has to be studied well,” said President The acting president Barzani’s chief of staff. “And we must help the Iraqi army, but the problem is that the Iraqi army is not ready for this yet. It is not ready to be part of that battle, and by not being ready I mean militarily.” Hussein hinted that the Iraqi army might be ready for Mosul once it is done fighting ISIS in “In Ramadi, Tikrit, Baiji and other areas.” He added, “Whenever that battle is over, it is likely that part of the Iraqi army would be ready and the Peshmerga would then be their partners, too. Then we can, with the assistance and alliance of other countries, liberate Mosul.” http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/131220151 http://rudaw.net/Embed.aspx?ID=78843 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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