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| ALAN | Dec 14 15, 1:31 Post #2626 |
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Protests in Baghdad over Turkish troops in KRG BAGHDAD – A mass demonstration was held in Baghdad on Saturday afternoon, as tensions escalated between Iraq and turkey over the deployment of Turkish troops in KRG earlier this month. The deployment of an additional 150 Turkish troops to a military camp located near Mosul has strained ties between turkey and Iraq, with Baghdad asking Ankara to withdraw them immediately. The protest, which was organized by several Iraqi Shia groups, attracted over 3,000 protestors. They said that turkey's actions are a violation of Iraq's sovereignty and independence. "We Iraqis are united as one. We are gathered here to show that we oppose any foreign intervention in our country," said Hussein, a protestor. "It is neither legal nor rational for Turkish troops to enter Iraq. Those who advocate that it is beneficial to have Turkish troops here are those who want to split our country. We are against Turkish intervention. If our president decides he needs us to join the army and fight against turkey, we will definitely do that," said Amin, another protestor. Protestors also held demonstrations throughout the week in several other cities across Iraq. Although the two countries have conducted several diplomatic conversations in the past weeks, they have not reached consensus on the issue. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday instructed the foreign ministry to lodge an official complaint to the UN Security Council over the issue to call for immediate action from the Turkish government. http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Details.aspx?Jimare=4369 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAYcb6vDwUM |
| 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 15 15, 11:20 Post #2627 |
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Iranian police car in Hilla-Iraq |
| 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 26 15, 9:51 Post #2628 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw33zsplOTo |
| 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 28 15, 4:15 Post #2629 |
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turkish pm performed a film where he was saving a guy from killing himself lol the film was soon revealed to be a fake scenario |
| 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 28 15, 4:43 Post #2630 |
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How American weapons are ending up in the hands of IS Amnesty International (AI) released a 44-page report Dec. 7 on the Islamic State's “substantial arsenal of arms and ammunition.” According to the human rights group, the inventory comprises weapons designed or manufactured “in more than 25 countries,” including the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, China, Germany and France. The findings come as no surprise to arms-tracking organizations that have been monitoring IS weaponry for years, among them the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey and the British Conflict Armament Research (CAR). Studies conducted by these nongovernmental organizations in Iraq and Syria indicate that IS benefits from a large array of supply sources. Although IS militants can rely on well-stocked Iraqi black markets, their main access to firepower has been the battlefield, where they have systematically captured their enemies' weaponry after defeating them. Al-Monitor spoke with a CAR investigator who describes the range and scope of weapons streaming into the jihadists’ stockpiles as “astonishing.” For this researcher, who requested anonymity for security reasons, the goal is now to connect the dots. “Weapons are physical documents that can be read and reveal stories,” the investigator told Al-Monitor. “If you start with fieldwork, you can pull the string and then find more in order to understand the complex mechanisms behind the group,” In this case, the string often starts at the very same country leading the international coalition fighting IS — the United States. In the conflict-ridden Middle East, where military equipment passes from one hand to another faster than dollar bills, it is not uncommon to see Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga riding American Humvees. Yet, these fighters never officially received such thoughtful gifts from the United States. Some US-provided equipment has been captured by IS militants, who have in turn from time to time lost equipment to the Kurds, including after the battle for Makhmour. In a June Reuters blog post, “Dude, where's my Humvee?,” Peter Van Buren reported the loss of 2,300 Humvees to IS when the fighters of the self-proclaimed caliphate expanded toward Mosul in June 2014. That’s the figure for the northern Iraqi city alone. As they overran much of the Sunni Arab heartland that summer, the jihadists acquired a massive arsenal when Iraqi forces abandoned equipment in their haste to flee. “It’s a surreal state of affairs in which American weaponry is being sent into Iraq to destroy American weaponry,” wrote the 24-year veteran of the State Department. As findings show, however, US weapons looted from the Iraqi army are not IS' only source. Other countries of origin are predictable, such as Russia, a longtime ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but others come as a surprise, like North Korean, the source of 34 ammunition cartridges found in the Syrian city of Gatash by a CAR member in July 2014. CAR investigators also typically find bullets so old that the states that produced them, among them Czechoslovakia, no longer exist. Decades-old ammunition is not the only type of discovery that sparks investigators' curiosity. “When you find in 2014 ammunition produced the same year, that means that when manufacturers provide weapons to the region, in a very, very short amount of time, these arms fall into IS’ hands. That raises questions,” the CAR investigator said. Iranian-manufactured ammunition found in Kobani and dating from 2006 to 2013 also raises questions. If transferred deliberately, the Assad ally would be violating UN Security Council Resolution 1736 (2006), which prohibits Iran’s export of ammunition. Firepower supplied by Saudi Arabia to Syrian rebel groups has also found its way into the hands of extremists. According to the source, one way to understand IS is to understand how the group arms itself. “It is important to know where these arms come from, because if you apprehend the flow, then you can do something to stop the flow. It allows us to understand who supports IS. With such a group, it is vital to go beyond the myth,” he said. The investigator emphasized the vital need for field studies, as video footage and pictures only show what IS wants people to see. The goal, he said, is to understand the jihadist organization “beyond the propaganda.” On video released by IS, militants appear to be armed with NATO-caliber weaponry, including the famous M16 assault rifle, while field research mainly points to the use of Warsaw Pact armaments, both dating to the Cold War. NATO rifles need NATO bullets, and arms produced by the Soviets require specific ammunition as well. “It gets complicated to have parallel supply lines with different weapons stocks,” the investigator said. This could mean IS actually has American weapons in higher proportions than what is being found in the field. Whereas CAR clearly states that its reports aim to review physical evidence rather than “attribute responsibility for the supply of weapons,” AI, on the other hand, is far less shy. For the human rights advocacy group, the vast and varied arsenal being used by the jihadists is “a textbook case of how reckless arms trading fuels atrocities on a massive scale.” “States must learn the deadly legacy of arms proliferation and abuse in Iraq and the surrounding region, which has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of millions of people and which now poses a dire threat to the people of Iraq, Syria and the wider international community,” the AI report stated. “The consequences of reckless arms transfers to Iraq and Syria and their subsequent capture by IS must be a wake-up call to arms exporters around the world,” concluded an AI researcher on arms control, security trade and human rights. The apparent chaos is not discouraging arms-monitoring organizations from shedding light on the region’s dizzying, yet unsurprising array of international weapons. In fact, they aspire to trace the entire chain of custody. As long as export licenses and other transportation documents can't be researched, the CAR investigator explained, “It is impossible to draw conclusions, just assumptions.” His London-based organization has begun sending requests to arms manufacturers around the world to piece together the bigger picture. Once a chain of custody is clearly established, CAR will make its findings public on iTrace. The European Union-funded database aims to provide policymakers with precise information by mapping the flow of diverted conventional weapons and ammunition, as CAR managing director Marcus Wilson told Al-Monitor, “from manufacturers to the final endpoint where investigators picked the weapon up.” “We have a lot of contacts with manufacturers, private companies, exporting countries, transit companies, brokers … all the different parties that play a role in the transfer of weapons and ammunition,” Wilson said, also noting that the response rate so far is “positive.” Although negotiations with some governments remain ongoing, CAR will publish all its data next year. Supplying nations, such as the United States, now face a Cornelian dilemma: Should they sell weapons to Baghdad and possibly witness them ending up in the wrong hands, or should they suspend arms sales, hence weakening an already failing state? In May, the Pentagon decided to deliver 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Baghdad. During a visit to Hewlêr, the capital of South Kurdistan, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter declared Dec. 17 that the United States is going to send more weapons to the peshmerga. According to the Los Angeles Times, the military equipment will include body armor, helmets and machine guns, as well as the familiar Humvees. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/12/isis-weapons-us-russia.html# |
| 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 | Dec 29 15, 1:19 Post #2631 |
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Ramadi has been retaken by Iraq... About damn time. Now abu shishani(yes the chechen ginger) has been captured in riyadh by american and kurdish special units the fight on hawija will be at least easier. Now focus will probably be on falluja. Till al qaim so anbar province is cleared. Then the march for Mosul will come, and the tensions about the "disputed areas" will come. |
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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 | Dec 29 15, 1:38 Post #2632 |
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Lol it looks like Hawija will be fallen into Hashdi Shabi hands, Iran(q) can have Hawija
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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 29 15, 1:44 Post #2633 |
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Rumadi after isis |
| 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 | Jan 3 16, 1:13 Post #2634 |
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Saudis executed a Shiite cleric and Iranian and Shias are goig crazy..... I'm glad this happened so Iranians feel the taste of been executed which they do to Kurds all the time.... |
| 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 | Jan 4 16, 12:42 Post #2635 |
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To be fair, Al-Nimr is a Saudi not an Iranian. |
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| ALAN | Jan 4 16, 4:42 Post #2636 |
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I didn't say he was an Iranian he is a Saudi but Shia no!? Anyways my point is how pathetic and hypocrite Iranian regimen and it's followers are they hang Kurds based on political views Almost everyday, good to make them taste their own medicine I just wish we were powerful enuff to do it back to them in KRG.... Oh and btw I could not give a slightest F**K of Iran hangs 100 Saudis sheikhs or Sunnis as long as they are not Kurds I don't give a damn. |
| 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 | Jan 4 16, 4:43 Post #2637 |
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Iraqi army RAN AWAY again in Ramadi leaving heavy weapons for Isis |
| 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 | Jan 4 16, 6:46 Post #2638 |
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I can understand the whole Saudi vs Iran business. I think this is more of an internal issue in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis cannot tolerate political strife within their country. Al-Nimr was a Shia Saudi but that doesn't mean he has connections to Iran. The Saudi intelligence service was watching him from day one, if he really plotted "acts of terror", they would of shown it. Vice versa if say Balochs or Kurds rose up in Iran, then we would get similar treatment. I think people over anaylze the whole "iran vs saudi", both sides are too scared to try and destroy eachother. The KRG under Barzani are pawns of the Turks. Under the PUK pawns of the Iranians. The fact of the matter is we are caught in the crossroads bewteen 2 or 3 stronger regional powers(Turkey, Iran and even you could argue Saudi with them supporting Daash) KRG just needs to man up, declare independance. Really and truly if we don't declare independance now or anytime soon, I highly doubt SK will. With the way things are going I honestly see Rojava declaring independance before Bashur. Edited by jjmuneer, Jan 4 16, 6:50.
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| jjmuneer | Jan 4 16, 6:50 Post #2639 |
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So much for wanting to fighting peshmerga.
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| ALAN | Jan 4 16, 4:00 Post #2640 |
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Yeah cowards bro, and real supplier of Isis since day one. |
| 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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| Şirnex | Jan 11 16, 4:44 Post #2641 |
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funny http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6b9_1452239198 |
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| Deleted User | Jan 17 16, 11:31 Post #2642 |
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Let's give a hand in escalating this conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYPzc4gLLAo |
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| ALAN | Jan 17 16, 2:00 Post #2643 |
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What army???? is there still such thing called iraqi army? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdU0CBD_zlM |
| 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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| Deleted User | Jan 17 16, 11:22 Post #2644 |
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"While the Arabs were preparing for a parade march in Tel Aviv, the Israelis were preparing for war". One of my favorite quotes |
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| ALAN | Jan 20 16, 2:41 Post #2645 |
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Assad army ran away in Der Alzur like their Iraqi buddies do
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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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| chivaz serko | Jan 25 16, 6:58 Post #2646 |
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assad's dogs are gaining ground in latakia province, they have turkish alqeada back in almost the entire province with help from the russian soilders, weapons, and jets. the only reason why the russians are helping assad is because iran is paying them to do so |
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| Armanc | Jan 25 16, 11:12 Post #2647 |
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The reason why Russia sent ground forces is not because of the mullahs. The reason is the Russians invested very much in assad, militarily, economically, politically etc. But assads force failed to make any notable gains with Russian airstrikes, so the Russians decided to sent ground forces to the frontlines. After Russian ground forces joined the war they nearly took all of Latakia in just in 2 weeks. I think after this success in Latakia Russia will also join the battle in Idlip and this could be a big defeat for Nusrah terrorists. Idlip is the stronghold of alqaida and fsa terrorists. |
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| ALAN | Jan 26 16, 12:35 Post #2648 |
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Iran needs to retaliate against turks by allowing Russia establish ONE Rojava from Derik to the med sea this will be the biggest blow to turks and will give the Russian the retaliate they seek for their downed jet. |
| 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 | Jan 26 16, 8:34 Post #2649 |
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Carter: US to send 101st Airborne Division to Iraq By Loaa Adel - Jan 25, 2016 (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced, that the United States would send the 101st Airborne Division to Iraq in order to join the Iraqi forces in its war against ISIS. The U.S. Secretary of Defense said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The primary objective of the mission, estimated to involve about 1,800 US troops from the 101st Airborne Division, will be to force ISIS out of their two power centers in Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria.” Carter added, “We need to destroy them in those two places and I’d like to get on with that as soon as possible.” Noteworthy, 101st Airborne Division is also known as ‘The Screaming Eagles’ and it is armed with 300 helicopters, including thee battalions of Apache attack helicopters. http://www.iraqinews.com/baghdad-politics/carter-us-to-send-101st-airborne-division-to-iraq/ |
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| ALAN | Jan 26 16, 4:05 Post #2650 |
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Good for iraq, this WONT be in Kurdistan thou. USA won't and doesn't pick KRG over IRAQ. |
| 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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