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Iraq, Syrian, Turkey, Daash, ME news & update; Related articles, videos and photos
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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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http://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/10/hashd-brigade-numbers-index

States all the units/militias within Hashd:
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The numerous militias operating in Iraq have broadly come under the moniker of the Hashd Sha'abi (Popular Mobilization) since 2014. The government body to which the militias should be affiliated is the Hashd Sha'abi Commission and in turn the prime minister's office. The head of this Hashd Sha'abi commission is national security adviser Falah al-Fayyad, while the deputy head is Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis, who is closely linked to Iran.

From the perspective of Iraqi prime minister Hayder al-Abadi, the Hashd Sha'abi- a phenomenon that enjoys widespread popular legitimacy- would ideally represent an apolitical reserve force for the Iraqi armed forces, fully under the control of the government in Baghdad. It is this ideal conception that likely forms the basis of the ordinal system that is widely used for various groups within the Hashd Sha'abi. That is, when one speaks of the 1st brigade of the Hashd Sha'abi (for example), the group would ideally be no more than that: the 1st brigade of a formal auxiliary force answering to the government alone.

In practice of course, realizing this ideal conception is impossible. Instead, the various ordinals for brigades equate to formations controlled by different militia factions. Some factions have more than one brigade within this system: the most notable example being the Iranian-aligned Badr Organization, which has been a part of Iraq's post-Saddam political establishment from the outset. Having numerous brigades of its own, Badr formally fills multiple slots in the Hashd ordinal system. Badr has also set up other militias in the system that superficially appear to be independent.

This post is an index of Hashd ordinals and the factions to which they correspond. It should also be noted that some groups claim affiliation with the Hashd Sha'abi Commission (and thus entitlement to salaries and other benefits from the government) but do not yet seem to have a known brigade ordinal number. One example is the Fallujah Shield Brigade that was set up with support from the U.S.-led coalition, designed to act as a local holding force in the Fallujah area. The Fallujah Shield Brigade currently comprises seven units, according to a representative for the group. However, it appears that only four of those units have attained recognition and affiliation with the Hashd Sha'abi Commission so far.

Other groups make clear that they are not affiliated with the Hashd Sha'abi Commission at all, such as the Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces, a Sadrist splinter involved in militia deployments to Syria and led by Sheikh Aws al-Khafaji. As one member of the group put it to me: "We are Islamic Resistance only." Similarly, Kata'ib al-Qiyam al-Husseini, a minor militia with an overtly pro-Iranian orientation, is not affiliated with the Hashd Sha'abi Commission, according to a representative of the group.

Therefore, this index should not be taken as a comprehensive list of militias in Iraq. Indeed, such an attempt to list militia names and brands one could find on social media would produce a list going into the hundreds. That might be useful as a mere database for law enforcement and intelligence, but it is of little analytical value.

This index should serve two purposes. First, it should be a handy reference point when there are media shorthand references to Hashd groups by brigade numbers. An example is the coverage of Tel Afar operations earlier this year, for which an official infographic was put out by the Iraqi joint operations command war media. The infographic included a list of forces participating in the operations, with a number of Hashd forces listed by brigade number.

Second, whenever we look at a conflict zone these days, it is always important to distinguish what matters in the sea of information. In other words, which Hashd groups are the most important for determining how things will play out in Iraq in fault-line areas and the wider political scene? In general, the brigades listed in this index are those groups in question. That does not mean that groups not listed in the index should be ignored (after all, some other groups might have Hashd brigade numbers not ascertained yet), Rather, the point is that the significance of each faction must be properly appreciated in the bigger picture. Otherwise, we risk getting lost in a mass of data.

On a related note, a post has done the rounds on social media more recently listing some three dozen groups that are accused of being insignificant/imaginary Hashd forces that exploit the Hashd phenomenon, have no important roles in battles, and have registered offices merely for the purpose of collecting money and salaries. With the exception of Liwa al-Muntadhar, none of the groups with brigade numbers in this index appears on that list, which most notably features Jaysh al-Mukhtar of Wathiq al-Battat, renowned for his bombastic rhetoric. Indeed, his group is accorded far too much analytical attention in a recent Atlantic Council report. Kata'ib al-Qiyam al-Husseini, mentioned earlier, also appears on that list.

I have used a variety of sources for this index, but the main basis is this list that was circulated earlier this year. I have given additional notes where necessary. Should more brigade numbers and corresponding groups be ascertained, these will be added to the index.

1st Brigade: Badr. An affiliate called Liwa al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad.

2nd Brigade: Imam Ali Combat Division. It is affiliated with the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf.

3rd Brigade: Badr: Tashkil Asad Amerli.

4th Brigade: Badr.

5th Brigade: Badr. The Tashkil al-Karar unit. Notable because its former commander- Abu Dergham al-Maturi- is now deputy commander of the Interior Ministry-affiliated federal police. Note that he was also in the federal police during his time as commander of Badr's 5th Brigade.

6th Brigade: Kata'ib Jund al-Imam (affiliated with the Iranian-aligned 'Islamic Movement in Iraq', set up in 1991). The leader Ahmad al-Asadi is a spokesman for the Hashd Sha'abi Commission.

7th Brigade: Liwa al-Muntadhar, led by Dagher al-Mousawi. Originally part of the Iranian-aligned Jihad and Development Movement that was a part of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) umbrella. Liwa al-Muntadhar has formally split off from the Jihad and Development Movement.

8th Brigade: Saraya Ashura'. A militia affiliated with Ammar al-Hakim, who led ISCI. He has evolved into more of a nationalist figure over time and set up his own political movement for the upcoming parliamentary elections in 2018.

9th Brigade: Liwa Karbala'. Affiliated with Badr.

10th Brigade: Badr.

11th Brigade: Liwa Ali al-Akbar. Affiliated with the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala'.

12th Brigade: Harakat al-Nujaba', an Iranian-aligned group that has been very vocal about its deployments to Syria. Its leader Akram al-Ka'abi was in Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, which originated in the Sadrist movement, receives support from Iran and broadly aligns with Iran even as its leader Qais al-Khaz'ali does not necessarily identify with Iran's ideological governing system.

13th Brigade: Liwa al-Tafuf. Affiliated with the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala'. The leader Qasim Muslih was originally in Liwa Ali al-Akbar. Despite Qasim Muslih's separation from Liwa Ali al-Akbar, both brigades are affiliated with the same shrine and are acknowledged by it. The matter is therefore an internal one for the shrine, rather than a case analogous to Sadrist splinters encouraged by Iran. Another line of interpretation claims a deliberate conspiracy by Iran acting through Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis to undermine Liwa Ali al-Akbar, though the account seems somewhat hyperbolic.

14th Brigade: Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada'. Iranian-aligned group. Like Harakat al-Nujaba', it emerged in 2013 and is very vocal about its deployments to Syria.

15th Brigade: Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr (aka National Defence Brigades). Affiliated with the original Da'wa Party. Kata'ib al-Fatah al-Mubin, a lesser-known Iranian-aligned militia, appears to have had a commander in the ranks of this brigade.

16th Brigade: The Turkmen Brigade. Badr affiliate. Active in the Tuz Khurmato and Kirkuk areas, dubbed the 'northern front/[axis].'

17th Brigade: Saraya al-Jihad. Armed wing of the Jihad and Development Movement, which separated from ISCI and Ammar al-Hakim. The group has more recently deployed to Syria.

18th Brigade: Saraya al-Khorasani, an Iranian-aligned group with origins going back to the 1990s. First made more of a public impact through advertising its deployments to Syria on social media in 2013.

19th Brigade: Ansar Allah al-Awfiya' and Tashkil al-Hussein al-Tha'ir. The former is a clearly Iranian-aligned group that has openly advertised deploying to Syria. Within Iraq, the group has a notable affiliate in the west Anbar desert near the border with Syria (Quwat al-Buraq). Tashkil al-Hussein al-Tha'ir is best described as a Sadrist splinter. There are long-standing references to one of its leaders- Abd al-Zahra al-Swei'adi- as an associate of Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad. A query put in 2015 to Muqtada al-Sadr asserted that most of the group's members, from officials to ordinary rank-and-file personnel, were in Muqtada's Saraya al-Salam militia (the reconstituted Mahdi Army). In response, Sadr denied that the group is part of Saraya al-Salam.

20th Brigade: Liwa al-Taff. Its leader Hashim Ahmad al-Tamimi was originally in the al-Abbas Combat Division. According to a member of the formation, Liwa al-Taff is independent, though he did not profess to know the exact reason for the original split from the al-Abbas Combat Division. The matter thus differs somewhat from the formation of Liwa al-Tafuf, which is shrine-affiliated even as its commander was originally in Liwa Ali al-Akbar. In any case, this member of Liwa al-Taff did affirm that the leadership and fighters are Sistani-loyalists. Some social media output from Liwa al-Taff shows Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis meeting with the group and praising its efforts.

21st Brigade: Badr.

22nd Brigade: Badr, led by Abu Kawthar al-Muhammadawi, Badr official for Maysan province in the southeast of Iraq.

23rd Brigade: Badr. Unit primarily operating to maintain internal security in Diyala, whose current governor is affiliated with Badr.

24th Brigade: Badr. Unit primarily operating to maintain internal security in Diyala.

25th Brigade: Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal. Appears to be linked to Nouri al-Maliki and his wing of the Da'wa Party, as illustrated by frequent embeds for Maliki's TV channel Afaq with the group. A deputy commander of this group- Ja'afar al-Banadawi (aka Abu Kawthar)- was involved in Kata'ib al-Imam Ali's efforts in Syria.

26th Brigade: al-Abbas Combat Division. Affiliated with the al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala'. The group has links with the Defence Ministry, with one of its regiments joining the ministry in July 2017.

27th Brigade: Badr: Quwat al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Muntadhar al-Muhammadawi.

28th Brigade: Saraya Ansar al-'Aqeeda. Led by Jalal al-Din al-Saghir who has been part of the ISCI umbrella and became closer to Iran over time. First emerged as a force fighting in Syria.

29th Brigade: Kata'ib Ansar al-Hujja. Led by one Ahmad al-Fariji, who had previously fought against the U.S. occupation. The group is officially supposed to be independent but is close to Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis, according to its media spokesman. It should not be confused with the Kata'ib Ansar al-Hujja of Muhammad al-Kinani, which features in the list of groups condemned as fake Hashd.

30th Brigade: Liwa al-Shabak/Quwat Sahl Ninawa. Recruiting among the Shabak minority in the Ninawa plains. Linked to Badr despite claims of being independent.

31st Brigade: Risaliyun (Kata'ib al-Tayyar al-Risali). Sadrist splinter in origin (cf. here). The leader is Adnan al-Shahmani, an MP who ran for election in 2014 within the State of Law bloc and set up his own 'Sacrifice for the Resistance' bloc within the State of Law bloc in September of that year. Shahmani is close to Nouri al-Maliki and other Iranian-aligned figures such as Badr leader Hadi al-Amiri.

33rd Brigade: Quwat Wa'ad Allah (aka Liwa al-Shabab al-Risali). Linked to the Fadhila Party of the Sadrist trend.

35th Brigade: Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr, affiliated with the Da'wa Party- Iraq Organization, an Iranian-aligned splinter from the original Da'wa Party.

36th Brigade: Apparently, the Lalish Regiment, which has recruited Yezidis. The Lalish Regiment is tied to Liwa al-Hussein (53rd Brigade), which is a unit that recruited from Shi'a from Tel Afar and is affiliated with Badr.

39th Brigade: Harakat al-Abdal, an Iranian-aligned militia that is vocal about its efforts in Syria. Members of this group have formed another Iranian-aligned militia fighting in Syria: Kata'ib Safin.

40th Brigade: Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, affiliated with the Islamic Movement of Iraq (not to be confused with the Islamic Movement in Iraq associated with Kata'ib Jund al-Imam). Led by Shabal al-Zaidi, who was once a notorious Mahdi Army commander. The group is clearly aligned with Iran and has deployed to Syria.

41st Brigade: Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq.

42nd Brigade: Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq: Quwat/Liwa [al-Shaheed] al-Qa'id Abu Mousa al-Amiri.

43rd Brigade: Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq: Saba' al-Dujail.

44th Brigade: Liwa Ansar al-Marja'iyya. Led by Hamid al-Yasiri, who is a representative of Ayatollah Sistani in the southern province of al-Muthanna.

45th Brigade: Kata'ib Hezbollah.

46th Brigade: Saraya al-Difa' al-Sha'abi, a Kata'ib Hezbollah affiliate.

47th Brigade: Saraya al-Difa' al-Sha'abi. As above.

50th Brigade: Kata'ib Babiliyun, led by Rayan al-Kaldani, a Chaldean Christian. The group has at least some Christian members and has been closely intertwined with Liwa al-Shabak/Quwat Sahl Ninawa. It is aligned with Iran politically. The brigade seems to be expanding recruitment among minorities, as news recently came that a Kaka'i unit is to be part of the brigade. In Ninawa, Kata'ib Babiliyun has been at odds with the Assyrian identity-oriented Ninawa Plain Protection Units, which is also supposed to be affiliated with the Hashd Sha'abi Commission.

51st Brigade: Salah al-Din Brigade. It is a Sunni Hashd unit based in the al-Shirqat area. The group received support from Iran and is close to Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis. See this report for more details.

52nd Brigade: Badr's Fawj Amerli. A Turkmen unit led by Mahdi Taqi al-Amerli, a Badr member of the Salah al-Din provincial council.

53rd Brigade: Liwa al-Hussein (cf. entry on Fawj Lalish). Led by one Mukhtar al-Musawi and affiliated with Badr.

55th Brigade: Badr: Tashkil Malik al-Ashtar.

56th Brigade: Kirkuk Hashd/Hawija area (aka Liwa Hashd Shuhada' Kirkuk). A Sunni Hashd group led by one Hussein Ali Najm al-Juburi, who has a Sunni Sahwa background. The initial foundations of the 56th brigade trace back to efforts by Falah al-Fayyad and the Union of National Forces Party MP Muhammad Tamim. It appears that there are friendly relations between the 56th Brigade and the Kirkuk Hashd groups affiliated with Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq, which was set up in June 2014 as the military wing of the Iraqi Dar al-'Ifta' under Mahdi al-Sumaida'i, a Sunni cleric who has been associated with support for the government for a long time. Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq is also officially affiliated with the Hashd Sha'abi Commission, but the brigade number is not yet known.

66th Brigade: Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda

88th Brigade: A Sunni Hashd unit based in al-'Alam in Salah al-Din province. The leader Sheikh Wanas al-Jabara has a Sunni Sahwa background. The group was formed earlier this year with the help of Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis.

90th Brigade: Fursan al-Jubur. A Sunni Hashd unit led by MP Ahmad al-Juburi, who has been an ally of Nouri al-Maliki. Based in Ninawa province.

99th Brigade: Jaysh al-Mu'ammal. Founded by Sa'ad Sawar, who was originally a Mahdi Army commander and subsequently became involved in militia efforts in Syria. The group receives support from Iran and is another Sadrist splinter.

110th Brigade: Fayli Kurdish Badr unit, operating in Diyala.

201st Brigade: Ninawa Guards, affiliated with Utheel al-Nujaifi and linked to Turkey. The Ninawa Guards was initially not considered a part of the Hashd Sha'abi but has now attained recognition with salaries distributed for its members, despite tensions with other Hashd factions like Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada'.

313th Brigade: Saraya al-Salam. Its most notable area of operations is the Samarra area.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Resigns, Fearing 'Assassination Plot'

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has resigned in a televised statement on Saturday.

Hariri blamed Iran for meddling in Arab affairs, slammed Hezbollah and said the climate in his country resembled that before the assassination of his father. He said he sensed there was a "plot to target his life."

This is a developing story

read more: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.820973
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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Iraqi heli probably shot down in Waset some Iraqi province
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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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RUSSIA: MOSCOW NEVER PROMISED WITHDRAWAL OF IRANIAN TROOPS FROM SYRIA

http://m.jpost.com/Middle-East/Russian-Foreign-Minister-Moscow-never-promised-to-withdraw-Iranian-troops-in-Syria-514215
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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Ten reasons why the Iranian regime is more dangerous than Daesh

http://www.trackpersia.com/ten-reasons-iranian-regime-dangerous-daesh/
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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Apparently making fun of PMF for our Iraqi visitors

https://www.facebook.com/714869195235293/videos/1698984420157094/
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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Hashd al-Shaabi militia: US troops in Iraq now a target

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Hewlêr, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – A faction inside the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi vowed to target US troops in Iraq if they did not leave the country.

Saraya al-Ashura, a faction of the Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militias, threatened US troops and advisers based in Iraq, warning them to retreat the country or become new targets.

In a televised speech on Tuesday, Abdullatif al-Amidi, a commander from the Saraya al-Ashura, said that “the US has become our direct enemy after the Congress’ decision against some Hashd al-Shaabi factions.”

The US decision against Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba is “aimed at targeting the Islamic resistance and all Hashd al-Shaabi factions,” Al-Amidi continued.

The Hashd al-Shaabi commander also called on the US troops to immediately depart Iraq because “they have now become a target for our forces.”

The reaction comes after the US Congress designated some Iraqi Shia militias as terrorist organizations.

Saraya al-Ashura defected from Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq in 2013. The militia used to be affiliated with Ammar al-Hakim’s Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.

However, after Hakim’s defection from the Council and the establishment of the Al-Hikma Movement, they claimed their neutrality but remain an active faction of the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi.

The spokesperson of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, Jaafar Husseini, previously said the group is opposed to any US military presence in Iraq after the Islamic State (IS) is fully defeated. He also called on US troops to prepare to leave the country.

In mid-2016, Saraya al-Salam, a militia group affiliated to Muqtada al-Sadr, the powerful Shia cleric, through its spokesperson, warned about continued US presence in Iraq.

The spokesperson told local Iraqi media that “if the US insists on sending troops to Iraq, they will be targeted as we are thirsty for American blood.”

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/997f6ef4-53cb-4f8a-94cf-d01b9e90d7aa
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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Hashd al-Shaabi militia: US troops in Iraq now a target



Hewlêr, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – A faction inside the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi vowed to target US troops in Iraq if they did not leave the country.

Saraya al-Ashura, a faction of the Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militias, threatened US troops and advisers based in Iraq, warning them to retreat the country or become new targets.

In a televised speech on Tuesday, Abdullatif al-Amidi, a commander from the Saraya al-Ashura, said that “the US has become our direct enemy after the Congress’ decision against some Hashd al-Shaabi factions.”

The US decision against Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba is “aimed at targeting the Islamic resistance and all Hashd al-Shaabi factions,” Al-Amidi continued.

The Hashd al-Shaabi commander also called on the US troops to immediately depart Iraq because “they have now become a target for our forces.”

The reaction comes after the US Congress designated some Iraqi Shia militias as terrorist organizations.

Saraya al-Ashura defected from Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq in 2013. The militia used to be affiliated with Ammar al-Hakim’s Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.

However, after Hakim’s defection from the Council and the establishment of the Al-Hikma Movement, they claimed their neutrality but remain an active faction of the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi.

The spokesperson of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, Jaafar Husseini, previously said the group is opposed to any US military presence in Iraq after the Islamic State (IS) is fully defeated. He also called on US troops to prepare to leave the country.

In mid-2016, Saraya al-Salam, a militia group affiliated to Muqtada al-Sadr, the powerful Shia cleric, through its spokesperson, warned about continued US presence in Iraq.

The spokesperson told local Iraqi media that “if the US insists on sending troops to Iraq, they will be targeted as we are thirsty for American blood.”

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/997f6ef4-53cb-4f8a-94cf-d01b9e90d7aa
Well, that's great specially with Trump as president lol. I hope a conflict will happen between american soldiers and PMF.
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Sadr attacking the PMUs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qy5uN9R-io
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Trump now watching Maliki funds been allocated to PMF

http://www.kurdistantv.net/ar/2017/12/02/world/مصادر-في-الادارة-الامريكية-ترامب-يتابع-الفضائح-المالية-للمالكي-وتمويله-لحزب-الله
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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QfQNIwX5F0
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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Islam coalition forces getting ready to attack Huthis in San’a

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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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German Foreign Minister urges Iraq to stop 'rule of sectarian militias'

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/5b68f526-92e3-433d-9623-e5eba23e5b2d
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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Isreael started airstrikes against iranians in Syria https://syriancivilwarmap.com/ haha

I hope something will escalate in Iran so kurdish forces can take over rojhelat with first Israeli support, and then united states support. We only need unity between our kurdish peshmerga's and guerilla's though. I think KDPI is the best option for rojhelat or PAK who already have a good relationship with bashur, kdp, puk, and the United States as they have been working together against isis in bashur.

Edited by kurdishpatriot, Dec 8 17, 12:52.
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Does anyone have any clue why USA suddenly declares Jerusalem as capital?

-Is it domestic? Because Trump is in trouble, and having Jews backing him in USA can save him.
-Is it a message to Iran? "If you push, we push too, and we are not afraid of consequences".
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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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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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Haley displays missile as evidence Iran violating nuclear deal

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by Hans Nichols and Mosheh Gains
Dec 14 2017, 2:04 pm ET

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration accused Iran on Thursday of violating United Nations resolutions, unveiling what U.S. officials said was proof that Iran is exporting missiles and other military hardware to a rebel group in Yemen.

"The weapons might as well have 'Made in Iran' stickers on them," said U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, standing before parts of a ballistic missile that she said Iran delivered to Houthi rebels in Yemen, who then fired it at the Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia last month.

"Its ballistic missiles and advanced weapons are turning up in war zones across the region," Haley said at a press conference inside a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. took the unusual step of declassifying military equipment that was gathered in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where a civil war is taking place between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and the elected government.

The equipment was collected by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Signs on the weapons display said the material was "on loan" from those two countries.

Image: Weapon that Pentagon says is "QIAM" ballistic missile manufactured in Iran fired from Yemen into Saudi Arabia is seen on display at military base in Washington
A missile that the U.S. Department of Defense says is confirmed as a "Qiam" ballistic missile manufactured in Iran by its distinctively Iranian nine fueling ports and that the Pentagon says was fired by Houthi rebels from Yemen into Saudi Arabia on July 22, 2017 is seen on display at a military base in Washington on Dec. 13, 2017. Jim Bourg / Reuters
The Trump administration's aim, officials said, was to offer proof that Iran is exporting military equipment, including ballistic missiles, in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which was passed after Iran and western countries agreed to a deal to freeze Iran's nuclear program in 2015.

The Iranian government issued a statement Thursday disputing Haley's claims.

"Following a series of baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past 10 months, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. once again today took the same line accusing the Iranian government of supplying the missile that hit Saudi Arabia on November 4th — an accusation that we categorically reject as unfounded and, at the same time, irresponsible, provocative and destructive," Iran said.

"This purported evidence, put on public display today, is as much fabricated as the one presented on some other occasions earlier."

Haley invited members of the Congress, U.N. officials and foreign delegations to examine the evidence for themselves.

"The undeniable fact is that that the Iranian behavior is growing worse" since the nuclear accord was signed, Haley said.

President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to rip up the Iranian nuclear agreement but has not yet done so.

To prove the case that Iran-made missiles have been fired from Yemen, the U.S. pieced together a full-length Qiam-1, a short-range ballistic missile, constructed from the debris of two separate missile attacks against Saudi Arabia this year.

Haley pointed to several features of the missile, including nine valves on its oxidization tank, arguing that such design features are found on missiles manufactured by Iran. In addition, U.S. officials highlighted technology inside the missile, in both its propulsion and guidance systems, that they said bore the stamp of Iranian defense contractors.

"You will see us build a coalition to really push back against Iran and what they're doing," she said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/haley-displays-missile-evidence-iran-violating-nuclear-deal-n829761?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma
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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Haley’s ‘Smoking Gun’ on Iran Met With Skepticism at U.N.

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Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, claimed Thursday that the international body has obtained “undeniable” evidence that Iran supplied Yemeni insurgents with missiles and other arms.

But U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reached no such conclusion in his report this month that addresses U.S. and Saudi claims the Houthi insurgents fired Iranian short-range ballistic missiles that nearly missed Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Nov. 4.

A U.N. panel of experts has reviewed missile fragments from the strike that show the missile resembles the Qiam-1, an Iranian-made Scud variant that lacks the tail fins typically found in Yemen’s previously known missile arsenal. The panel noted in a confidential report, which was obtained by Foreign Policy, that the missile also contained a tail component that bore the logo of an Iranian company targeted by U.S. and U.N. sanctions.

But the panel, which reported that the missile also contained an American-made component, concluded it “has no evidence as to the identity of the broker or supplier.”

While the presence of Iranian missile parts has strengthened the circumstantial case for the regime’s role in the Yemen conflict, some of Haley’s counterparts on the U.N. Security Council aren’t yet willing to point the finger at Tehran.

Sweden’s U.N. ambassador, Olof Skoog, who serves as a non-permanent Security Council member and has access to the confidential U.N. panel report, said Haley “may be in possession of evidence I have not seen. The information I have up to now is less clear” that Iran is the culprit.

Standing on a stage at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, home to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Haley said the U.N. “makes a convincing case that Iran is illegally providing the Houthi militants in Yemen with dangerous weapons.”

Haley spoke in front of a display filled with previously classified debris linked to Tehran’s missile program, which included a spent missile tube, charts, broken missile fragments, and a component made by an Iranian firm, Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group. She said some of the evidence presented was on loan from the Saudi and Emirati governments, and added she was inviting all members of the U.N. Security Council and Congress to come inspect the equipment.

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Pieces of an ballistic missile on display next to Haley, intending to prove Iran violated U.N. resolutions by providing weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.N. secretary-general’s report, she said, “provides devastating evidence of missiles, conventional arms, and explosives, and “explosive boats” of Iranian origin used by the rebels in Yemen — all of which violate U.N. resolutions.”

Iran immediately hit back at Haley, denying it has provided Yemen’s Houthi fighters with any weapons, and likening the American ambassador’s presentation to that of then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Powell falsely claimed that Iraq had a secret weapons of mass destruction program in a now-infamous presentation before the United Nations in February 2003 which included a show-and-tell of blown-up satellite images and a vial of white powder, intended to represent alleged Iraqi anthrax production.

Iranian U.N. mission spokesman Alireza Miryusefi issued a statement Thursday on behalf of Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo “categorically” rejecting Haley claims as “unfounded and, at the same time, irresponsible, provocative and destructive.”

“These accusations seek also to cover up for the Saudi war crimes in Yemen, with the US complicity, and divert attention from the stalemate war of aggression against the Yemenis.”

Haley’s press conference on Thursday followed her efforts in recent weeks to persuade the U.S. military and intelligence community to declassify evidence of Iranian misbehavior in the region, as Foreign Policy first reported. The administration, which has been isolated over its rejection of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, has been trying to redirect the world’s attention towards Tehran’s conduct in the Middle East.

“The fight against Iranian aggression is the world’s fight,” Haley said. “As you know, we do not often declassify this type of military equipment recovered from these attacks. But today we are taking an extraordinary step of presenting it here in an open setting.”

As part of that effort, the United States pushed the U.N. to be more vocal in criticizing Iran in the U.N. secretary-general’s periodic report on Iranian compliance with the nuclear accord.

The report, which was distributed to U.N. Security Council members on Friday, concludes that Iran is complying with its obligations under the nuclear accord. But it also documents evidence of Iranian weapons shipments in the region, and the frequent violation of a U.N. travel ban by a senior Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was spotted this year traveling throughout Syria and Iraq. The report also confirmed that a cache of weapons — including 900 assault rifles and 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers seized by the United States in the Gulf of Oman — were of Iranian origin.

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A ‘kamikaze drone’ of purported Iranian origin is seen on display after Haley’s press conference intending to prove Iran violated U.N. resolutions by providing arms to Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.N. secretary-general’s report also described similarities between missiles used by Houthis and those manufactured by Iran. But it stopped short of reaching any conclusions, saying that the U.N. secretariat “is still analyzing the information collected and will report back to the Security council, as appropriate, in due course.”

“This was the strongest secretary-general’s report that we have seen in reference to the violations by Iran, and we don’t intend to let that go,” Haley told reporters in a press conference at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington on Thursday. “The evidence is undeniable. The evidence might as well have had ‘Made in Iran’ stickers all over it,” she said.

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A placard showing a missile component recovered in Saudi Arabia reveals identity and logo of Iranian manufacturer Shahid Bagheri Industries Logo after Haley’s press conference. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Haley said it was an “undeniable fact” that Iran’s behavior in the Middle East has gotten worse since the nuclear deal was struck in 2015.

She did not highlight the massive humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where a devastating war between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition has pushed some 7 million civilians to the brink of famine. The Trump administration has faced growing scrutiny from human rights organizations and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for continuing to back Saudi Arabia’s operations in Yemen, where it had indiscriminately targeted civilians and imposed a crippling blockade on deliveries of food and humanitarian supplies to Yemen’s key ports. In late November, Riyadh began easing the international blockade in response to U.S. and international pressure.

Trump in October refused to re-certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal over a chorus of opposition from the United Nations and European allies, instead passing the buck to Congress to determine whether Iran was cooperating.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/14/nikki-haley-yemen-houthi-rebels-iran-missiles-press-conference-pentagon-skepticism-united-nations-trump-nuclear-deal-diplomacy/?utm_content=bufferf6e1f
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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Look at this particular photo which nails Iran lol

I think Iran is toast, and they deserve it as they were causing issues in many countries with their terrorist proxies

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The west is working to make the fight for kurds vs iraqi's easier
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"shengal bo ezdi ya", Ezidi namerin, HATA ARAB NAMAYEN NEK SHENGAL!
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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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More evidence of Iran involvement in Huthis ballistic missles
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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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