Kurds, who are the bravest fighters over there, can do the most against ISIS so I don't see why governments don't want to help them.
Kurds plead for more Canadian support against the Islamic State
STEVEN CHASE
HALIFAX — The Globe and Mail
Published Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 9:52PM EST
Falah Mustafa Bakir said the Kurds would prefer Canada continue air strikes in Iraq and Syria but added that if Mr. Trudeau’s government is set on withdrawing fighter planes, then they would ask for a renewed commitment on other forms of aid.
“We would like to tell them that the air strikes have been effective, they have helped us a great deal. They have helped save lives. They have helped to destroy the enemy,” Mr. Bakir, foreign affairs minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government, said in an interview.
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Kurds plead for more Canadian support against the Islamic State
Kurds plead for more Canadian support against the Islamic State
STEVEN CHASE
HALIFAX — The Globe and Mail
Published Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 9:52PM EST
- The top diplomat for northern Iraq’s Kurds is asking Canada to give priority to his people and region over Baghdad’s government forces as Justin Trudeau’s Liberals ponder how they will fulfill a pledge to expand training and assistance in the war against the Islamic State.
Falah Mustafa Bakir said the Kurds would prefer Canada continue air strikes in Iraq and Syria but added that if Mr. Trudeau’s government is set on withdrawing fighter planes, then they would ask for a renewed commitment on other forms of aid.
“We would like to tell them that the air strikes have been effective, they have helped us a great deal. They have helped save lives. They have helped to destroy the enemy,” Mr. Bakir, foreign affairs minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government, said in an interview.
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Kurds plead for more Canadian support against the Islamic State