If only all those in Iraq and Syria were as good as the Kurds, the war against ISIS might be over by now.
Pentagon chief: Iraq's Kurdish forces 'model' for fighting ISIL
ARBIL, Iraq - Reuters
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U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter called Iraq's Kurdish fighters a model for the kind of force needed to defeat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as he made an unannounced visit on July 24 to the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.
While Iraq's army has struggled, the Kurdish region's security forces, or peshmerga, have rolled back ISIL militants in northern Iraq and expanded the formal boundary of their semi-autonomous region.
"Here the peshmerga are pretty far along in their capabilities, so they can win on the ground here with our help," Carter said in Arbil, noting coalition support, including training, arms, intelligence and air strikes.
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Pentagon chief: Iraq's Kurdish forces 'model' for fighting ISIL
ARBIL, Iraq - Reuters
AFP photo
U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter called Iraq's Kurdish fighters a model for the kind of force needed to defeat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as he made an unannounced visit on July 24 to the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.
While Iraq's army has struggled, the Kurdish region's security forces, or peshmerga, have rolled back ISIL militants in northern Iraq and expanded the formal boundary of their semi-autonomous region.
"Here the peshmerga are pretty far along in their capabilities, so they can win on the ground here with our help," Carter said in Arbil, noting coalition support, including training, arms, intelligence and air strikes.
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Pentagon chief Iraq s Kurdish forces model for fighting ISIL - MIDEAST
