It's a shame tbat the Kurds weren't given more weaponry at the very beginning, and ISIS wouldn't hav

[Sally]

It's a shame tbat the Kurds weren't given more weaponry at the very beginning, and ISIS wouldn't have gotten as far as they have.


Standing over the bodies of dead ISIS fighters: Kurdish forces drive jihadists back from key oil city of Kirkuk with help of U.S.-led air strikes

• Kurds launch massive offensive backed by strikes from U.S.-led coalition
• Gained swathes of land southwest of the city after seizing several villages
• Brings them near ISIS stronghold of Hawijah where jihadis killed 20 militia
• Men reportedly strung by their feet from light poles under Islamic State flag

By SIMON TOMLINSON FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 11:18 EST, 9 March 2015 | UPDATED: 14:07 EST, 9 March 2015

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A Kurdish peshmerga looks at the body of what they say is an Islamic State militant on the outskirts of Tel Ward, west of the city of Kirkuk after attacking jihadist positions around the oil-rich city

Kurdish forces drove Islamic State militants back from the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Monday, in an attack which was backed by heavy air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition.

Speaking to a local TV channel near the frontline, Kirkuk governor Najmaldin Karim said the purpose of the offensive was to secure the city, which the Kurds have held since last summer.



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[Missouri_Mike]

It boggles the mind really. The one obvious group of people we should be helping gets nothing because we don't want to offend the people that are attacking them. Pure stupid.

 

[Bleipriester]

Its illegal to arm private groups in other countries.