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Border area is just an entry point, entry points are not the problem but an enabler for PKK to cross in and out of Turkey. If you want to destroy the enabler (impossible in this situation). That leaves the real problem which lies in the KRG itself, a safe haven for the PKK (gerila) whatever they...

ISF has got the resources (manpower and financial) to allocate them for a large operation against the PKK, IS is defeated and is a small-scale problem now that is dealt with in counter-insurgency ops which do not require many troops. However, ISF has no experience in mountain warfare although...

USA delegation sent asking Baghdad to let Pesh redeploy in 'disputed areas' Yes it will be met with political resistance, no matter what political party or entity you approach based on several reasons. One of short-term and of highest priority is the elections which are close this year, no...

Late last year USA stopped Baghdad from cutting YPG from KRG.

It's Newroz

PMU answers to the gov chain of command, has not violated it and falls under the ministry of interior. They're a component of the ISF. Move is good and nothing new, PMU already was an official force for a while. Documentary is from 2006, we are in 2018 here. Documentary is about organizations...

Good luck to grank

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-iraq-turkey/turkey-iraq-to-carry-out-joint-operation-against-kurdish-militants-in-iraq-turkish-formin-idUSKCN1GK18A?il=0 Sounds good

anyone that insults a shrine should insult a mosque as well, otherwise we're dealing with Shia hating Sunni animals.

The algiers agreement was a result of Iranian bullying, it was not in Iraq's interest but rather something forced as the neighbor was exerting its superior military power. Shah saved his own a$$ given Iran was a NATO ally back then bordering the Soviet union in the east, if Iraq was to become a...

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/02/iran-iraq-election-velayati.html Iranian interference in Iraqi election stirs anger among Iraqis Ali Akbar Velayati, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top adviser on international affairs, paid an official visit to Iraq from Feb. 15-18...

Najaf and Karbala are good tourist attractions, they should turn it into a consumer market to generate profit.

Who wants to pay me back

What the media shows to people has a major impact as we've seen from only the 1-2 years of propaganda that painted the Kurds as the bravest warriors. Nowadays any westerner I meet, Russians last weekend asked me about Iraq and told me how mighty Kurds are. People are taught this nonsense and...

Iraq has adopted a neutral stance like Switserland. Officialy the country has no treaty military alliance with anyone. It refuses to choose between the US/NATO/Gulf axis or the Russia/Iran axis, hence the US will not supply the country with advanced arms. Neither is it part of the axis of...

Iran-Iraq war started as a result of provocations initiated by Iran under the Shah which was the superior military power, they decided to show their military might with aggression and intimidation towards Iraq. The story that you push that Saddam out of nowhere decided to invade Iran is a lie...

This is great, no Kurdustan to be seen anytime soon.

As far as I know Iran supplied us with 6 million Kurdish animals, nothing to thank them for

@mangekyousharingan Below are the quantity and type of aircraft sent to Iran by Iraq, this is worth a lot more than what Iran supplied in 2014. Where is our thanks. 40 Su-22 Soviet Union 24 Su-24 Soviet Union 24 Mirage F-1 France 15 Ilyushin Il-76 Soviet Union 12 MiG-23 Soviet Union 7...

Iran is the country that interfered politically in Iraq heavier than any other neighbour; the result was a country led by a man who was attempting to become a new dictator, Maliki. All he managed to do is burn the economy and create the most ineffective military there is and you want me to bow...