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posted by janrinok on Sunday November 26 2017, @10:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the backstabbing-on-the-syrian-front dept.

US to stop arming anti-IS Syrian Kurdish YPG militia - Turkey

The US is to stop supplying arms to the Syrian Kurdish militia the YPG, Turkey has said. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said President Donald Trump had made the promise in a phone call to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The White House said it was making "adjustments" to its support for partners inside Syria but did not explicitly name the YPG.

Turkey has long complained about US support for the group. Washington has viewed the YPG as a key player in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), but Ankara brands the group's fighters as terrorists. Turkey says the YPG is as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group it has been fighting for decades in south-eastern Turkey. The US, however, has seen the YPG as distinct from the PKK. In May it announced it would supply arms to the Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which were poised to drive IS from its stronghold of Raqqa. It had previously armed only Arab elements of the SDF.

Goodbye, Kurdistan?

Also at Reuters, NPR, Daily Sabah, and RT.


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 26 2017, @07:16PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 26 2017, @07:16PM (#601798) Journal

    YOU take off the rose colored glasses, then YOU look at history.

    "And if you were in my community claiming you "fight for my independence", I'll shoot you myself."

    And, you're a fucking hypocrite. Not to mention, an idiot. You're going to shoot me? Then, you've chosen sides, you've picked up arms, and you've entered the war. You, your home, your kin, everything that you cherish is forfeit, just because you exist. And, the enemy has a long, long, memory. THAT is why the Turks are trying so very hard to kill off the Kurds. And, the Yazidi. Not to mention a few dozen other small tribes that almost no one has ever heard of.

    "And if you were in my community claiming you "fight for my independence", I'll shoot you myself."

    You sure talk a tough story. I'm an old bastard today - but I have the TRAINING to use my weapons. Nothing that you've posted suggests that you know which end of the firestick goes "boom". And, nothing you've posted suggests that you've ever been at the sharp end. You're just going to pick up a weapon, and take me on? Christ on a crutch - you naive children have no concept. Here - read - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [wikipedia.org]

    If you can wrap your mind around that parable, you MAY be ready to understand this post: http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Galloway_062304,00.html [military.com]

    Go ahead, talk shit.

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