This might do it since the Kurds are ferocious fighters.
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Will arming Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces tip the balance of power in Iraq? | |
Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Photo: AFP •See Related Articles October 9, 2014 ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— The Kurds have received unprecedented amounts of foreign arms since Islamic State (IS) fighters entered Kurdish areas adjacent to the borders of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Violent confrontations have shown the Peshmerga’s impotence in dealing with such large-scale security challenges. IS was able to obtain advanced and modern military munitions by capturing American weapons from Iraqi government forces in the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and Ramadi. Peshmerga forces, on the other hand, carry old weapons, some of which date back to the time of the Soviet Union. In a statement to Al-Hayat, a high-ranking general in the Peshmerga forces said, “We cannot depend upon the weapons we have. For that reason. confronting IS means sending Kurdish troops to their deaths because of the ineffectiveness of their weapons. … The ammunition Kurdish soldiers carry is very old, and some of it no longer works.” Continue reading at: Will arming Kurdistan s Peshmerga forces tip the balance of power inIraq |