Moving fast

[idplzr]

Fox news reported that Kurdish Peshmerga just took back Kirkuk from the ISIS.

 

In addition, Washington just stated it will offer assistance.

Us is sending support in security and aid. Iran is also sending.

Sorry, no links. Just watching the news

Americans being evacuated from Iraqi air base as militants advance

 

 

Officials say three planeloads of Americans are being evacuated from a major Iraqi air base in Sunni territory north of Baghdad to escape potential threats from a fast-moving insurgency

Kurdish forces take over posts in pushback against militants in Iraq

Published June 12, 2014

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June 12, 2014: Kurdish security forces deploy outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.AP

Kurdish security forces -- concerned with the possibility of more weapons falling into the hands of Al Qaeda-inspired militants in Iraq -- have taken over an air base and posts abandoned by the country’s military in the city of Kirkuk.

Kurdish security forces known as peshmerga took over the areas in the ethnically mixed city on Thursday, Brig. Halogard Hikmat, a senior peshmerga official, told the Associated Press. But he denied reports the whole city was under peshmerga control.

 

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"We decided to move ... because we do not want these places with the weapons inside them to fall into the hands of the insurgents," said Hikmat. Iraqi government officials could not be reached to confirm the account.

Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters from the ethnic group's autonomous enclave in the north showed signs of taking a greater role in fighting back against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) – the militant group that has vowed to march toward Baghdad after taking control of two key northern Iraq cities.

Their role is a potential point of friction because both Sunni and Shiite Arabs are wary over Kurdish claims on territory outside their enclave.

On Wednesday, a force of 20 pickup trucks carrying Islamic State militants attacked peshmerga positions near the town of Sinjar, on a highway between Mosul and the Syrian border. The two sides battled for four hours during the night in a firefight that killed nine militants and wounded four peshmerga, Hikmat said.

The ISIS captured parts of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, on Tuesday.

The takeover has forced around 320,000 Iraqis to flee into the country’s northern Kurdistan region, according to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The region is already home to 230,000 refugees who have fled the bloody conflict in neighboring Syria.

Long lines of cars and hundreds of people were spotted at a checkpoint leading to the regional capital of Erbil, the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports.

A woman who spoke to the station said she had to leave her home because ISIS fighters established a camp in front of it and demanded food.

"I was afraid, so we left, but I've been here all day and I have no food, no water. I don't know what to do,” she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[SnowGlobe7]

Who is Iran going to aid??? Sorry just thinking outloud

[dinar_millions]

This isn't as bad as it appears,Waiting with baited breathe to see what NATO and the UN are going to do..

[idplzr]

Who is Iran going to aid??? Sorry just thinking outloud

 

Its all about protecting interests and pieces of the pie. $$$ money and power at stake here

[ronscarpa]

[sandfly]

THANKS

[RodandStaff]

Who is Iran going to aid??? Sorry just thinking outloud

That's easy Snow....2U......as in "Iran2U"!!!! ;o)

Edited June 13, 2014 by RodandStaff

[Man_Kind]

 

Fox news reported that Kurdish Peshmerga just took back Kirkuk from the ISIS.

 

In addition, Washington just stated it will offer assistance.

Us is sending support in security and aid. Iran is also sending.

Sorry, no links. Just watching the news

Americans being evacuated from Iraqi air base as militants advance

 

 

Officials say three planeloads of Americans are being evacuated from a major Iraqi air base in Sunni territory north of Baghdad to escape potential threats from a fast-moving insurgency

Kurdish forces take over posts in pushback against militants in Iraq

Published June 12, 2014

FoxNews.com

Facebook0 Twitter11 livefyre

June 12, 2014: Kurdish security forces deploy outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.AP

Kurdish security forces -- concerned with the possibility of more weapons falling into the hands of Al Qaeda-inspired militants in Iraq -- have taken over an air base and posts abandoned by the country’s military in the city of Kirkuk.

Kurdish security forces known as peshmerga took over the areas in the ethnically mixed city on Thursday, Brig. Halogard Hikmat, a senior peshmerga official, told the Associated Press. But he denied reports the whole city was under peshmerga control.

 

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"We decided to move ... because we do not want these places with the weapons inside them to fall into the hands of the insurgents," said Hikmat. Iraqi government officials could not be reached to confirm the account.

Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters from the ethnic group's autonomous enclave in the north showed signs of taking a greater role in fighting back against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) – the militant group that has vowed to march toward Baghdad after taking control of two key northern Iraq cities.

Their role is a potential point of friction because both Sunni and Shiite Arabs are wary over Kurdish claims on territory outside their enclave.

On Wednesday, a force of 20 pickup trucks carrying Islamic State militants attacked peshmerga positions near the town of Sinjar, on a highway between Mosul and the Syrian border. The two sides battled for four hours during the night in a firefight that killed nine militants and wounded four peshmerga, Hikmat said.

The ISIS captured parts of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, on Tuesday.

The takeover has forced around 320,000 Iraqis to flee into the country’s northern Kurdistan region, according to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The region is already home to 230,000 refugees who have fled the bloody conflict in neighboring Syria.

Long lines of cars and hundreds of people were spotted at a checkpoint leading to the regional capital of Erbil, the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports.

A woman who spoke to the station said she had to leave her home because ISIS fighters established a camp in front of it and demanded food.

"I was afraid, so we left, but I've been here all day and I have no food, no water. I don't know what to do,” she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

 

Way to go Kurdish forces !

Look at the soldier to the far left of the pitcher. Wonder who he's calling ?

Hey Mom , Hey Dad .................It's all good , we just kick some ISIS's Azz !

Whooooo Hoooooo !

[SnowGlobe7]

He is doing a selfie for facebook

[ReinMan]

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