USA anfaller fortfarande ISIS i Sinjar. Tydligen finns där ISIS kvar. När Yezidierna kom tillbaka till Sinjar tillsammans med Peshmerga så hindrade peshmerga Yezidierna från att gripa sunnimuslimska kurder som varit med i ISIS, de hjälpte till och dessa ISIS-kurder fly med Yezidiernas tillgångar. Bara en liten bild av hur sekteristiskt Irak är. När ISIS nu ser ut att besgreas av USA-koalitionen, IRaks armé och shia så blossar stridigheterna upp mellan kurderna, som väntat. Diktatorn, som kallas president med citationstecken i den kurdiska artikel jag länkar till, har varit i Saudiarabien för att diskutera hur han kan hjälpa dessa sunnimuslimska kurder och araber ytterligare:
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There were a lot of rumours floating around Iraqi Kurdistan about Barzani’s visit to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Locals speculated that the KDP was being given a large sum of money so that the Kurdish would support Iraq’s Sunni Arabs, who are enmeshed in the security crisis further south in Iraq. A statement issued by the Iraqi Kurdish President’s office said that Barzani’s main aim in visiting Riyadh was to discuss the current political situation in Iraq.
http://ekurd.net/iraqi-kurdistan-political-crisis-world-2015-12-11
Det är mycket matnyttigt i artikeln, om hur "presidenten" (diktatorn) har två konkurrerande grupper, peshmerga och oppositionen, som åker till olika världsdelar för att stärka sin sida i maktkampen. I Europa fick kurderna som svar att de först måste lösa sina politiska problem innan de får hjälp:
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Meanwhile Yusuf Mohammed was visiting Brussels, in Belgium, “at the official invitation of the European Parliament”, his spokesperson, Kamaran Subhan, said. In a speech he gave to the European Parliament, Mohammed said that there were certain militia-like forces in Iraqi Kurdistan who considered themselves above the law – this was a not-so-subtle reference to the fact that security forces acting on behalf of the KDP had kept him and other elected members of his party out of Erbil. Mohammed also said that representatives of the Iraqi Kurdish government in Europe were trying to meddle in his visit. The latter then issued a statement denying they were doing anything to hinder the visit of Mohammed, whom they described as a representative of the Change movement, rather than as the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament. The same statement also said that Mohammed was trying to paint a misleading picture of the political situation in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Mohammed’s European visit definitely made some impact. The German government has long been seen as friendly to the Kurdish and after meeting with Mohammed, German politician, Claudia Roth, a leader of the German Green Party as well as Vice President of the German Parliament, the Bundestag, wrote on her Facebook page: “[The Kurds] are an important part of the peace and stability in this region,” Roth wrote, after acknowledging the Kurdish part in the fight against the extremist Islamic State group. “But I have great concerns because of the political infighting in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the parliamentary process is currently suspended. The political conflict in Erbil should be resolved on the basis of existing democratic rules, formulated by the Kurdish people themselves after so many years of disenfranchisement and hard fighting.”
Ingen enad front direkt om man säger så, vilket är bra för Irak.
Det är en jäkla fart på USA i Irak:
Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 21 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:
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-- Near Huwayjah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Mosul, five strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL checkpoint, three ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL heavy machine gun, and an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Qayyarah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL vehicle bomb factory.
-- Near Ramadi, five strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL bed-down location, an ISIL vehicle bomb, and an ISIL staging area.
-- Near Sinjar, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, and suppressed an ISIL sniper position.
-- Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Baghdadi, one strike cratered four ISIL-used roads.
-- Near Fallujah, one strike destroyed two ISIL bed down locations.
-- Near Habbaniyah, one strike cratered two ISIL-used roads.
-- Near Tikrit, one strike destroyed two ISIL bunkers.
http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/633797/military-strikes-hit-isil-terrorists-in-syria-iraq