Så här kan det se ut i en blandad stad i KRG. Det framgår här på ett tydligt sätt vad rädslan är och att man även endast kan bemöta den med att vara skräckinjagande. Om man inte är tillräckligt stark eller tillräckligt många så kan IS få för sig att angripa en. Man har alltså inget val.
Här nedan är en annan man med lite mer ansvar och därför något mer omsorgsfull i sitt arbtet. Varenda sten måste lyftas och vändas typ av snubbe. Något mer skeptisk och ingen som köper skittsnack rakt av precis. Han är rätt person på rätt plats i rätt tillfälle.
Bättre inblick i situationen kan man inte få än så här. KRG har att göra med en fiende som både befinner sig på utsidan och insidan. Den senare gör så att de ständigt är på tårna och aldrig kan slappna av eller släppa tankarna för den delen. De måste dels strida mot IS ute på fält och dels bevaka sin egna befolkning. De har sunni irak emot sig och shia irak motverkar dem effektivt, men de har åtminstone stora delar av världssamfundet på sin sida, vilket kan kännas betrygande.
Jag är ytters säker på att det kommer ske en eskalering av terrorattentat i KRG nu när IS blir pushade, Mr Mohammed nämde också det.
Citat:
ERBIL, Iraq — At nine o’clock tonight, Goran Ahmad will pick up his 1983 Cuban AKM, kiss his wife of two days on the cheek, and take to the streets of Dibis, in Iraqi Kurdistan’s multi-ethnic Kirkuk province, until first light.
He will not be alone. Since the group calling itself the Islamic State captured the city of Mosul in June, Mr Ahmad, 25, and countless other young men like him have taken to appearing armed on street corners and roundabouts throughout the town, 58 kilometres south of the regional capital of Erbil, in a nightly show of strength and defiance.
But the IS is not their primary audience. The intimidation tactics are rather aimed at Dibis’s Sunni Arabs, who constitute roughly half the population. Mr Ahmad estimates that between 10 and 15 per cent of the Sunni Arab in town are supporters of, and possibly informants for, the group that is here known by its Arab acronym “Daesh”.
“Our fear is not Daesh, but the people inside the city who will contact them and tell them to attack if we do not show our strength,” Mr Ahmad said. “We have seen how local Arabs helped Daesh infiltrate other cities and do not wish to see that here. We can handle an attack from outside the city. But an attack that comes from inside it as well would be very dangerous.”
Mr Ahmad, who works as a police officer during the day, estimated that 80 per cent of Dibis’s young male Kurds took part in the nightly vigil of vigilantism. “We take our guns into the streets for our families, our city and for Kurdistan,” he said.
Amhad is quick to point out that his war is with the IS and its supporters, rather than against Sunni Arabs in general, many of whom are as staunchly against the group as he is.
“Until now, there was very little tension between Kurds and Arabs here,” he said. “We even have an Arab who brings his gun into the streets with us every night.”
He will not be alone. Since the group calling itself the Islamic State captured the city of Mosul in June, Mr Ahmad, 25, and countless other young men like him have taken to appearing armed on street corners and roundabouts throughout the town, 58 kilometres south of the regional capital of Erbil, in a nightly show of strength and defiance.
But the IS is not their primary audience. The intimidation tactics are rather aimed at Dibis’s Sunni Arabs, who constitute roughly half the population. Mr Ahmad estimates that between 10 and 15 per cent of the Sunni Arab in town are supporters of, and possibly informants for, the group that is here known by its Arab acronym “Daesh”.
“Our fear is not Daesh, but the people inside the city who will contact them and tell them to attack if we do not show our strength,” Mr Ahmad said. “We have seen how local Arabs helped Daesh infiltrate other cities and do not wish to see that here. We can handle an attack from outside the city. But an attack that comes from inside it as well would be very dangerous.”
Mr Ahmad, who works as a police officer during the day, estimated that 80 per cent of Dibis’s young male Kurds took part in the nightly vigil of vigilantism. “We take our guns into the streets for our families, our city and for Kurdistan,” he said.
Amhad is quick to point out that his war is with the IS and its supporters, rather than against Sunni Arabs in general, many of whom are as staunchly against the group as he is.
“Until now, there was very little tension between Kurds and Arabs here,” he said. “We even have an Arab who brings his gun into the streets with us every night.”
Här nedan är en annan man med lite mer ansvar och därför något mer omsorgsfull i sitt arbtet. Varenda sten måste lyftas och vändas typ av snubbe. Något mer skeptisk och ingen som köper skittsnack rakt av precis. Han är rätt person på rätt plats i rätt tillfälle.
Citat:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/05/kurdistan-threat-ethnic-tensions-spark-vigilantism
Hayad Mohamed, assistant to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)’s district manager, is less generous in his assessment.
“Every Arab in Dibis must be regarded with suspicion,” he said, leafing through a worn purple ledger of local Sunnis known to be in direct contact with the IS, whose positions are roughly 20 kilometres to the south.
“There are many good Arab families who live here,” he said. “We respect them and are working with them. But even with these we must be careful. Many say one thing and do another.”
Mr Mohamed said that the recent successes of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, supported by US air strikes, had the IS on the back foot and that the PUK expected to see a change in the group’s tactics as a result. In this new phase of fighting, IS supporters within Kurdish cities would become increasingly important to the group—and potentially lethal to other residents.
“Here in Dibis, we are expecting to see suicide bombers,” he said matter-of-factly. “Having been pushed back by the Peshmerga, Daesh will return to using IEDs, car bombs and other terrorist tactics.” He pointed to August 23’s Erbil car bombing, which wounded two, as a case in point. He also said at least 17 families in Dibis and the surrounding villages were known to be in contact with the IS and that several raids had uncovered bomb-making equipment in Arab homes within the town limits.
“Every Arab in Dibis must be regarded with suspicion,” he said, leafing through a worn purple ledger of local Sunnis known to be in direct contact with the IS, whose positions are roughly 20 kilometres to the south.
“There are many good Arab families who live here,” he said. “We respect them and are working with them. But even with these we must be careful. Many say one thing and do another.”
Mr Mohamed said that the recent successes of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, supported by US air strikes, had the IS on the back foot and that the PUK expected to see a change in the group’s tactics as a result. In this new phase of fighting, IS supporters within Kurdish cities would become increasingly important to the group—and potentially lethal to other residents.
“Here in Dibis, we are expecting to see suicide bombers,” he said matter-of-factly. “Having been pushed back by the Peshmerga, Daesh will return to using IEDs, car bombs and other terrorist tactics.” He pointed to August 23’s Erbil car bombing, which wounded two, as a case in point. He also said at least 17 families in Dibis and the surrounding villages were known to be in contact with the IS and that several raids had uncovered bomb-making equipment in Arab homes within the town limits.
Bättre inblick i situationen kan man inte få än så här. KRG har att göra med en fiende som både befinner sig på utsidan och insidan. Den senare gör så att de ständigt är på tårna och aldrig kan slappna av eller släppa tankarna för den delen. De måste dels strida mot IS ute på fält och dels bevaka sin egna befolkning. De har sunni irak emot sig och shia irak motverkar dem effektivt, men de har åtminstone stora delar av världssamfundet på sin sida, vilket kan kännas betrygande.
Jag är ytters säker på att det kommer ske en eskalering av terrorattentat i KRG nu när IS blir pushade, Mr Mohammed nämde också det.
