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The "Tiger Guards
Iraq's First Christian Brigade Formed to Battle IS
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Iraq's first Christian-only brigade of regular forces graduated Thursday to help retake the community's towns and villages from the Islamic State group.
The new brigade will answer to the government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, whose peshmerga fighters are playing a leading role in the war against the jihadists.
Fighters paraded and jumped through fiery rings in front of Kurdish and Assyrian officials in the northwestern town of Fishkhabur, near the borders with Syria and Turkey.
"Around 600 peshmerga from our Christian brothers in the Nineveh plain joined this course, which focused on physical training, military lectures and shooting exercises," said Abu Bakr Ismail, the commander of the training academy.
"All the participants are volunteers... and want to liberate their land from IS and then protect it," the Kurdish special forces major general said.
The new brigade is called the "Tiger Guards" and was formed out of the remnants of an Assyrian force first created in 2004 to protect churches in the region.
Several other Christian groups have formed in recent months in northern Iraq. They do not fall under the peshmerga's command but are hosted and supported by Kurdistan.
The new brigade will answer to the government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, whose peshmerga fighters are playing a leading role in the war against the jihadists.
Fighters paraded and jumped through fiery rings in front of Kurdish and Assyrian officials in the northwestern town of Fishkhabur, near the borders with Syria and Turkey.
"Around 600 peshmerga from our Christian brothers in the Nineveh plain joined this course, which focused on physical training, military lectures and shooting exercises," said Abu Bakr Ismail, the commander of the training academy.
"All the participants are volunteers... and want to liberate their land from IS and then protect it," the Kurdish special forces major general said.
The new brigade is called the "Tiger Guards" and was formed out of the remnants of an Assyrian force first created in 2004 to protect churches in the region.
Several other Christian groups have formed in recent months in northern Iraq. They do not fall under the peshmerga's command but are hosted and supported by Kurdistan.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/171204-iraq-s-first-christian-brigade-formed-to-battle-is
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