...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
's (ISIS/ISIL/IS) advance in Syria and Iraq, leaders are becoming increasingly vocal about the establishment of an independent Kurdistan, with some sources close to the ground telling Fox News that Kurds are dedicated to the formation of a new state--"whether the U.S. likes it or not."
Security sources speaking to Fox News note that the Kurdish forces--the YPG/YPJ in Syria and the Peshmerga in Iraq--have made significant advances in the past months, keeping ISIS from recapturing the Turkish border town of Kobani and even making inroads in Raqqa province, home to the Islamic State's "capital" city. They have been significantly more successful against the Sunni jihadist group than the official Iraqi army or the vestiges of what was once Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
's military, and authorities suggest they are now intent on capturing the Iraqi city of Kirkuk and beginning to establish a state.
"They are pushing hard in Kirkuk to hold Kirkuk and keep ISIS out and once that is done, they will move forward with plans for their country," said a source described as an "operator on the ground with direct connections to Kurdish leaders, adding, "They have only one goal, whether the U.S. likes it or not."
Fox's report notes that the B.O. regime has been adamantly opposed to the creation of an independent Kurdistan, citing a State Department front man telling the news outlet that America is "very supportive" of the Kurds while being "clear and consistent in support of a unified Iraq."
Kurdish leaders seem skeptical that a state can both support the Shiite-run government in Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurdish forces, based in Erbil. One leader--Lahur Talabani of the Kurdistan Intelligence Agency--tells Fox News that Kurdistan is like Israel: "We have suffered for years. Gassed by Saddam. Mass Graves. We have suffered like the Jews at the hands of these surrounding countries, and we are very pro-West. You don't find any other countries like that in this region."