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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Kurdish fighters gain ground in Kobane
2014-10-16
[Iran Press TV] Kurdish fighters have gained more ground in the battle against ISIL Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
murderous Moslems in northern Syrian city of Kobane.

According to field reports Kurdish fighters have gained grounds in the east and west of the Syrian border city on Wednesday.

Reports also say heavy festivities between Kurdish fighters and ISIL murderous Moslems are underway northwest of the city.

A local Kurdish official in Kobane, Asya Abdullah, said Kurdish fighters were advancing inside and outside the city after a recent volley of US-led Arclight airstrikes took out numerous ISIL artillery batteries surrounding the city.

A UK-based Syrian opposition group said different parts of the city were targeted by US-led Arclight airstrikes on Wednesday.

Since September 23, the US and some of its Arab allies -- Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Bahrain, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates -- have been conducting Arclight airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.

Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, and its surroundings have been under attack since mid-September, with the ISIL murderous Moslems capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.
Posted by:Fred

#3  A big question is why doesn't the U.S. give Kurds heavy weapons. Could it be a deal with Turkey?
Posted by: Mr. Frank   2014-10-16 15:18  

#2  So why doesn't Iran give the Kurds heavy weapons? Yeah, the Kurds are Sunni, (I think) but they are fighting the enemy of the Shiites (I think).

Maybe they are afraid those weapons would come back to be used against them?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-10-16 14:04  

#1  Taking notes Turkey? You're next.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-10-16 09:47  

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