PKK urges Kurd unity in face of advancing IS militants

[Griff]

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[QUOTE]Syrian People's Protection Units and Kurdish Peshmerga forces fight against IS militants in Mahmudiye village, Mosul, Iraq on August 5, 2014 (AA)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which for years waged a deadly insurgency against Turkish authorities, called on all Kurdish armed groups in the region Tuesday to unite against Sunni militants in northern Iraq.

"Our efforts alone are not enough. There must be a joint (effort)" against the Islamic State (IS), the PKK's military leader Murat Karayilan said in remarks carried by the Radikal online newspaper.

His comments came after IS raised its black flag in the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar on Sunday after ousting the peshmerga troops of the Iraqi Kurdistan government.

"Let's form a joint command. Let's make preparations and take IS out of the areas it occupied, including Sinjar," said Karayilan, who heads the military wing of the PKK.

Karayilan also said peshmerga forces in northern Iraq could play a role. "They are better equipped. We can create a significant force."

On Monday, Baghdad's air force and Kurdish fighters from Syria joined forces with Iraq's embattled peshmerga to fights the militants.

Karayilan singled out main Kurdish parties in Iraq -- the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan -- as well as the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria as needing to unite against the militants.
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[EmperorScorpious]

I wonder if this will be the real beginning of an independent Kurdistan.

[RockmanYoshi]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45634894]I wonder if this will be the real beginning of an independent Kurdistan.[/QUOTE]

Turkey wouldn't like it.

[OvB]

I'm uninformed on the Turkish-Kurd relationship. Is there any scenario where the Turks would be fine with it? Why does everyone hate the Kurds?

[TornadoAP]

[QUOTE=RockmanYoshi;45635366]Turkey wouldn't like it.[/QUOTE]

Actually they'd be fine with it as long as it doesn't incite Turkey's own Kurds to form their own nation or join the new one. It would be a useful buffer against the rest of the Middle East.

[Griff]

[QUOTE=OvB;45635399]I'm uninformed on the Turkish-Kurd relationship. Is there any scenario where the Turks would be fine with it? Why does everyone hate the Kurds?[/QUOTE]
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