Kurds advancing on ISIS headquarters, capture key town and military base 30 miles north - Polidicks

[img]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1252A/production/_83805057_raqqa_624_v5.png[/img] [url]http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33234648[/url] [quote]Kurdish fighters in northern Syria say they have captured a key town from Islamic State, just 50km (30 miles) from the group's headquarters at Raqqa. A spokesman for the the Popular Protection Units (YPG) said Ain Issa and its surrounding villages were now under the militia's "total control". It follows the capture on Monday night of a military base outside the town. The YPG captured the town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border last week, cutting a major supply line for IS. The jihadist group has suffered a string of defeats to Kurdish forces since being forced to withdraw from the town of Kobane in January after a four-month battle.[/quote]

Kurdistan better get full independence after this is all over, they deserve it.

Once their capital is taken, you can expect actually more hardliners to be fighting for them. It's a common theme in cults that when/if the mythical "doomsday" that was predicted comes and passes, that, while there are a number of people who leave said cult, a great deal become even more involved in it. Fight isn't over yet, but this is a strong step toward it. I also hope the Kurds don't start pressing out Arabs from the areas they've captured as they seem to be doing in Iraq.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48037387]Once their capital is taken, you can expect actually more hardliners to be fighting for them.[/QUOTE] Nah bruv you just need an infantry to capture their HQ in two days, trust.

20 good men Iraq will owe a lot to them if it ever ends.

[QUOTE=asteroidrules;48037371]Kurdistan better get full independence after this is all over, they deserve it.[/QUOTE] Turkey won't like it. At all

[QUOTE=ionuttzu;48040513]Turkey won't like it. At all[/QUOTE] If Turkey plays its cards right, it could pull the "Kurds, get out of Turkey, you have your own country now, you want independence, go to that".

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48041413]If Turkey plays its cards right, it could pull the "Kurds, get out of Turkey, you have your own country now, you want independence, go to that".[/QUOTE]It's unlikely the Kurds are going to want to uproot from where they already live, rather they'd prefer the parts that're already majority Kurdish become part of Kurdistan. That'd be one of the rare things that Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey would be unified against; Turkey in particular as they've got the most Kurds iirc.

I'm not saying the Kurds would, or even should, uproot themselves from Turkey, but I can see Turkey pulling such a stunt.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;48041534]It's unlikely the Kurds are going to want to uproot from where they already live, rather they'd prefer the parts that're already majority Kurdish become part of Kurdistan. That'd be one of the rare things that Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey would be unified against; Turkey in particular as they've got the most Kurds iirc.[/QUOTE] It would be something of a turning point, or at least a new chapter, in Middle Eastern politics. The first time the big players acknowledged that the borders should never have been drawn arbitrarily. They are fluid and mostly tribal in nature, and we really fucked up down there. Hopefully with the formation of an independent Kurdistan would be the start of something good, not another battle of words between the Turks/Iraq/Syria and the people living in their countries.