Posted on 03/06/2017 9:49:23 AM PST by Texas Fossil
The announcement of a tripartite alliance "Yezidi, Assyrian, Turkoman" demands a special province for minorities in Iraq
Twilight News / announced Aesideon and Assyrians and Turkmen in Iraq on Sunday for a tripartite alliance combines minorities within Iraq Resume management linked to the federal government in Baghdad.
Under the slogan "a sure guarantee for the stability of minorities in Iraq Mesopotamia region," "Top Yezidi Council and independent organization enforcement Turkmens and the Organization of Mesopotamia" announced "tri-national alliance combines minorities", and demanded the coalition "province of Mesopotamia, which will include three provinces, namely, (Sinjar and Tal Afar and Nineveh Plain) as a region of multiple nationalities, religions and cultures of Iraq. "
And issued a coalition statement sent to the Twilight News came in, he was "far from any entrenched racist or sectarian," adding that "the new face for the exercise of democracy in Iraq, after the Iraqi regimes failed to protect ethnic groups and communities and small that coexist within the new provincial boundaries quoted him as saying."
He called the National Alliance "of the territory of Iraq to move according to the foundations of the Iraqi constitution, which allows the formation regions and new provinces, and gives the right to all nationalities that coexist within Iraq, in self-management, and the preservation of heritage, culture and civilization, (according to Part V / Chapter I / materials: 112 and 115 and 116 of the permanent Iraqi constitution of 2005). "
Triple Alliance explained that "the goal of his project is the practice of constitutional, administrative and human rights, and the preservation of small and thoroughbreds communities in Iraq, based on the principle of openness in relations with everyone alike."
The statement noted that "the call for the establishment of the province it is only legitimate exercise of constitutional rights for all, and is designed to prevent a repeat of the disasters and campaigns of genocide and massacres that were committed and continues to commit against the small communities, and protection."
The statement went on that "The project aims to divide Iraq, stressing the unity of Iraq's land and people and the wealth and strengthen the national social fabric and stability in the region, by all means democracy and civilization, and maintain the unity of Iraq, and the restoration of the rights of minorities through the legal process, and based on the Iraqi Constitution."
He called the coalition "formations of political and social organizations, all of which belong to the ethnic communities that live within the new provincial map to join the declared alliance, and to adopt the principle of dialogue with all religious and ethnic components in Iraq, adhere to good-neighborliness with all neighboring parties."
He ended the coalition statement saying that "the Yezidis, Shabak, Assyrians and other minorities have been subjected over the history of the campaigns of genocide and ignore the rights and exclusion by successive Iraqi governments to date, and have been subjected to international terrorism and had their share of this terrorism after 2003, the largest and most violent attack regulate Daesh Takfiri after June 10, 2014 and its occupation of most of their areas, which caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of them and the accompanying heinous criminal acts such as murder women and young girls and raped, kidnapped and sold into slavery in the markets in the areas of control in Iraq and Syria. "
This is happening in the wake of what they consider as foreign invasion by Turkish elements that took 8 lives and injured 20. It was proceeded by an attempted genocide by ISIS and failure of government protection.
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This is the normal middle east. It would be best to just build a fence around the entire place to keep it from infecting the rest of the world.
Sigh. Yes, it is all too normal. But it is not universal. There are some good people there, they hide most of the time from the crazies.
The three minorities mentioned only try to protect themselves.
In a few more months, ISIS will be largely crushed in Iraq.
It will be easy for Baghdad to have the Army (or the Hashd) swing through Sinjar before coming home from Mosul - risky business for the locals who would pay the price for the PKK’s aspirations.
But perhaps they will find a constituency in Baghdad (or Iran), who would like to cultivate them as a counterbalance against Turkey, or more likely, other Iraqi Kurds. Mid East politics is a real high wire act.
You have a much higher opinion of Turkey than I do.
And I probably don’t know enough about PKK’s history.
I am pretty close to the Syrian Kurds. Am convinced they are much better people than most of their neighbors.
“You have a much higher opinion of Turkey than I do.”
Turkey has a lot of great things about it, but I think they are going through a bad time under this leadership.
For a long time, Turkey has been a significant counterweight to Russia, as part of NATO. We are at risk of fundamentally losing that long term strategic asset.
That may well be part of Russia’s game, if they can achieve it. Using the Syrian Kurds to achieve a decisive break between Turkey’s large (huge) military and the US, would be a strategic coup. With new leadership, Turkey could be a great asset again.
In terms of the PKK’s past, I think that its future is more important. This is a pivotal period in their history - coming out of the mountains and into town - given their first real opportunity to demonstrate an ability to govern. It will be a great (probably make or break) test of their ability to go mainstream, like the IRA did with their Sinn Fein Party. They will have to do it in an exceptionally tough environment.
Bottom Line: It will be a big cultural leap for the old guard of their party. Prayers up.
There is movement today toward Raqqa by the SDF and US Spec Ops. And our NATO “ally” Erdogan just took 2 Kurd towns west of Manbij, killing many. Anything to deny the coalition ability to end ISIS.
Yesterday it was Yazidi’s in Shingal. Now this.
Not sure how US and Russia will react to this. This is a very big mistake by the DOG.
They may be desperate to rescue ISIS (especially leadership) before they are cut off even more strongly, killed or captured, and give up evidence of Turkish support. Mosul is almost completely encircled, and the Caliph may be trapped inside (the just caught his cousin), Raqqa is now even more firmly cut off from Raqqa, and the SAA is widening their buffer between the Turks and Raqqa.
Erdogan might also just be determined to gain some more territory, to achieve his vision, or boost his referendum chances.
They may also just be fulfilling the deal with the ISIS garrison of al Bab, to support their assault on Manbij. Losing Manbij (the ISIS “Little London”) was a major butt hurt for them. Turkey might have nothing else to do with those guys, except to let them commit suicide by Kurd. It might still distract from Raqqa and delay that op.
Freeing Manbij cost Kurds 500 lives.
They have very strong feelings about that piece of dirt.
“Turkey might have nothing else to do with those guys”
Some rebadged and rearmed and are working for Turkey now. Jihadi’s are jihadi’s (parts are parts).
This really sucks.
“Some rebadged and rearmed and are working for Turkey now.”
That’s what I’m saying - but what can Turkey use them for, or do with them?
They are mostly irredeemable murderers - Can’t bring them back to Turkey.
Their loyalty is fickle (they were killing Turks two weeks ago). They are hard to control for long.
They are radioactive - you don’t want to get caught harboring/supplying/allying with hard-core ISIS.
They probably need to use those guys up as cannon fodder pretty quick. Now that they are cut off from Raqqa, their options are Manbij or Afrin, but the ISIS jihadis are chomping at the bit to go for Manbij, or breakthrough to Raqqa (Afrin is not ISIS’ fight).
Moving armor in open country is death, when the USAF is off shore. Turkey may give them some cover, but without that they will be quickly devoured.
“Can’t bring them back to Turkey”?
No, they already have their fill of that kind.
I believe event the remaining Trukish Military are tired of Erdogan’s mindless rants. He is probably not as safe as he thinks he is. If that escalates, he won’t be arrested in a coup.
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