[Centraal] Irak en IS #142 Waar ISIS Ramadi weer inneemt.

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Op woensdag 20 januari 2016 21:41 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Logisch, de KDP is nou niet bepaald het toonbeeld van gelijkheid en democratie. De PUK kan beter een alliantie aangaan met de PYD en Barzani proberen te wippen.

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An Amnesty International report that accused Peshmerga forces of deliberately destroying Arab communities in areas under their control is a lie, Helgurt Hikmet, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Pershmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan, told Sputnik in an exclusive interview.

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters

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The non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) published a report on Wednesday, stating that Peshmerga forces from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) bulldozed and burned down "thousands of homes in an apparent effort to uproot Arab communities" in revenge for their support for Daesh (Islamic State).
According to Hikmet, the AI report is fabricated and its authors were biased towards the Kurdish resistance forces.

"They [the AI allegations] are not true. The organization, which prepared the report, doesn't have any documentary evidence which would enable it to make such claims," Hikmet told Sputnik.

Peshmerga forces didn't destroy a single house in any of Arab communities. On the contrary to what the AI said, Kurds do nothing but provide protection to everyone in regions under their control, Hikmet added.

"Peshmerga forces don't discriminate against anyone, be it the Arabs or Kurds. Our region is home to about 2 million Arabs, and we provide their security at a high level," the KRG spokesperson said.

In this Sunday Jan. 11, 2015 photo, a Yazidi fighter protects the Sharaf al-Deen temple shrine, one of the holiest for the Yazidis, a religious minority whom the Islamic State group considers heretics ripe for slaughter, in Sinjar, northern Iraq

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There are not only Kurds fighting for the KRG. Many Arabs and Turkmen fighters join Peshmerga forces to fight together against the common enemy — Daesh, Hikmet said.
The destruction of houses in Northern Iraq happened amid fighting between Peshmerga and Daesh terrorists, as well as a result of international airstrikes, led by the United States, in the area.

"Daesh put bombs in a lot of houses, which results in explosions. Also Daesh militants use the houses of civilians as headquarters and because of that anti-terrorist coalition planes are forced to throw bombs on them," Hikmet explained.

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Op woensdag 10 februari 2016 22:23 schreef vigen98 het volgende:

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Oud video

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Op woensdag 10 februari 2016 22:29 schreef vigen98 het volgende:

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Deze video is eerder teruggekomen. Zelfs in de comments staat het nog dat het een oude filmpje is. Puur propaganda.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=303_1455033599

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Op woensdag 10 februari 2016 22:19 schreef Atak het volgende:
Ah, wat lief. Ze houden wapens vast. Deze keer niet je wapen droppen en wegrennen.

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Op vrijdag 12 februari 2016 22:13 schreef vigen98 het volgende:

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Anbar provincie staat klaar om helemaal opgeschoond te worden dan pushen naar Mosul