Peshmerga thwart ISIS in Shingal, as Iraqi forces kill 33 near Baghdad By RUDAW 3 hours ago
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Opinion:
Muslim Peshmerga fighters and Muslim Iraqi soldiers are killing Muslim ISIS terrorists at rates far greater than coalition forces trying to bomb ants on the ground from 2000 feet in the desert to drop munitions designed for conventional forces, not a guerrilla insurgency.
It always needed a ground war to end the reign of those that usurp the name of an entire religion.
You folks who want to know where are the Muslims speaking out and fighting the terrorists in their midst?
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http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/170120151
‘ISIS militants launched three assaults on Peshmerga bases inside Shingal
SHINGAL, Kurdistan Region – Peshmerga forces repulsed three early morning assaults by Islamic State (ISIS) in Shingal on Saturday, as Baghdad announced that its forces had killed 33 militants in clashes on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital.
“ISIS militants launched three assaults on Peshmerga bases inside Shingal, but we repulsed all the futile assaults,” a Peshmerga source said.
He said the militants had used heavy weapons, and that the two forces had come within about 50 meters of each other during the intense battles. The Peshmerga suffered no casualties, and bad weather prevented the assessment of casualties on enemy forces, the source added.
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And this:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/10/More-than-700-Peshmerga-fighters-killed-since-June.html
Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants since they launched their offensive in June.
A statement from the region's military forces, known as the Peshmerga, said 3,564 members of the Kurdish security forces had also been wounded over the past six months.
The dead and wounded included "officers, non-commissioned officers, members of the Asayish (intelligence agency), of the police and some Peshmerga veterans," the statement said.
The Peshmerga ministry said the tally covers the six months going back to June 10, the day after ISIS fighters who already held swathes of land in Syria launched a devastating offensive in Iraq.
The statement said 34 members of the Kurdish security forces are also still reported as missing.
The last overall toll released by an official Kurdish source was on August 8, when the regional presidency's chief of staff Fuad Hussein said 150 Peshmerga had been killed.
When the jihadists launched their major offensive in Iraq on June 9, the federal Iraqi forces collapsed, commanders and foot soldiers alike often abandoning their posts without a fight.
The Peshmerga moved in to the vacuum and took over several disputed areas they had long claimed from the federal state, de facto expanding the size of their region by around 40 percent.
However they were forced out of several of their newly acquired territories when ISIS fighters -- who had made Iraq's second city of Mosul their main hub -- launched a second offensive in August.
The fresh advance brought ISIS to within striking distance of the Kurdish capital of Arbil, which was one of the justifications put forward by U.S. President Barack Obama when he ordered air strikes four months ago.
Several other nations -- including Britain, France and Australia -- have since joined the air campaign and the Peshmerga have also received foreign assistance in the shape of weapons, military advisers and training.
"Peshmerga forces have succeeded in pushing ISIS away from several Kurdistan regions and in transitioning from a defensive to a offensive phase," Wednesday's statement said.
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The ones with the murderous intent and high production value videos being played for free on your TV's by the kowtowing American fearmongering media are the terrorists, the ones killing them on the ground and being killed for their troubles are the Muslims.
The flag they wave so proudly at the twilight's last gleaming in Iraq is the Kurdistan national autonomous region flag.
