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48. Reportedly ISIS fighters were particularly upset by female Pesh Merga.
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 10:52 AM
Oct 2019

Last edited Thu Oct 10, 2019, 12:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Something about a WOMAN, of all things, being willing to take up arms against them really threw them off.

Anyone with time feel free to look up and add in here anything on a woman Kurdish fighter with the nomme de guerre of Rehana. I don't have all the details on her. Early in the Caliphate War she became a bit of a charismatic figure among the Kurds.

Then disappeared in battle.

After which an ISIS propaganda video appeared. A bearded fighter held up a Kurdish girl's decapitated head. Reportedly Rehana's. I don't know it it was ever confirmed it was her.

The Islamic State tried to intimidate these worrisome uppity women out of fighting them by vowing that any that they captured they would first "make their wives."

According to some Yazidi girls and women who were taken as war prizes, used as sex slaves, and escaped, what being made their wife meant for some was continual gang rape. A fighter comes in, says I Marry You, rapes the girl, says I Divorce You, goes out. Next ISIS fighter comes in, same thing. All night long. Those were the religious rules their Imams gave them for sex slavery. It made what the fighters were doing moral, in their spin on Islam.

The Kurds Erdogan is attacking today are the incredibly brave people who were our main and best Muslim allies, both in the 2003- 2000whenever chaos we ignited in Iraq. And then in the spin-off past 5 years' war to defeat the IS Caliphate.

Trump getting his "information" about the Kurds from Erdogan is like someone having gotten their "information" about the Armenians from Ataturk. Ataturk killed lots of Armenians in western Turkey.

Edit:

Dunno how to post pics yet, but this is/was Kurdish fighter Rehanna early in the Caliphate War, in the Syrian town of Kobani.
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I looked at an image of the IS fighter holding up the girl fighter's head above her dead body, in victory -- and ugh I suggest you don't -- and to me it looked like her. But I see counterclaims it wasn't her and she was still fighting. So, I don't know. But some girl in fatigues and with a long hair braid got decapitated.

Big K&R. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #1
That makes it all even worse. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #2
A guest on CNN with knowledge of this said the Kurds did 95% of the fighting. nt Mike 03 Oct 2019 #3
Creating new foes from allies... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2019 #4
aside from Congress, need UN (starting w/General Assembly) to act cloudythescribbler Oct 2019 #5
What do you think the UN General Assembly dumbcat Oct 2019 #22
The damage is already done. groundloop Oct 2019 #41
I view the conflict with ISIS as an extension of the regime change in Iraq pecosbob Oct 2019 #6
No one's saying they do all this altruistically, with no interests of their own. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #12
Agreed pecosbob Oct 2019 #13
We didn't carve it out in Iraq because Turkey and Syria objected bigbrother05 Oct 2019 #15
The common assumption is parts of Iran Turkey and Syria would also try to break away. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #16
and we would need allies? stopdiggin Oct 2019 #18
I don't have a handy source to link for this, but my understanding is SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #20
The ME is so F'd up...a new country will just create more problems. LeftInTX Oct 2019 #24
They have oil. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #25
Just hold on for awhile... llmart Oct 2019 #32
Kick and recommend for truth. bronxiteforever Oct 2019 #7
100% Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #8
K&R WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2019 #9
The Kurds are badasses superpatriotman Oct 2019 #10
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #11
Amen. orangecrush Oct 2019 #14
Out in front, protecting the world from ISIS. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #17
Turn the impeached tRump over to the KPN Oct 2019 #19
That would make America great. gordianot Oct 2019 #23
When did we stop honoring our fallen comrades? FakeNoose Oct 2019 #43
another big K&R. demigoddess Oct 2019 #21
Richard Engel posted a link earlier in the week about the the Kurdish fighting force. Worth a watch. Pepsidog Oct 2019 #26
+1000 Anon-C Oct 2019 #27
just like we did in afghanistan. mopinko Oct 2019 #28
trump is a traitor to everyone Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #29
Btw I'm not Kurdish myself, and if I even know any Kurdish-Americans SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #30
What he's done is sickening. Karadeniz Oct 2019 #31
+100000000000000000000000000000. roamer65 Oct 2019 #33
You're conflating talking heads and u.s. special ops forces. they know the Kurdish fighters Kurt V. Oct 2019 #34
Our special forces talked with constantly and knew the Kurdish soldiers personally, yes, absolutely. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #37
K&R Cetacea Oct 2019 #35
K&R hay rick Oct 2019 #36
K&R. dchill Oct 2019 #38
K and R. warmfeet Oct 2019 #39
K&R for a post that puts things in perspective Ohioboy Oct 2019 #40
I wonder how many of our other alais will say NO the next time we ask for their help? napi21 Oct 2019 #42
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2019 #44
Great post, TY. appalachiablue Oct 2019 #45
K & R ... + 1,000,000. Facts and details matter - a lot! I too am Much obliged for your OP. n/t MFGsunny Oct 2019 #46
The Kurds did the fighting for us is more accurate. Moral Compass Oct 2019 #47
Reportedly ISIS fighters were particularly upset by female Pesh Merga. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #48
Yes, we fought ISIS to the last Kurd malthaussen Oct 2019 #49
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