Thursday 7 August 2014

Iraq chaos catches up with Kurdistan

THE STANS
Iraq chaos catches up with Kurdistan
Baghdad (AFP) Aug 04, 2014 - It was nearly the perfect heist. In June, Iraq's Kurds snuck in behind retreating government troops to grab long-coveted land and watched from their new borders as Baghdad and jihadists fought over the rump state. But the move dragged Kurdistan's celebrated peshmerga out of their comfort zone and the cash-strapped force is now taking heavy losses along its extended front. "They've bitten ... more


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