[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Local security forces, manned mostly by former members of the Kurdish militia, the peshmerga, are more capable than those in other parts of Iraq.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Homework time. First Kurdish word (I think.)

[rarestia]

I dated a Lebanese girl in college whose father was a Peshmerga soldier in the late 70s. He was a fierce man.

[SoothingDave]

If they have a traumatic experience in combat, they go peshugganah.

[odds]

Pesh-merga (Kurdish word & pronunciation). Peesh-marga (Persian word & pronunciation). Both mean same thing, ‘near or face/confront death’. Btw, no need to add ‘s’ at the end. Merga or Marga is already plural both in Kurdish & Persian. Merg or Marg is the singular form.

[xsmommy]

Aloha! Been awake since 3 am here with the time change. Waiting for sunrise to walk on the beach. This place is spectacular.

[HammerT]

Perhaps it is high time we supplied the peshmerga with the weapons they need to halt the threat of ISIL.

[Texan5]

An interesting change of pace-
Today we’re foreign word-ish
And an interesting definition
Of warriors who are Kurdish

It spells right out that they
Will go medieval or berserker-
And when a battle is imminent
There’s nothing like a shirker

I’m out of verses for that one...