Posted on 09/03/2011 9:06:42 PM PDT by george76
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq—A young Kurdish shepherd was killed Saturday by an Iranian sniper... Both Iranian and Turkish forces have increased shelling and airstrikes this summer against Kurdish rebels with bases in Iraq who for years have battled for autonomy in Iran and Turkey.
The shepherd was killed early in the morning, said Maghdeed Ahmed, the mayor of Haj Omran, a town in northern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region...
Iran also shelled the border, Ahmed said
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My heart bleeds peanut butter...it’s halal...
One muslem killing another ... I shall grieve.
Oh shut up haters.
This is sad and symbolic. It’s my understanding that the Kurds have been persecuted for quite awhile.
Get some compassion for a dead shepherd.
Some guys will do anything to get a girlfriend.
This is sad and symbolic. It’s my understanding that the Kurds have been persecuted for quite awhile.
Get some compassion for a dead shepherd.
Yeah, you haters. Shut up!
The turks, iranians, and the iraqis have been trying to exterminate the kurds for quite some time now. The kurds are their proverbial thorn in the side. They are much more moderate than the fundamentalist muslims that surround them, hence the onslaught from all sides.
The shepherd was killed early in the morning, said Maghdeed Ahmed, the mayor of Haj Omran, a town in northern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region...
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