kurdish Militias are needed

washington post ^ | march 27 2004

[freedom before peace]

The March 14 editorial "Disarming Iraq's Militias" contains some misinformed criticism of the interim Iraqi constitution regarding security forces. The Kurdish pesh merga are not going to demobilize by June 30; that is why "no plan has been announced."

The pesh merga have reduced their numbers since prewar mobilization, but they will remain at a level to guarantee the security of the people in the autonomous region of the north until such time as the Kurdistan Regional Government believes it is possible to further reduce them or until they are resubordinated to some other Iraqi central authority.

[Bismarck]

Arm the Kurds. Loyalty and friendship have to be rewarded...

[xm177e2]

We don't need a Kurdish militia, we need an independent, nuclear-armed, democratic Kurdish state. That would fix the Arabs.

[freedom before peace]

We don't need a Kurdish militia, we need an independent, nuclear-armed, democratic Kurdish state. That would fix the Arabs.

hell yes, love this