Posted on 09/07/2014 9:57:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Kurdish Peshmerga forces have strengthened their hold on the town of Makhmour in northern Iraq as they manage to gain more ground in the battle against Takfiri ISIL militants, Press TV reports.
The town of Makhmour, situated some 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the militant-held city of Mosul, is one of the few places in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh that has successfully pushed back the ISIL and is holding strong.
Makhmour, a Kurdish-majority town with a Turkmen minority, fell to Takfiri militants on August 8. ISIL militants held the town for two days before Kurdish forces, backed by US airstrikes, managed to push them out and recapture Makhmour.
Meanwhile, Iraqi military and Kurdish forces have kicked off an all-out campaign to recapture militant-held towns in al-Khazar region of Nineveh Province.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces have so far managed to regain control over the villages of Baride, Kani Kawan, Sewidan and Ashqalan.
(Excerpt) Read more at presstv.ir ...
Interesting, but must you really cite Press TV as a source? I realize that Iran and the US are (awkwardly) on the same side vs. ISIS, but these guys are Iranian government propaganda, and their English language broadcast specializes in wonderful middle-of-the-road commentators like neo-Nazi David Duke.
RE: Interesting, but must you really cite Press TV as a source?
Granted that they are an Iranian source, but do they always lie?
Even Pravda tells the truth sometimes.
Are you saying that this news is the OPPOSITE of what things really are?
I have no reason to doubt any of the information in the story. But because of the fact that they are so unreliable in other areas -- and because they promote Holocaust denial and other slanders -- it seems reasonable to look for more respectable sources rather than giving them more visibility.
If so, I think you should inform the moderators of FR to ban Press TV from this site ( just as sites like Infowars, Huffington Post, etc. are unwelcome ).
It seems likely to me that Press TV can get people in to get the story for more easily than any western network.
After all its their neighborhood. But of course they have a point of view which discerning viewers take account of.
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