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The Coming Storm: The Peshmerga In Combat
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The Coming Storm: The Peshmerga In Combat

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Justin • 8 Comments

The rapid-fire invasion of Iraq and then Kurdistan by ISIS, as the Islamic State was calling itself at the time, stunned the world. For several hours, it even presented an existential crisis for Kurdistan itself as the momentum of the invasion by ISIS brought them to within mere kilometers of Erbil – with little standing … Continue reading →

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