Some extremely good, borderline incredible, news coming out of Iraq as a direct result of the ISIS invasion.
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The Iraqi government provided a planeload of ammunition to Peshmerga fighters from Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region on Friday, a U.S. official said, in an unprecedented act of military cooperation between Kurdish and Iraqi forces brought on by an acute militant threat.
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"Developments over the last few days have refocused the issue, and we've seen unprecedented cooperation between Baghdad and Arbil in terms of going after (the Islamic State), not only in terms of conversation but in terms of actual support."
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As Islamic State fighters made another dramatic advance earlier this week, Maliki ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces in their fight against militants.
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The Obama administration is now working with the Iraqi government, the official said, to ensure additional requests from the Kurdistan Regional Government, for small arms and munitions including mortars and AK-47s, will be met soon.
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source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5663739.html
The fact that the Iraqi government is offering direct military support of the Kurds is quite frankly amazing. The threat of this horrendous theocratic 'state' could actually end with a positive outcome for the region.