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Iraq Crisis: Kurdistan’s Female Fighters Take On Isis by Nobody: 3:33pm On Jul 24, 2014 |
I read this article on BBC about what these brave women are doing in Iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have moved into parts of northern Iraq abandoned by the army in the face of an advance by jihadist-led rebels. The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil met members of an elite female unit as they prepared to go to the front line. Morning assembly is in full swing at a military facility on the outskirts of Sulaimaniya, a city in the autonomous Kurdistan Region. The troops look serious and focused despite the scorching heat of the Iraqi summer. Standing straight in their fatigues with Kalashnikovs on their shoulders, this looks no different than any other training camp. But it is the long hair tied back in a bun under caps, and the hint of make-up on some faces, that spells out the difference Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28308632 |
Re: Iraq Crisis: Kurdistan’s Female Fighters Take On Isis by Nobody: 3:58pm On Jul 24, 2014 |
ISIS fighters believe they won't make heaven if killed by a female. Funny people. |
Re: Iraq Crisis: Kurdistan’s Female Fighters Take On Isis by Nobody: 4:02pm On Jul 24, 2014 |
WHAT A MAN CAN DO,A WOMAN CAN DO BETTER. WAITING FOR MY NAIJA SISTERS TO HEAD TO SAMBISA FOREST TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM AND FREE THE CHIBOK GIRLS |
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