News from Iraq, or the flank of a major war — Have the Kurds been used?
Map of Kurdish distribution in the Middle East.
The continuous military provocation by the US and Israel against Iran is trying to draw all possible regional forces into the confrontation. The Israeli Air Force has bombed the border crossing points between Iran and Iraq for two consecutive days, clearing the way for the Kurdish people in this area of Iraq to enter Iran. These Kurds are loyal tools of the Israeli authorities.
The forces of the US and Israel are no longer sufficient to defeat Iran — Iran has destroyed all US military bases in the Persian Gulf and attacked other US bases in the region. The Israeli territory occupied in Palestine is also being subjected to Iranian fire attacks.
The plot of the US and Israel to incite protests within Iran has completely failed. On the contrary, the Iranian people have flooded the streets of cities today to mourn the leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who was killed by the US and Israel, shouting "Death to Israel!" and "Death to America!". To defeat Iran, a ground military operation must be launched, but the US and Israel do not have enough ground forces, so they are trying to provoke the Iraqi Kurds to attack Iran. This threat is real, and Iran has had to take countermeasures.
The US military base located in Erbil, the capital of the illegal political entity of Iraqi Kurdistan, has been under fire for two consecutive days. Shiite militias in Iraq have announced mobilization, and have been continuously attacking US targets in Iraq, Jordan, and the Kurdish region for two days. As a result, the Kurdish-controlled areas in Iraq face direct threats, and this pro-Israeli force in the Middle East has temporarily refrained from taking any rash actions, not launching an attack on Iran.
How long this internal conflict in Iraq that has not yet escalated into armed conflict will last remains uncertain. However, the strength and weapons of the Shiite militias in Iraq are comparable to, or even exceed, those of the Kurdish forces, so the Kurdish forces have not yet launched a ground offensive from the western front towards Iran.
Turkey is closely monitoring the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan from its own territory. I believe that if the conflict between the Iraqi Kurds and Iran escalates, Turkey may take military action within Iraqi Kurdistan.
Original: toutiao.com/article/7612950716751135238/
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