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June 9, 2021 at 4:09 pm Governments sometimes resort to terrorism to achieve short-term goals. This is no secret. Even the leader of the war against terror , the United States, is not averse to using terrorism when it suits Washington to do so, either directly or indirectly through proxies. Such proxies do not believe in dialogue, do not recognise borders and do not submit to anyone s wishes except their own, and although these may align with this party or that party at some time, one day soon they will turn against them. This has happened and continues to happen in northern Iraq, where the Baghdad government, under clear Iranian pressure, opened the door for the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Turkey has placed on its terrorist list. The PKK made the Sinjar Mountains its base during the war against Daesh; its role was welcomed by everyone. However, the matter did not stop there; it went further, beyond the acceptable framework, even in some cou ....
Seven months ago, the Iraqi Government signed an agreement to rebuild and rehabilitate the war-torn city of Sinjar in the Nineveh Province of northern Iraq. It had been occupied and looted by Daesh in 2014-2015, where the majority of its Yazidi population uprooted, arrested, or killed. Since then, a growing number of militias have risen to replace Daesh, among which is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU). The Sinjar Agreement called for their immediate eviction and replacement with government troops sent from Baghdad. The United States welcomed the agreement as a step in the right direction to heal the wounds left behind by Daesh. So did the United Nations. ....