Tal Afar and Strategic Calculations

....Unfortunately, gloomy incidents occur in Iraq. That Peshmerga and Shiite units are taking part in the massacre is shameful. Blimey! They chose the name “Badr Brigade” for themselves. In my opinion, they should not use the name of the first war that Holy Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), with a handful people won, against the Kuray tyrants. A Muslim army cannot drag a Muslim society into armed conflict and cannot cooperate with the occupiers. Even if they are not right in any of their demands, it clearly seems that the Sunnis as well as the Turkmen, are in a very uncertain and dangerous situation in Iraq. Furthermore, the Turkmen have no one to defend them. Seventy percent of the population has fled Tal Afar. This is the best shortcut to change the population balance in favor of the Peshmergas in Kerkuk (Kirkuk) and Tal Afar. The occupation forces and their collaborators carrying attacks by saying, “Terrorists are being sheltered,” are themselves carrying out ethnic cleansing against civilians in a typical manner....