Masoud Barzani
A coup prepared by Masoud Barzani in order to take control of the Talabani region after the illegitimate referendum held in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Sept. 25, 2017 has been exposed.
Kosret Resul, a former Peshmerga commander who took over as general secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan following Jalal Talabani’s demise conspired with Barzani and took up the role of the commander of the coup. The Goran Movement was also involved in the coup attempt.
British and U.S. intelligence services informed Talabani’s son, Bafil, and thus prevented the actualization of the coup.
Kosret Resul
The U.S. will have spent nearly $6 trillion on various wars and military operations aimed at winning the war on international terrorist groups by October 2019, according to a study released Wednesday.The $5.9 trillion assessment by Brown University's Watson Institute includes costs expected to be accumulated through the fiscal year that runs through September 2019, as well as past expenditures. It includes not just spending from the Defense Department, but all of government resulting as a consequence of the wars.That includes related spending by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security, veterans care spending and interest paid on war debts.US troop levels at Mexico border likely at peak: commanderAs a result, the figure is significantly higher than the Pentagon's $1.5 trillion estimate."If the US continues on its current path, war spending will continue to grow," the report states, noting that even if the wars the U.S. embarked on following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are ended by 2023 the U.S. would be on track to spend an additional $808 billion."Moreover, the costs of war will likely be greater than this because, unless the US immediately ends its deployments, the number of veterans associated with the post-9/11 wars will also grow," it adds.After Washington embarked on its military campaign against al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, and the Taliban which offered it safe harbor, the U.S. invaded Iraq, and went on a global campaign of less expansive military efforts aimed at eliminating terrorist groups and their leaders.Death toll from California wildfire reaches 56That has included a robust targeted killings program, expanded special operations and a global intelligence collection program.Spending in Afghanistan and Iraq has amounted to nearly $1.8 billion alone, despite a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq that was completed in 2011.But Washington re-entered the fray in Iraq and later Syria, deploying troops in support of partnered forces in the fight against Daesh, which overran large portions of the countries before being rolled back through an expansive American-led air campaign and train and advise mission for local forces.Watson's study of the costs associated with the wars comes as a separate congressionally-mandated report warns the U.S. military "might struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia."Authored by the National Defense Strategy Commission, a bipartisan group of former security and military experts, the assessment warned Washington is not addressing the threats posed by Moscow and Beijing quickly enough."DOD and the White House have not yet articulated clear operational concepts for achieving U.S. security objectives in the face of ongoing competition and potential military confrontation with China and Russia," the report said, referring to the Department of Defense.The commission called for a 3-5 percent increase in Defense spending above inflation in order to address the threats."Failing that, it may be necessary to alter the expectations of U.S. defense strategy and our global strategic objectives," it said.
Price tag for US 'war on terror' pegged at $5.9T
Iran’s intervention assisted in preventing the coup
Bafil sought help from Iran to prevent the coup. He traveled with his mother Hiro, sibling Kubat and cousin Lahor on Oct. 11 to Sulaymaniyah and met with Hashd Shaabi leader Hadi al-Amiri and Major General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of its Quds Force Qasem Soleimani. They agreed that the coup must be prevented.
Three days later, on Oct. 14, they met in the Bashir village and finalized their agreement. Bafil, Kubat and Lahor attended this second meeting without Hiro. An agreement was reached regarding a military operation against Barzani’s forces. Two days later, an operation against Barzani’s Peshmerga fighters in Erbil, Mosul and Kirkuk was initiated.
Once the coup was prevented, Kosret Sesul fled Sulaymaniyah and took shelter with Barzani.
Turkish counterterrorism operation neutralized four PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralize" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.In a statement, the ministry said the Turkish Armed Forces carried out an air operation in northern Iraq’s Metina region.Turkish jets also targeted shelters, weapon positions and arms depots.The terrorists were preparing for attacks on Turkish military bases, it added.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children.More than 1,200 people, including security force personnel and civilians, have lost their lives since the PKK resumed its decades-old acts of terror in July 2015.
Turkey neutralizes four PKK terrorists in northern Iraq
Oct. 16: Countercoup
Yeni Şafak daily spoke to figures close to Barzani to discuss the developments experienced in northern Iraq before Oct. 16. A high-level official who wanted to remain anonymous for security reasons confirmed the developments following Sept. 25. The Kurdish official said Talabani’s Peshmerga participated in operations with Hashd Shaabi, and that following Talabani’s demise, the attempt to take control of two regions failed, adding that Oct. 16 was essentially a countercoup against the Talabani family.
After the completion of the Oct. 16 process, regional actors brought the parties together again. Kosret Resul, who took shelter in Erbil, the center of Barzani’s forces, returned to Selahaddin after the parties agreed on a new deal. Necrettin Kerim, the former governor of Kirkuk, along with Kosret Resul, will allegedly be the two main actors of the new plan regarding energy resources.
Iraq has agreed with Iran to exchange Iraqi food items for Iranian gas and energy supplies, two Iraqi government officials said on Wednesday.Baghdad is now seeking U.S. approval to allow it to import Iranian gas which is used in its power stations, and needs more time to find an alternative source, they said. The sources are a senior government official and a member of Iraq's ministerial energy committee.Washington granted Iraq a waiver to be able to import Iranian gas and energy supplies as well as food items when U.S. sanctions were restored against Iran's oil sector last week. But the United States has said the exemption will last only 45 days.US sanctions against Iran’s oil exports doomed to fail miserablyIran executes two men accused of economic crimes
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U.S. repaid Talabani for his cooperation in the Hood Event
Former head of the Turkish General Staff’s intelligence arm İsmail Hakkı Pekin said “Western forces paid off the Talabani family.”
Pekin stated that Lahor Talabani played an active role in the Hood Event in Sulaymaniyah on July 4, 2003, and that 40 Peshmerga fighters were there that day. Following the invasion of Iraq, a group of Turkish troops operating in northern Iraq were caught, led away with hoods covering their heads and interrogated by U.S. soldiers.
İsmail Hakkı Peki
The U.S. repaid Talabani for his cooperation 15 years later by saving him from the coup attempt, Pekin said.
During the raid of the building that was used by Special Forces, many documents against the U.S. belonging to Turkmens, Arabs and Kurds detailing the U.S. occupation were found and many of those figures were later executed, he said.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which previously arrested teachers who refused to teach the syllabus outlined by the terror group, has now banned the wearing of the hijab (headscarf) by students and teachers.The PKK published a notice in which it announced that students attending schools in areas it occupies would have to wear uniforms.The terrorist organization banned usage of the Arabic alphabet and declared Kurdish the official language in the areas it occupies.The move has garnered a reaction from the public, and some parents showed their anger by demonstrating at various schools.Turkish jets neutralize 19 terrorists in N. Iraq Meanwhile, attempts by the U.S. to show the People’s Protection Units (YPG) as separate and different from the PKK continues.Washington's new special envoy to Syria and former Ankara ambassador James Jeffrey said last week during a teleconference that the U.S.'s position on the PKK was "clear" and that it did not classify the YPG as a terror organization like the PKK.The U.S has supplied the Democratic Union Party (PYD) terror organization and its armed wing, the YPG, with more than 5,000 truckloads of weapons to allegedly use in the fight against Daesh, despite Ankara’s warnings that they are the Syrian offshoots of the PKK terror organization.Following U.S. orders, the group has removed posters of Abdullah Öcalan, the PKK ringleader, and other symbols related to the PKK in Manbij and Tel Abayd.US monitors Turkey from military bases located near borderTribes revolt against PKK/YPGSome tribes that had enough of the terror group’s oppression raided a PKK checkpoint in Manbij and neutralized five terrorists.Tensions have also flared in Raqqa, where the PKK declared a state of emergency in order to keep up pressure on the public. Limitations have been imposed on entering and leaving the city.The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.PKK adopts Daesh tactic of rigging model aircrafts with explosivesPKK terrorist confesses to women, child abuse by groupUS establishes five terror bases in Iraq’s Sinjar for PKK as Turkish troops advanceSyrians in Turkey protest against YPG/PKK terror group
PKK bans hijab in occupied areas of NW Syria
The United Nations will provide assistance to restore a historical citadel and Ottoman barracks which are at risk of collapse in Iraq's Kirkuk province.According to a statement by UN's Assistance Mission for Iraq, Alice Walpole, UN special envoy for Iraq, along with a team visited the sites.The statement added that the barracks, built for the Ottoman Army in 1863, were in bad shape and could collapse.The citadel, dating back to 884 BC, had defense walls as tall as 18 meters, the UN mission said.According to Martijn Dalhujisen, the UN officer for Development Coordination Office in Kirkuk, the citadel bore traces from Arabs, Christians, Muslims, Jewish, Kurdish, Seljuks, Turkish and Turkmen, representing the multi-cultural society of Kirkuk.Gunmen raid home, kill 9 in Iraq’s AnbarDaesh kidnaps, executes 2 in Iraq
UN to restore Iraq's Kirkuk citadel, Ottoman barracks
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US monitors Turkey from military bases located near border