Shiva_TD

The Kurdish region of Iraq has been relatively peaceful related to the US occupation of Iraq but that might be changing. The PKK, a known terrorist group that has waged attacks inside both Turkey and Iran from Iraq may now be targeting US forces in Iraq.

Kurdish rebels threaten suicide attacks against US - Yahoo! News

It appears that the one thing that factions of the Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish Iraqis have in common is that the US is their enemy.

Brother Oz

They are fighting for different reasons though.
The Shi'ite and Sunni bombers are religious fanatics. The PKK are nationalists. I'd say that makes them a bit less dangerous.

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Shiva_TD

The opposition to the US occupation by Shiites and Sunnis alike is not based upon religion and never has been. While the Shiites and Sunnis do have different religious agendas those differences are NOT the reasons behind their attacks on US forces in Iraq. If anything, the opposition to the US occupation has provided common ground to the Shiites and Sunnis that oppose it.

So while you might hear of a bombing of a Shiite mosque and consider that a religious issue when a US convoy is attacked or mortar rounds being launched into the green zone it has absolutely nothing to do with religious beliefs. It is based solely upon the US occupation of Iraq and nothing else.

francois60

The PKK is no part of the Iraqi Kurdish society. It's a Turkish group.

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