Skribent: Amir Taaki Dato: Til: System undo crew Emne: Re: [unSYSTEM] fierce fighting between Kurdish rebels and Islamic
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On 10/08/2014 04:25 PM, Amir Taaki wrote: > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29532291 >
> Right now the Popular Protection Units (YPG) fighters are engaging in
> fierce street battles with IS fighters.
>
> The YPG is the armed wing of the PYD fighting for Kurdish independence
> in Syria.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Union_Party_%28Syria%29 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Protection_Units >
> They are members with the other Kurdish organisations under the umbrella
> of the KCK, and is ideologically aligned.
>
> "The Democratic Union Party considers jailed PKK founder Öcalan as its
> ideological leader, and declares the People's Congress of Kurdistan
> (Kongra-Gel) as the supreme legislative authority of the Kurdish people.
> It incorporates into the United Kurdish Community in Western Kurdistan
> (KCK – Rojava) with its own organisational identity."
>
> "The PYD admits that the two parties have an ideological affinity and a
> close relationship"
>
> The ideology of the KCK:
>
> "The democratic confederalism of Kurdistan is not a State system, it is
> the democratic system of a people without a State... It takes its power
> from the people and adopts to reach self sufficiency in every field
> including economy."
>
> The YPG is not only representing Kurdish interests, as they have been
> fighting Islamic fascists since the beginning of the Syrian civil war:
>
> "Though predominantly Kurdish, the group has attracted increasing
> numbers of Arabs, including fighters defecting from the mainstream
> opposition[13] as well as locals from mixed or Arab villages in
> YPG-controlled territory who see the group as the best guarantor of
> regional security"
>
> The war is polarising between a diverse mixed group of peoples led by
> the Kurds linked to anarchist philosophy, and Sunni tribes under the
> banner of the IS.
>
>
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