UK Telegraph - US backs Kurd attack on terrorist linked territory

Under the agreement struck in Ankara, the valley infiltrated by an estimated 2,000 radical Islamic fighters will be one of the first targets in any US attack. It will come under aerial assault before Mr Talabani's Kurdish militia are ordered in.

Meanwhile the alleged chemical weapons factory in this territory appears to be crude barracks and family residences -- no running water, dirt floors and no manufacturing capability.


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