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    After Mosul, Will Kurdistan Be Free?

    Some Kurds worry about another American betrayal, but many still hope a victory over ISIS will lead to independence—or at least greater sovereignty.
    by Janine di Giovanni Oct 28, 2016 4 minutes
    The Kurdish flag flies above the base of the Yazidi 'Sun Ladies' battalion near Sinjar, in Kurdistan, Iraq, on August 29. The 'Sun Ladies', made up of several hundred Yazidi women, some who were formerly enslaved by ISIS, are attempting to fight back against the extremist group with the help of the Kurdish Peshmerga through training, funds, and arms.
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    Updated | “When America needs us, they call,” the woman tells me. “But will they forget what we have done when we need them?”

    Khota Kider is a commander of a female Kurdish brigade, and her question resonates here in Iraqi Kurdistan, on the front lines in the war against the Islamic State group (ISIS).

    A stateless people of roughly 25 million, Kurds live in oil-rich parts of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. They’re known for their skill on the battlefield, and they’ve long felt that other countries—especially the U.S.—use them as proxies, then abandon them when they’re no longer needed.

    Iraqi Kurds are expected to play a crucial role in the battle of Mosul, which began on October 17 and is being led Voice of America last summer. “We will decide the extent of our borders by what has been liberated.”

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