Reclaiming Sinjar: Pushing Back the Islamic State
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2015
- Islamic State (IS) fighters swept into the Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014, forcing Kurdish peshmerga forces to retreat. The city, primarily made up of Yazidis, a religious minority with roots going back thousands of years in the region, was soon overran with IS militants. They then set about terrorizing the Yazidis, who they see as apostates and devil worshippers who need to be cleansed.
Tens of thousands of people fled, with many ending up on in dire straits on nearby Mount Sinjar, creating an urgent humanitarian situation that led to US President Barack Obama ordering American jets to bomb IS for the first time. Thousands of Yazidis were killed by IS, with women being raped and enslaved to be sold as property. Mass graves are still being discovered.
Kurdish militias have battled for Sinjar since then without much progress. And up until now the city has remained under IS control.
Over the course of two days in mid-November, VICE News embedded with peshmerga forces as they retook the city in a massive push involving 7,500 troops, with the hopes of cutting off the resupply routes between IS territory in Syria and Iraq. Snaking through the desert in large convoys with heavy artillery and tanks, and backed by international coalition air strikes, they faced little resistance besides snipers, mortars, and IEDs as IS fled and the city was taken back.
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Peshmerga uses Nissan, Isis uses Toyota!
+Alex Whitehurst nobody uses ford!
Alex Whitehurst I did, i didnt see any ford, maybe missed it. But ye let me be clear that Toyota,Nissan,BMW and Chevrolet are the most common cars. You rarely see a ford and GMC's are mainly used as security vehicles. The truck category is probably only nissan and toyota for two simple reasons! they are a hard working car that always perform! very good cars with gr8 quality. Nissan Avalanche is probably the most favored one i would say.
The Toyota Hilux, A Jihadist's choice.
+Reading Through History all payed by american taxpayers. destruction of iraq. Joe Biden Plan.
Iran, Pakistan will follow...
LügenpresseWatch Pakistan doesn't pay attention to sects and religions like the arabs, yazidis and kurds do. Pakistan has a very large army who is not sect divided at all. If Pakistan was to fall (God Forbid) it wouldve been a long time ago. This what you see here is just lack of education, years upon years of frustration and bad blood that goes way back even before Islam. Pakistan actually has a brain who doesn't let other countries fight their wars for them. No matter how right a foreigner is people from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya will not accept them because they are not their own even if they are right. Western Media will show Pakistan even more destroyed than Iraq or other war torn countries. You should visit mate, and see for yourself how much truth you saw in the news. I haven't been there in a couple of years myself though. Also the terrorists fighting in north western part of Pakistan (who have been defeated) are afghans, uzbek, krygiz etc mostly foreign because of the very porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. All these countries need is re education, true re education and things will be fine.
When history looks back at this. The Kurds will go down as hero's of this war.
Kurds in my vocabulary stands for Courage
Agree
I will not give ISIS the satisfaction of being scared of them.
#PrayforParis
#PrayforBeirut
#PrayforNigeria
+Will James #PrayforMyCock
+Will James Praying is useless. Unclasp your hands and do something useful with them.
+aluisious Like what?
aluisious so edgy
#prayforiraq
stay strong Kurds!
support from Georgia
Biji Kurdistan! Unity, freedom, sovereignty!
+TheGreekSpawn
This doc doesn't do justice to 150 PKK fighters who lost their life defending Shingal and Yezidis.It distorts the reality & the sacrifices of these heroes portaying solely as a victory of the nepotist,ally of Erdogan Barzani and KDP.
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In of the past VICE dispatches,there was a Yazidi local saying ''at if it wasn't PKK there wouldn't be a Yazidi alive right now.''
Some facts that justify these words :
THE WITHDRAWL OF PESHMERGA.
On the morning of 3 August, ISIL forces captured the city of Sinjar[13] as well as the Sinjar area.[23] As ISIL attacked Sinjar and neighboring cities, 250 men Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces in Sinjar withdrew in the night from those cities, leaving the civilians behind without warning.[4] ISIL then destroyed a Shiite Zainab shrine in Sinjar, executed resisters, and demanded the residents to swear allegiance or be killed.[13]
PKK/YPG TO THE RESCUE
Between 9[19] and 11 August,[53] a safe corridor was established from the mountain enabling 10,000 people to evacuate on the first day.[19] Kurdish fighters from Turkey (PKK) entered the Sinjar Mountains with trucks and tractors to carry out the sick and elderly into Syria via a path that was cleared by Syrian Kurdish militants (YPG). According to Dr. Salim Hassan, a professor at the University of Sulaymaniyah and spokesman of the uprooted Yazidis, the PKK and YPG enabled an estimated 35,000 of the initially 50,000 trapped Yazidis to escape into Syria
Don't get me wrong peshmerga are heroes,the leadership of Peshmerga the KDP party and Barzani is the problem they made an alliance with Erdogan,the Erdogan who attacks Rojava and YPG and PKK bases.There isn't any logic when you deem as enemies brothers Kurds and ally with the devil and mass murderer of Kurds named Erdogan.
+TheGreekSpawn fuck u
***** fuck u too biatch
Recognize the Pontiac / Armenian genocide and then we talk.
+TheGreekSpawn 4:35 is that guy speaking Arabic? I don't think i've ever heard such a weird accent, what is it?
The Kurds, specifically the Peshmerga have my utmost respect. Absolutely awe-inspiring.
These men are real men.
why kurds don't have a country?
Because the Iraqi government has been doing everything they can including chemical warfare to stop that from happening.
GamesLegitament And Turkey?
+Tim Turner because the united kingdom who was the colonial power who controlled iraq prevented the kurds from establish one in southern kurdistan/bashur.. same thing for the french in syria for the western kurdistan/rojava.. or the turks in northern kurdistan/bakur or the persians in east kurdistan/rojhelat..
Tim Turner Yeah, Turkey doesn't have the best reputation for dealing with ethnic minorities and that holds true in this topic. Right now the Turks are conducting air strikes against Kurdish fighters.
Not sure if it was the Sykes-Picot BS but lines drawn on maps around 1920, with no thoughts to the ethnic and religious diversity, screwed the Kurds over big time. They have been forced to live and bow to the authority of Turks, Persians, Syrians and Arabs. Look up the Anfal campaign. World wide accepted as genocide by saddam and his thug army. Halabja was brutal. I watched a video of Kurds entering post attack and was deeply disturbed. I don't have time to go into Kurdish experience in the other 3 lovely nations.
I cannot express enough the amount of respect I have for these Kurdistan Peshmerga. Absolutely courages, fearless, and heroes for the whole world.
I’m
So happy to see this as an Armenian! Armenia has a big community of Ezidi’s in Armenia and a beautiful big temple! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
God bless you 🇦🇲🇦🇲
Viva la Kurds!!! 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇺🇸 ❤️
The Kurds deserve to have their own country.
Connor Dunn yes
Never
@@chupapi9821 cry
@@chupapi9821what are the iraqis and syrians going to do about it if the Kurds decide they want a country? The Kurds can fight while arabs drop their weapons at the first sign of trouble
I wonder how it feels for a man to free his birthplace from enemy occupation. Is it a great or horrible feeling... Maybe it is a mix of happiness and anger... Whatever it is like, I hope I never have to feel it.
+Imperator Times probably mostly relief...look at him, he looks starved and extremely grateful for the fresh troops so he can now relax abit, but he also looks like he has severe ptsd...so hes probably abit relieved but mostly numb i would say?
+Imperator Times It is a great feeling honestly, but only great if you do not commit atrocities and war crimes, that sticks to your head. That's why previous Kurds in history could not achieve independence, they never really got the 'extreme cruelty' factor out of their system so no one helped them.
***** what do you mean?
You feel guilty for those who had to die for it. Extreme guilt
This coverage is light years ahead of the mainstream media outlets. Footage quality and audio is excellent.
Interviews are very calm and non sensationalised.
Well done Vice News.
long live the kurds. they are some of the greatest groups of people I've met. I'm glad things are starting to work out for them.
3 min ago!! Was checking if Vice had uploaded that dident show up in my subscriber feed and whola
Long live the Kurds!
Kurds are finally going to have a country.
+Awol Peace nope. turkey, iraq, syria and iran wont accept it :)
+vigenlona KURDS WILL FUCK ALL OF THEM
+Diyako Arash haha, iran and turkey could finish kurds in one minute.
rihardo123 their is no need for them to do this.
i was saying if kurds attack iran then they r finished.
secondly u westerners are supporting kurds so much when in reality last year non of you people knew who the kurds were.
Enjoy! lol i live in afghanistan, i know more than some internet troll living on the other side of the planet
Finally a great piece of journalism by VICE.
More of these, please. Stick to what you're doing best.
Over the course of two days in mid-November, VICE News embedded with peshmerga forces as they retook the city in a massive push involving 7,500 troops, with the hopes of cutting off the resupply routes between IS territory in Syria and Iraq.
Watch "The Road To Mosul (Full Length)" - bit.ly/1Kcm3uJ
+VICE News I would love to see a sequel to the "Islamic state" series. It would be very interesting to see the difference in their moral after all these airstrikes.
+The Victory Revelations So, have you filed the paperwork to become their new combat cameraman? JK, I'm not being antagonistic, just pragmatic. TBH, I doubt even the friendly forces would want anyone without a gun or med-kit anywhere near the frontlines, seriously, think about it. Would you want some reporter getting in the way of your operation and either giving away your plans or position, or getting themselves killed by fire from either side?
I used to thirst for action and intense imagery captured by frontline photogs, but after the years of knowing all of the actual pain and sacrifice that is necessary to get such images, I am happy just to see the positive results of a successful campaign. You mind and body will thank you once you're my age, because the old saying "you are what you eat" is true in more ways than one...Aloha.
Knolltop Farms Look at some of Vices previous footage from the front line against Daesh. Intense shit.
I have, I've watched Vice since they started releasing footage on YT, but as I stated before, the more mature I become, the less concerned with action and more concerned with outcomes I have become. At least when it comes to violence. I hope I will always be interested in "the action" when it comes to love, and not just a lazy old man worried about hurrying toward the finish line. :D
+VICE News More great reporting from Vice. For all the flak you guys get for being
stereotypical millennial hipsters (the Dronez episode of Documentary
Now! comes to mind), you continue to churn out quality content. You're
changing conflict reporting forever.
This is the kind of stuff I subscribed for!
the damn IED sweepers have balls of steel man... much respect for them and those that have passed
This is the Vice I used to know. Kudos to the reporter for covering this!
this is some brave reporting.
Thank you Vice news.
very interesting documentary. thank's for this, vice.
Thnx vice! for bringing this kind of media
As Peter Griffin once said... WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS
i have so much respect for these guys. even though they have their own problems and arent saints themselves, i prefer them over anyone else. they have clear values, fight with dedication and passion for what they love and what theyve lost.
Vice News get the real story in depth u gotta love that.
Vice at the frontline again. THIS IS WHY I SUBSCRIBE TO VICE
That last man you had interviewed seemed very wise and remarkably brave. 12:50
Cükü
I see a new nation being born in the region. Kurdistan.
The Persecuted we have been living in that region before the arabs and the turks
More great reporting from Vice. For all the flak you guys get for being stereotypical millennial hipsters (the Dronez episode of Documentary Now! comes to mind), you continue to churn out quality content. You're changing conflict reporting forever.
Another great report vice
allahu akbar ! alhamdulillah so glad the peshmerga is fighting back
those IEDs are making me paranoid just watching
Looks like they got significant amount of new equipment judging by the convoi in the beginning
Bro i love the peshmerga no homo those dudes are really about that life all of it every bit of it.. Long Live The Peshmerga
I'm awfully surprised that no one made an insurgency reference yet
and mr Gold is brave man. it is not the safest place in the world when your name is Gold. respect for him
At Sinjar IS indeed was pushed back. Elsewhere, it expanded. So the title, though correct, is a bit misleading.
Important words at 14:12 right there.Extremely significant.
Props to the Peshmerga and the Kurdish people. These are non-Arab, Indo-European speaking people, The largest ethnic group in the world not to have a country to call home. Countless armies have tried to crush them, yet they are still here!
TheColombiano89 we appreciate the support and recongnition brother
i love how one of the peshnerga fighters is still in his black anti terror uniform kicking his feet like he forgot to put on the wood land for the operation
VICE really is doing a fantastic job. Keeping us globally aware here in the States.
Why can't can't thier be a road block at the end one the town so they are surrounded
The Kurds are formidable if anything. Determined. Much respect to them.
so the Pashmerga and PKK are enemies? i thought they were just one group. if you have the time please explain. thanks
Different party
There's a typo on 13:26 on the word "because".
Whats with the hundreds of Toyota pickups? Ive seen them in many videos on all sides of the War, Anybody?
+Jack Gregory That explains it all, Thx Jack :)
+Jack Gregory Toyota trucks in the States have really high resale value. Def the best trucks out there and far from cheap.
Key word. Mobility. Easy to mount tripods and mobilize troops across the desert. Overall it's reliable even with constant abuse.
+John Fast watch top gear they tried everything to destroy one and it still lived, so like jack said its the ak of trucks
+John Fast Toyota Hilux is one of the most reliable vehicles ever created according to Top Gear
4:07 the armored Humvee
Thank you vice for a competent reporter
Was anyone else hoping to hear "Brrrtttt" or see an A-10?
13:26 Anybody else notice the misspelled "because"?
Go Kurds/Peshmerga!
Much love from the U.S!
i swear this is a re upload
It's a HUGE clusterf*ck. Turkey vs. Kurds vs. IS vs. Nusra vs. Turkey vs. Assad vs. The Popular front of Judea vs..The Judean People's Front vs. kids watching Scarface over and over again vs. Millwall vs. carrots etc. etc. etc.
dari Indonesia berpendapat Khilafah adalah cerita dongeng masa lalu yang sudah usang.
impian Abubakar Baghdadi mewujutkan Negara Islam ISIS yang mendapat perlawanan keras dari Peshmerga Kurdi.
I swear the people who work at vice are going to leave with ptsd
This is why Im subscribed to you, Vice. Not for your bullshit trailers, excerpts, and irrelevant content. More real news stories, less crap :)
nice to see... this looks like succes. I think they shouldnt start rebuilding and moveing back just yet.
we live in world of chaos, I can't stand anymore this world... I can't
GO KURDISTAN GO KURDISTAN GO KURDISTAN !!
Brave journalist ❤️
You'd think after all the action this reporter had seen he'd learn the difference between incoming and outgoing fire.
Can someone please tell me where the Kurds get there weapons
we love you kurds
Islam is a religion of peace.... a piece of you over here, and a piece of you over there.. :3
how is he wearing a hoodie....
This is footage I think we need to see more often. They war's reality.
My dad was at here at the moment he went with the president sarok masoud Barzani❤❤❤
I prayed to see peshmergor
what kinda language is that and what do they mean by that flag it's in Iraq, what are these people.
it's kurdish language and that is kurdistan flag(a region in iraq)
This is so upsetting really don't understand why or how people could be this way
+jstar6758 Basic answer; whatever the devil could do, human does it better :)
Go Kurds!
film SAA please
The size of the production team and Vice still can't produce correct grammar.
long live the peshmerga!! long live Kurdistan!!
Now that is more like it Syrians. Fight for your damn country, or at least what's left of it, and take your country, happiness, and freedom back. We will support you too.
+reversehalo777 Same thing.
Witness them!! May they ride eternal, shinny and chrome!
So sad these cities r hell for the people living there
feel so bad for the last man, his brother betrayed him in a time of war...
By his brother he meant Arabs who he has lived many years together in the same neighborhood. Everyone in the middleast always betray Kurds because Kurds are humble and naive.
@@Southeng8160 Makes sense, thanks for the explanation.
this reminds me of the first ghost recon
Allahu akbar.Biji peshmerga! May Allah grant us victory fisibiliAllah
Support kurds from Armenia.Biji Peshmerga
Hope Colonel "Abu Rish" and his men are safe.
Islam ??
Sick religion.
+letreason reign ISIS represents true Islam.
+letreason reign apparently you have never read the Quran, it says multiple times to wage wars against non believers, to strike off their heads, to kill anyone who does not convert. Right there in bold print for anyone to read.
Also have you noticed, anywhere in the world that Islam touches, it turns into a gigantic warzone of death, suicde bombers, and terrorists? But according to you thats just a coincidence right?
Islam is a stone age religion that was formed by a middle eastern warlord who enjoyed killing people who did not beleive in "Allah". There are hundreds if not thousands of religions on this planet, and non bring as much war and suffering as Islam. Open your eyes.
+Eze Enwereuzor no truescotman fallacy
+PortableBacon dumbass typical misconception red the whole quran it say to kill disbelievers that make war with you.
Islam touches, it turns into a gigantic war-zone of death, suicide bombers, and terrorists? no many Muslim nations are peaceful and stable.
+letreason reign ISIS represents Islam, which is a brutal religion demanding the violent subjugation of all non-believers. If you aren't an idiot, look to the life of Mohammad as the prime example. ISIS is following the textbook.
As for *Muslims,* most believers of all religions are just normal people, of course. Christianity is pretty whacky but no one takes it seriously, or they'd sell their possessions and live on the streets proclaiming the gospel.
I don't really feel bad for Muslims being associated with ISIS. The solution is simple, drop the brutal religion and approach life with intelligence and humanity.
Brave brave souls. And I'm sitting here on my computer.
THOSE ARE THE REAL FIGHTERS AND THE REAL REVOLUTIONARIES FROM SYRIA AND IRAK
SUPPORT KURDS AND MAY GOD HELP THEM UNTIL THE END!
The Kurds should never be abandoned!
09:30 "God knows best" this muslim man says, about to risk his life to fight IS.
These guys are fucking heroes!
This guys r dame 💯 cool
Respect for these fighters, Balls of steel.
Why do some Muslims hate Kurds? From what I've read and seen about them they are great, so why are they hated on??
+Gilgamesh its arabs who hate kurds so to speak as kurds can be muslims but kurds arent arabic so theyre hated because theyre diffrent basically
+Gilgamesh It's not Muslims that hate Kurds, most Kurds are Muslims themselves. It's just the Arabs living with the Kurds and the south-eastern Turks that don't like them. The issue is one of ethnicity, they do not want to allow the Kurds to have a nation of their own.
Just use drones copters to scout the area
Danny Gold is one brave man.
Heard the only thing left to eat in Sinjar is Ballsac chicken soup.
Dang the reporter has no chill
In order to achieve an independent state, Kurds will need to learn to stand as one and not act as partisan loyalists of Barzani, Talabani, and Öcalan.
Considering that the Kurds have been stateless and oppressed for so long, it is surprising that they haven't turned to radicalism as a solution.