'Terrorists' help U.S. in battle against Islamic State in Iraq
MAKHMUR Iraq (Reuters) - Washington has acquired an unlikely ally in its battle against Islamic State militants in Iraq - a group of fighters it formally classifies as terrorists. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), condemned for its three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state, says it played a decisive role in blunting the militants' sweep through Iraq, which triggered U.S. air strikes to halt their advance. "This war will continue until we finish off the Islamic State," said Rojhat, a PKK fighter speaking from a hospital ...
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