Sentence examples for off the kurds from inspiring English sources

The delay itself was not in dispute; the specifics of how Kirkuk would be governed during the delay is what set off the Kurds' vehement objections.

But a secret deal between the Iraqis and the Shah, arranged in 1975 by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, cut off the Kurds and brought about their instant collapse; for the Kurds, it was an ugly betrayal.

Outgunned and outmanned, Isis has often reverted to warfare from other eras - the first world war trenches it gouged to ward off the Kurds were visible everywhere, and the extensive tunnel networks Isis has borrowed from the same war almost certainly lay under the villages ahead.

Finish him off!" The Kurds of northern Iraq serve the same purpose that Polacks do to the rest of the world.

With the Iraq War, however, it is clear that the same old talking points are going to be brought up: 'Saddam was a brutal dictator!'; 'Look how much better off the Kurds are!'; 'Iraq is a democracy today!'; 'The war has killed up to a million people!'; 'The war has only fostered more terrorism!'; 'There were no WMDs!'It'It was all about oil!'.

Then, in 1975, the Shah made a separate peace with Saddam and cut off support to the Kurds.

"The Kurdish negotiation side wouldn't let the Arabs get off the helicopters until the Kurds were back from the judge.

But she did not suggest, as the senator controversially did, that the central Iraqi government has "siphoned off" arms intended for the Kurds.

The repercussions of a face-off between Baghdad and the Kurds in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, would be far more serious than the recent tensions in eastern Diyala.

How long the Kurds can fend off the better armed and more numerous Islamic State fighters is a major question.

As a result, Erdogan called off the cease fire and attacked the Kurds.