US should heavily arm PKK fighters

US should heavily arm PKK fighters  
Hiwa Ali — Ekurd.net 
PKK in Makhmor, Iraqi Kurdistan region. Photo: ANF • Read more by Hiwa Ali
August 25, 2014


Editor's note: The views expressed are the author's alone.
Kurdistan Workers Party ‘PKK’ is a Kurdish Political and Military Organisation which took up arm since 1984 and struggle-fight against Turkish State for freedom, human rights, cultural, political and self determination.
PKK have been fighting Turkish state for nearly three decades now and resulted in heavy losses both sides. But still the US and International communities have failed to recognise or support the struggle of PKK and Kurdish people against Turkish state up until now.
The PKK is listed as the terrorist organisation internationally by several states and organisations including NATO, the United States and the European Union.
It has been a ceasefire agreement between PKK and Turkish State since march 2013. Since then there have been talks between Turkish authorities and Abdullah Ocalan (the jailed Leader of PKK-since1999),and no serious clashes so far but have been little progress - remain talks.
Meanwhile the most radicalist Muslim ideology-terrorist group or the most savage terrorist group in name Islam–Islamic State ‘IS’ came about, which crossed into Iraq and after June 9, 2014 occupied Sunni Arab sect territories across Mosul. Then August 3, attacked Kurdish towns-Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Shingal and Zumar, and caused a huge tragedy over Kurdish Yezidis.
After that tragedy the PKK no longer couldn’t watch ‘IS’ displacing, killing, and raping Kurdish girls brutally, soon PKK made decision without demand from Peshmerga forces, straight from Qandil mountains sent it’s own troops-Kurdish fighters to help prevent further IS advance towards Kurdistan, specially on Shingal mountains. PKK with the support of People’s Protection Units YPG, have been able to push back the IS advance and open a corridor to thousands of Kurdish Yezidi civilians who surrounded by IS and stranded on barred Shingal mount for days without food and water in hot temperature. In that PKK attempt, there have been saved thousands lives of Kurdish Yezidis made their way to West Kurdistan then towards South Kurdistan.

What now, so important for US to realise is, the PKK an American ally and fighting ‘IS’ terrorists alongside US Fighter Jets now, across Shingal mount.

So it is time for US to review it’s vision towards PKK, recognise PKK as a freedom fighters (not terrorist fighters) and remove PKK on the terrorist list, as it has been named-listed so far. And before it is too late, the US should help heavily arm PKK-fighters (because brave fighters), to fight IS-the most savage terrorists who they are a big threat to all humanity and countries around the world that need to be stopped IS advance!

Hiwa Ali, a freelance writer from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Ekurd.net.