Kobane Diary: 4 Days Inside the City Fighting an Unprecedented Resistance Against ISIS

[flamingdem]

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/24/kobane-diary-four-days-inside-city-keeping-incredible-and-unprecedented-resistance-277509.html

I chose to stay to report about the reality on the ground and tell millions of Kurds what is really happening in Kobane, as opposed to the propaganda and lies spread by Islamic State media and several other media outlets.

My reporting is for Kurdish people to know that Kobane is alive and well because the reality is that this city is keeping up an incredible and an unprecedented resistance against continued ISIS offensives that uses every means of terror in order to carry out a genocide against the people of Kobane.

In addition to ISIS, some international media organisations have reported that Kobane has almost completely fallen into the hands of ISIS gunmen, but this is a pure lie to break the Kobane resistance. If it were true then I would not be reporting from here.

I have stayed in my city in order to counter such propaganda news spread by some outlets. Also, I want to die here with my people in my own city because abandoning Kobane is no solution. Kurds are killed everywhere, whether it is here, elsewhere in Syria or in Turkey. So, I would rather stay and I am happy to do whatever it takes to contribute to my city’s resistance through my journalism.

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[TheMastersNemesis]

1. A Large Coalition Army Needs To Go In And Clean This Scum From The Planet.

No mercy.

[flamingdem]

2. At least Turkey is allowing the Peshmerga Kurd fighters from Iraq

to enter Kobani to help, but even then I don't think they're allowed to fight.

The problem seems to be the coalition, especially Turkey.

And the coalition that's winning in Iraq seems to include the Shi'ite militia helping the Iraqi Army along with Iran!

We'll take it.

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. Turkey Needs To Realize They Are On The Menu Next If ISIS Succeed.

[malthaussen]

4. Reinforces my suspicions that Turkey hopes ISIS will solve their Kurd problem.

Good description of conditions inside, I'd bet. Tell me again why Turkey has sealed off all the roads?

-- Mal