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Washington and Erbil, Iraq
The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN.
The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the sources said.
Iranian Kurdish armed groups have thousands of forces operating along the Iraq-Iran border, primarily in Iraqs Kurdistan region. Several of the groups have released public statements since the beginning of the war hinting at imminent action and urging Iranian military forces to defect. Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been strikingKurdish groups and said on Tuesday that it targeted Kurdish forces with dozens of drones.
Also on Tuesday, President Donald Trump spoke with the president of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), Mustafa Hijri, according to a senior Iranian Kurdish official. KDPI was one of the groups targeted by the IRGC.
Iranian Kurdish opposition forces are expected to take part in a ground operation in Western Iran, in the coming days, the senior Iranian Kurdish official told CNN.
We believe we have a big chance now, the source said, explaining the timing of the operation. The source added the militias expect US and Israeli support.
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https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran
D. Spaulding
(494 posts)are going to react to that.
Lovie777
(22,633 posts)Turkey is watching.
Deuxcents
(26,433 posts)Easterncedar
(6,034 posts)I bet the Iranian people will be thrilled about this. And there's no harm in dumping more weapons on the ground to arm insurgents, right?
The Afghani Taliban have been so grateful for all we left for them.
zorbasd
(524 posts)fired all the smart, qualified public servants in the State and Defense Dept, & the Pentagon, and installed the utterly stupid MAGAt flunkey sycophants. We are sooo screwed as a country.
Easterncedar
(6,034 posts)mobeau69
(12,323 posts)Easterncedar
(6,034 posts)Dunc
(117 posts)Easterncedar
(6,034 posts)Dunc
(117 posts)Were unwinding with peanut butter and graham crackers.
Easterncedar
(6,034 posts)yellow dahlia
(5,525 posts)Especially apropos - in these times.
yellow dahlia
(5,525 posts)newdeal2
(5,234 posts)Trump is an idiot. This is a very dangerous situation.
bluestarone
(21,973 posts)3 FUCKING Years of this no good bunch of MONSTERS!!
kysrsoze
(6,433 posts)SMH
Dan
(5,066 posts)That screwed over the Kurds.?
Strelnikov_
(8,140 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,713 posts)2naSalit
(101,873 posts)Last time he was disgracing us on the international stage. Somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if they're looking at a chance for payback.
maxrandb
(17,376 posts)What could possibly go wrong?
leftstreet
(39,979 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,256 posts)that Trump always stiffs his vendors.
TexLaProgressive
(12,713 posts)Bobstandard
(2,245 posts)PufPuf23
(9,776 posts)Israel and Mossad have been busy destabilizing Iran.
"Freedom" in Iran will be a tortuous process is ever achieved in any of our lifetimes.
Anyone happy about this war is a fool.
Solly Mack
(96,772 posts)regnaD kciN
(27,587 posts)karynnj
(60,896 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,379 posts)whey.
Sorry. Each time I read that we have abandoned the Kurds I really do feel ashamed of our political leadership. I wish that they had any other choice of allies.
fujiyamasan
(1,533 posts)So I cant blame them for taking arms from the US and taking advantage of a power vacuum or regime collapse.
But there are serious capacity constraints Hogshit and the administration are clearly ignoring. Iran is capable of cranking out cheap drones almost endlessly and China will almost definitely supply them with components covertly in exchange for cheap oil. Intercepting those drones is expensive and costs several times more than the cost of producing them. As it is supply of intercepters is pressed with Ukraine.
SamuelTheThird
(860 posts)Yeah, the math doesn't work there...
Bread and Circuses
(1,868 posts)EIght Years
1 Million Dead
Chemical weapons flying around
Trench warfare with 14 year old boys sent to be Martyrs
Fun Times !
Bev54
(13,397 posts)Watch also what he is doing domestically, I think he is going to do a lot of damage using the war as a distraction.
Attilatheblond
(8,657 posts)PeaceWave
(3,101 posts)He clearly telegraphed boots on the ground. It's not like it was a secret he was heading in this direction.
Renew Deal
(84,899 posts)NickB79
(20,299 posts)Even if it works, it will fracture Iran into a civil war.