Article 74VVH The US and Israel wanted the Kurds to help bring down the Iranian government. That didn't happen.

The US and Israel wanted the Kurds to help bring down the Iranian government. That didn't happen.

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editors@theworld.org (Shirin Jaafari)
from The World: Latest Stories on (#74VVH)

The US and Israel saw groups of ethnic Kurds based in Iraq as potential forces to arm Iranian protesters and help bring regime change. But the Kurdish leaders say mixed signals and lack of clear planning from Washington meant that, ultimately, a Kurdish intervention never materialized. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

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