Terror attack in Iran.

[AnchorClanker]

So if this is correct, there are Kurdish sympathizers of the IS in Iran, but in Iraq they are deadly enemies? I don't get the Middle East.

there are kurds that vote for ergdogan too and there are indeed kurds that are pro-IS. Most of them are, after all, still muslim and as such not above emulating their so-called prophet.

Well, yes and no - it comes down to a mix of "Which identity predominates?  Ethnic identity or religious identity?" stirred in with "My enemies enemy is my friend" - which gets really, really hectic when multiplied over many nations, many tribes, many sects, etc.

Saladin: any insight would be much appreciated.  One doesn't hear much about the Iranian Kurds.

[Valmy]

Saladin has not posted here in years

[CountDeMoney]

Saladin?

Last Active: March 10, 2013, 06:14:15 am

  Where and when exactly do you think you are, Ank?

[AnchorClanker]

Saladin?

Last Active: March 10, 2013, 06:14:15 am

  Where and when exactly do you think you are, Ank?

Ah, didn't think to check the log for his last sign-in.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Saladin has not posted here in years

wasn't he from Turkey, in academia?

If so: given what's been going on there he might not even be a free man atm.

[AnchorClanker]

Saladin has not posted here in years

wasn't he from Turkey, in academia?

If so: given what's been going on there he might not even be a free man atm.

I thought he was an Iraqi Kurd in Sweden... 

[Tonitrus]

One of his few posts seems to support the Swedish part.

[The Brain]

AFAIK he's a Swede.

[Valmy]

Saladin has not posted here in years

wasn't he from Turkey, in academia?

If so: given what's been going on there he might not even be a free man atm.

You are thinking of Tuna

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Saladin has not posted here in years

wasn't he from Turkey, in academia?

If so: given what's been going on there he might not even be a free man atm.

You are thinking of Tuna

indeed I was.
edit: messed up the text-location.

[Valmy]

I mean don't get me wrong Saladin was one of my favorite posters but I doubt he even drops in lurk much anymore.