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US plans to cut off military aid to key Middle East ally, BBC told
- Thread starter Guno צְבִי
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I do not make threats Wimpy.
You ran because you were proven wrong too many times. Still ongoing by the way.
Fact check:
Overstated in the headline, and still not a final official cutoff.
The BBC piece (Aug 28, 2026) is the source the forum thread copies. It is real reporting, not a fabrication — but it is source-driven, the aid in question is a specific package, and Kurdish officials have already pushed back on the “cut off the ally” framing.
Four unnamed sources told the BBC the Pentagon informed KRG leaders that Washington does not plan to renew the memorandum of understanding that funds security assistance to the Peshmerga. That MoU expires 30 September 2026 — the same day the last U.S./coalition troops are scheduled to leave Iraq and the last U.S. base in Erbil is slated to close. That withdrawal formally ends the Inherent Resolve anti-ISIS campaign in which the Peshmerga were a major ground partner.
Numbers that check out:
The White House pointed the BBC to a Pentagon readout of Defense Secretary Hegseth’s July meeting with Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi rather than confirming or denying the non-renewal.
“Cut off military aid to a key Middle East ally” sounds like a total dump. It is not that, yet.
So: the specific time-limited train-and-equip/stipend mechanism is winding down with the mission. Whether that becomes a hard cutoff or a smaller follow-on arrangement is not settled in public.
This part of the article is directionally right and, if anything, understated.
After the U.S.–Israel–Iran war began around 28 February 2026, Iranian and Iran-aligned militia drone/missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region have been heavy and sustained — targeting U.S./coalition-related sites, KRG facilities, and Iranian Kurdish opposition camps inside the KRI. Public tallies run from hundreds into the high hundreds / ~1,000 depending on cutoff date (examples: 809 by late April; 922 by 20 July; Rudaw ~950+ by early August). “Hundreds” is conservative.
Recent example: 17 August 2026, two Hadid-110 drones from Iranian territory hit Prime Minister Masrour Barzani’s office and the Parastin intelligence chief’s home. Coalition intercepts over Erbil have continued.
The fear that ending this particular funding stream while troops leave while Iran keeps hitting the KRI creates a vacuum is a reasonable political argument. It is not a proven outcome.
Watch the next 30 days: whether Congress restores any FY27 Peshmerga line, whether a successor MoU or training mission is announced, and whether the Aug/Sept stipends actually arrive. That will tell you if this is a paperwork sunset or a real dump.
Overstated in the headline, and still not a final official cutoff.
The BBC piece (Aug 28, 2026) is the source the forum thread copies. It is real reporting, not a fabrication — but it is source-driven, the aid in question is a specific package, and Kurdish officials have already pushed back on the “cut off the ally” framing.
What the BBC actually reported
Four unnamed sources told the BBC the Pentagon informed KRG leaders that Washington does not plan to renew the memorandum of understanding that funds security assistance to the Peshmerga. That MoU expires 30 September 2026 — the same day the last U.S./coalition troops are scheduled to leave Iraq and the last U.S. base in Erbil is slated to close. That withdrawal formally ends the Inherent Resolve anti-ISIS campaign in which the Peshmerga were a major ground partner.
Numbers that check out:
- Peshmerga: ~180,000 personnel.
- FY2026 counter-ISIS package: $61 million for weapons, training, and stipends.
- Pentagon FY2027 request: $0 for that Peshmerga line, on the argument that ISIS is defeated and the money should be reallocated. The broader budget is still tied up in Congress.
The White House pointed the BBC to a Pentagon readout of Defense Secretary Hegseth’s July meeting with Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi rather than confirming or denying the non-renewal.
Where the headline overreaches
“Cut off military aid to a key Middle East ally” sounds like a total dump. It is not that, yet.
- This is the expiration of a 2016 MoU renewed in 2022, plus a proposed zero-out of one Pentagon counter-ISIS account. It is not a public decision to end all U.S.–KRG security contact.
- A BBC source said a final decision is still under review and that the U.S. is looking at other ways to keep some support after the troop withdrawal.
- KRG officials told The National the expiry should not be read as the end of the partnership; they expect training, advice, logistics, reform work, and possibly a new framework. Spokesman Noreldin Waisy said exactly that.
- Rudaw: the Peshmerga Ministry says it has not received official notice that assistance is stopping and is still expecting August/September installments. Talks with U.S. commanders were expected.
So: the specific time-limited train-and-equip/stipend mechanism is winding down with the mission. Whether that becomes a hard cutoff or a smaller follow-on arrangement is not settled in public.
Iran attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan
This part of the article is directionally right and, if anything, understated.
After the U.S.–Israel–Iran war began around 28 February 2026, Iranian and Iran-aligned militia drone/missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region have been heavy and sustained — targeting U.S./coalition-related sites, KRG facilities, and Iranian Kurdish opposition camps inside the KRI. Public tallies run from hundreds into the high hundreds / ~1,000 depending on cutoff date (examples: 809 by late April; 922 by 20 July; Rudaw ~950+ by early August). “Hundreds” is conservative.
Recent example: 17 August 2026, two Hadid-110 drones from Iranian territory hit Prime Minister Masrour Barzani’s office and the Parastin intelligence chief’s home. Coalition intercepts over Erbil have continued.
The fear that ending this particular funding stream while troops leave while Iran keeps hitting the KRI creates a vacuum is a reasonable political argument. It is not a proven outcome.
Forum claims that do not hold up
- “Suicide mission into Iran / CIA army / Kurds said no so the Empire is pissed.” No corroboration in the reporting. What is reported: Trump contacted Barzani and Talabani after the war started; Iran claims weapons moved to Iranian Kurdish groups in the KRI; Nechirvan Barzani was described as a backchannel. That is not the same story.
- “If they’d stop using our weapons against Turkey.” Standard talking point. Iraqi Peshmerga are not the PKK or the Syrian YPG. Turkey’s complaints have historically focused more on Syrian Kurdish forces and leakage than on this $61M KRG package.
- Historical “Kurds get the shaft” pattern is real (1975, 1991, 2017 referendum, Syrian SDF). This episode looks more like scheduled end of a counter-ISIS program plus a troop withdrawal than a sudden surprise betrayal — unless the follow-on support never materializes.
Bottom line
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| DoD told KRG leaders the Peshmerga MoU will not be renewed (Sept 30) | Reported by BBC via 4 sources; no official U.S. confirmation; KRG says no formal cutoff notice |
| $61M FY26 counter-ISIS aid; $0 proposed for FY27 | Accurate |
| Last coalition troops / Erbil base out ~Sept 30 | Accurate as current plan |
| Peshmerga helped defeat ISIS | Accurate |
| Iran has hit the KRI with a large volume of drones/missiles since the Feb 2026 war | Accurate; counts are in the hundreds to ~1,000 |
| Total abandonment of the Kurds / all military aid gone | Not established; officials on both sides describe a possible narrower follow-on |
Watch the next 30 days: whether Congress restores any FY27 Peshmerga line, whether a successor MoU or training mission is announced, and whether the Aug/Sept stipends actually arrive. That will tell you if this is a paperwork sunset or a real dump.
LMAO!! You just did, Son.
And now you are lying about it, lol.
What a perfect little tRumpling you are!
No. Once again I do not make threats. Travel though. Want to meet for coffee? PM me.