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ear to calls for action against ISIL, established a powerful coalition to
protect those areas. The second and more important impetus came
with ISIL’s attack on Kobane.

Readers will remember that after allowing safe passage for civili-
ans in the canton of Kobane, ISIL then initiated a guerrilla operation
against the PYD (the Syrian wing of the PKK terror organization), the
controlling force in the area. Coalition forces rapidly and unwave-
ringly lined up alongside the PYD and started bombing occupied areas
and providing military assistance for the YPG, the armed forces of the
PYD. At that point, as if in agreement, the entire Western press made

Kobane their main story, gave the impression that a tragedy the like of
which has never been seen before was unfolding, while the mainstre-
am TV channels covered almost nothing else. A massive support cam-
paign, the like of which has rarely been seen, was initiated on the soci-
al media for Kobane. An extraordinary international protest was star-

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