What Lies Beneath the Seizure of Sinjar?

... lifeline and financial viability to Iraqi Kurdistan. Until recently, the Iraqi Kurds have been indeed reluctant to fight in Arab Shia or Sunni areas, since they know that they could hardly hold the ground after having retaken it. Furthermore, for the Kurds, Sinjar might also be a useful card for future negotiations with Bagdad regarding the status and borders of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Kurds claim the city of Kirkuk as not only being Kurdish, but also as being the capital of their State, something Bagdad has ...