CNN Reports Trump Coordinating With Kurdish Leaders to Support a Ground Operation Into Western Iran
Source: MEDIAite
Mar 4th, 2026, 2:39 pm
CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward joined anchor Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday to detail her latest bombshell report out of the Middle East. Ward reported that President Donald Trump has been in talks with Iranian Kurdish leaders about the U.S. supporting a Kurdish ground assault inside Iran, working toward the ultimate goal of regime change in Iran.
Sources now telling CNN the CIA is working to arm and assist Kurdish forces. The goal we are told is to fuel a popular uprising against the regime inside Iran, Blitzer began before introducing Ward. CNNs chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward live from Erbil, Iraq. Clarissa, youve been in Iraq now for a few days. What can you tell us? Blitzer asked.
Well, thats right, Wolf. We are now learning from a senior official here in Iraqi Kurdistan that this CIA operation to support these Iranian Kurdish forces has been going on now for a few months, Ward replied, adding:
We spoke to a senior leader with the Iranian Kurdish militia groups yesterday, who told us that they believe they are going to be participating in a ground offensive into Iran in the coming days, and that they are going to be doing it with the support of the U.S. and Israel, though he would not say what exactly that support will look like. He said that President Trump himself had actually called the leader of one of these Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/cnn-reports-trump-coordinating-with-kurdish-leaders-to-support-a-ground-operation-into-western-iran/
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Now it looks like they may even start involving the Iraqi Kurds too.
Irish_Dem
(80,766 posts)It is such a noble cause.
tanyev
(49,062 posts)
Aviation Pro
(15,464 posts)By this child molesting motherfucker. My gut instinct is that they wont play.
slightlv
(7,706 posts)they abandoned and left the Kurds out to dry. Why in the world would the Kurds trust trump to do anything he says he's gonna do now? I don't think they're that dumb.
skypilot
(9,117 posts)...screwing over the Kurds and leaving them high and dry?
eppur_se_muova
(41,640 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:03 PM - Edit history (1)
Polybius
(21,780 posts)Saddam Hussein hated them too.
eppur_se_muova
(41,640 posts)Rulers like Saddam and the late Ayatollah Khameini only want unquestioning followers. Kurds are trapped between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey -- all wanting to control them and make them into compliant subjects of their Great Leaders. They didn't get much better treatment when these regions were controlled by imperial Great Powers, like Russia, the Ottomans, or France or GB. They never wanted to be absorbed into another culture.
After the Iraq War, it looked like the Kurds might finally get some of what they wanted. But then Erdogan turned hard-line Muslim Nationalist and refused to cooperate. When the Kurds were the most effective fighting force in the Middle East against the terrorist pseudo-state ISIS , Trmp pulled US aid out from under them, which cost the Kurds enormous numbers of casualties, many of them tortured to death.
Too bad they don't live next door to Canada.
S/V Loner
(9,519 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,258 posts)and screwing up, spectacularly.
I guess this is what 'concepts of a plan' really looks like.
Lovie777
(22,645 posts)and they trust him now?
eppur_se_muova
(41,640 posts)dalton99a
(93,493 posts)everyonematters
(4,085 posts)This makes more sense than just bombing the crap out of them because it doesn't stop them from developing nuclear weapons. I doubt it will happen.
City Lights
(25,628 posts)msongs
(73,517 posts)PCB66
(107 posts)He was a Cav Scout in Iraqi and helped to train them.
He has tremendous respect for them. He has a Kurdish flag given to him by a Kurdish commander.
Let hope the US doesn't fuck them.
eppur_se_muova
(41,640 posts)ChicagoTeamster
(761 posts)Why should they trust him now? This is going to become a regional Civil War.
The US planners and Israel are ignoring the fact that the French and British carved up the Middle East after WWI and created what are now the modern nations with no consideration whatsoever for the ethnic or religious makeup within the artificial boundaries.
Iraq and Kuwait (Created 19201932)
Creation: The League of Nations granted Britain a mandate over Mesopotamia, and in 1921, the British established the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq, installing Faisal I as king.
Independence: While the Kingdom was established in 1921, Iraq was granted formal independence on October 3, 1932, though Britain retained military bases and influence.
1899 Agreement: Signed on January 23, 1899, this treaty made Kuwait a "protected state," prohibiting it from ceding territory or receiving foreign representatives without British consent.
Border Definition: The British drew the borders of modern Kuwait in the 1920s, which also established the basis for the border with Iraq.
Pakistan (Created 1947)
Creation: Pakistan was established as an independent nation on August 14, 1947, uniting the Muslim-majority provinces of British India (Balochistan, East Bengal, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, and Sindh).
Afghanistan (Influence 1880s1919)
Establishment: After the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Treaty of Gandamak (1879) made Afghanistan a client state, with Britain controlling its foreign affairs.
Border Definition: The Durand Line was established in 1893 by British diplomat Mortimer Durand to fix the boundary between Afghanistan and British India, splitting tribal regions.
Independence: Afghanistan gained full control of its foreign policy (independent status) in 1919 following the Treaty of Rawalpindi.
Iran (Influence 1800s1920s)
Division: In 1907, Russia and Great Britain formally divided Persia into three zones: the north (Russian), the south (British), and a neutral middle zone.
Border Creation: Britain played a major role in defining Iran's borders with its Indian possessions (modern Pakistan), signing treaties in 1871 and 1905 to define the Baluchistan frontier.
Modern State: The Pahlavi dynasty, which modernized the country, was established in 1925.
The French and British also created the mess that is Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria
Creation of Lebanon and Palestine (19201923)
San Remo Conference (April 1920): The supreme inter-Allied council formally granted the Mandate for Syria/Lebanon to France and the Mandate of Palestine to Britain.
Greater Lebanon (Sept 1920): France declared the state of Greater Lebanon, separating it from Syria and including Beirut, Tripoli, and other districts.
Palestine Mandate (1920-1923): Britain established control, later separating Transjordan from the Palestine mandate area.
The Balfour Declaration (1917): British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour promised "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" while claiming not to prejudice the rights of existing non-Jewish communities.
Conflicting Promises: During WWI, Britain made conflicting promises, including pledging independence to Arabs for revolting against the Ottomans.
Mandate Period (1920-1948): The League of Nations tasked Britain with administering the area, which saw significant Jewish immigration, particularly in the 1930s.
End of Mandate: Following violent conflicts between Arabs, Jews, and British forces, Britain turned the issue over to the UN in 1947, leading to the 1948 establishment of Israel.
Syrian Reaction
Franco-Syrian War (1920): Syrian nationalists under King Faisal resisted. In July 1920, after a French ultimatum, Syrian forces were defeated by French troops at the Battle of Maysalun, ending the short-lived Arab Kingdom of Syria.
Long-term Resistance: The division led to ongoing nationalist uprisings against French rule throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including the 1925-1926 Great Syrian Revolt, during which the French bombarded Damascus.
The French administration further divided Syria into smaller, separate, and sometimes sectarian, states (such as the Alawite State and Druze State) in 1920-1921, further frustrating unified national sentiment.
orangecrush
(29,868 posts)Grins
(9,393 posts)What can possibly go wrong???
AverageOldGuy
(3,691 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,530 posts)...especially, considering that Trump's gang of miscreants are saying it?