Merkel: Arming Kurds in Germany's interest
September 02, 2014 00:18
Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers that it's in Germany's interests to arm the Kurdish fighters who are battling Islamic extremists in Iraq. The government decided yesterday to send 16,000 assault rifles, hundreds of tank-busting weapons and several armored vehicles to forces fighting the Islamic
State group, breaking with Germany's previous reluctance to send weapons into conflicts.