The Middle East Wars have generated some peculiar things; of course they have had a lot of time. A women's military unit has emerged in Iraq, the YPJ, a Christian woman's unit called a "Woman's Protection Unit. Women are also allowed in the Peshmerga, which means, “those who face death,” a military arm of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraqi Kurdistan. Their existence dates back to the mid-20th Century when Mustafa Barzani picked up arms to fight for Kurdistan autonomy. They have attracted, for some reason, women from the West who have joined them.
Anna Campbell, UK, killed in action by Turkish air strike
Joanna Palani, 23, a Kurd who emigrated to Denmark from Iraq as a child, was arrested by Danes on returning to Denmark after a year fighting with the YPJ
A Canadian-Israeli woman, and former Israeli military volunteer Gill Rosenberg, spent eight months with the YPJ after an arrest in the U.S. for a phone scam. She joined the unit she says to do something worthwhile and turn her life around.
Joanna Palani, 23, a Kurd who emigrated to Denmark from Iraq as a child, was arrested by Danes on returning to Denmark after a year fighting with the YPJ
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