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Definition of Peshmerga
1. Noun. A member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state.
Definition of Peshmerga
1. Noun. Armed Kurdish fighters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peshmerga
Literary usage of Peshmerga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"By now the practical distinction between peshmerga and ordinary civilians had
blurred. In principle at least, active peshmerga received a salary from the ..."
2. Weapons Transfers and Violations of the Laws of War in Turkey by James Ron (1995)
"On our side, there were two peshmerga posts, one manned by the KDP and one ...
180 peshmerga (literally, "those who face death") is the term used by Iraqi ..."
3. Unquiet Graves: The Search for the Disappeared in Iraqi Kurdistan by Eric Stover, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.), Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"He then made contacts with the peshmerga and later defected. Most of what Abdulla
Hassan Salih knows about the Anfal operation came from documents he saw at ..."
4. The U. N. Role in the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Compliance with U. N. Resolutions by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"ANSWER; Clashes between the Iraqi military and Kurdish peshmerga fighters have
led to Iraqi artillery bombardment of urban residential areas in northern ..."
5. Anti-Americanism in Europe: A Cultural Problem by Russell A. Berman (2004)
"Do you want to be known more for the Anfal or for being a peshmerga? For Anfal.
What do you mean 'known for Anfal'? I want the world to know what happened ..."
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