Those "ready to face death" in Iraq promise to defend themselves against Turkish attacks

Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga, in Kurdish, "those ready to face death",

From Reuters:

"said they would fight Turkish forces if they stay too long.

"So far the Peshmerga forces have stayed on the sidelines of the Turkish military operation, which is taking place in a remote, sparsely populated mountainous region. Kurdish officials regard the area as outside their control.

"We have lost our patience with the Turkish military's shelling of our area," said Peshmerga fighter Rasheed Ghazi, 53. "We will confront them if they push further with their troops or try to our occupy our area."

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2444277620080224