Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
but Kurdish involvement would be strange.
The Kurds are no friends of the Mullahs or the Iranians in general, having seen persecution there for their beliefs and territorial claims for decades.
There are various factions of Kurds in the region, with varying motivations and alliances. This doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility at all. That guy Mansoor Ijaz is considered fairly connected and well respected in his field.