American Peshmerga Fighter: 'Let's Cripple IS'
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Jordan Matson is a 28-year-old U.S. army veteran who has volunteered to fight with Kurdish Peshmerga forces. He has spent two months fighting with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) against Islamic State militants. Speaking at the Al-Ya'rubiya crossing on the Iraq-Syria border, he said Western troops would be needed to defeat them. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq)