President Barzani of the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan: "We have ordered the Peshmerga forces to attack the terrorists..."
Here is an article by John McTernan, in the Telegraph newspaper, speaking about the Kurds who are standing up to the IS terrorists and protecting Christian and Yazidi refugees:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11026422/Britain-must-give-the-Kurds-the-tools-to-lead-Iraq-out-of-this-mess.html