GERMANY-IRAQ-KURDS-UNREST-ARMS-AID

Figurines representing German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and US President Barack Obama sit in the sidecar of a motorcycle and hold letterings reading "I've always liked to lie! The nation always is behind me! If not, I turn over and it's behind me again!" (L, Merkel) and "I have a peace cross! So what! What does that mean! We've always attacked and abused other nations!" (R, Obama) on September 1, 2014 near the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin, where the German Chancellor is expected to address a speech to delegates to point out the German government's policy regarding arms delivery to Iraq. Germany will send anti-tank rocket launchers, rifles and hand grenades to support Iraqi Kurds battling jihadist militants fighting for the Islamic State, the defence ministry had announced the day before. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)