"The Washington Post": Iraqi Kurds kill each other
10/13/2015 18:59
Tomorrow Press / translation: In recent months, saw a semi-detached Kurdistan region from the central government in Iraq, both politically and economically independent unprecedented after the deterioration of its relationship with the Centre, today, after large protests in the province, region against the deterioration of services, the ruling regime has become here on the brink of the abyss in While the Peshmerga militants forces fighting Daash. the current crisis is the result of a political confrontation between the ruling party and the dominant power, led by Massoud Barzani, a Kurdish Democratic Party, and the party of change, "Curran." Party Barzani accused Curran of inciting and spreading violence in the cities of the region, until it reached the violence end the burning headquarters of the party Barzani, resulting in the accident killed five people. Party Curran says, citing reasons for the high unit protests, that Barzani is trying to ignore the rest of the other Kurdish parties to stay in power as long as possible. The Kurdish leadership, for its part, is struggling to maintaining internal stability because they are suffering from paralysis in the economy and delay the payment of staff salaries, which increased the unit displeasure public, as well as opposition Kurdish parties, Massoud Barzani stay in power after the extension of his term of office illegally. deepened political turmoil after the banning of the President of the Parliament of Kurdistan from entering board with five members of parliament who belong to Talabani's party, the second biggest party in Kurdistan influence and authority. He says MP from the parliamentary bloc of change in Kurdistan Rapon known: "We look at what is happening in Kurdistan as a coup against the state institutions a very awkward situation." In the meantime, , it was expelled working in television stations and news websites Kurdish-speaking against the policy of the ruling party from covering events in the street, as was blocked social networking sites Facebook and for a short period. He justified the struggle of Mahmoud Karim, media adviser to Barzani, to prevent him from entering the President of Kurdistan, saying: "prevented the entry of the president in order to preserve its integrity." He added cream, "The rebels from the street burned the headquarters in the city of Sulaymaniyah," expected to "form a new government of a partisan Union PUK and the KDP. "suffered Kurdistan from political conflicts translated after a while into the street to breed violence threatens security in those relatively quiet area, while observers say in this regard, that the Kurdistan region of Iraq split into two departments and one in Arbil and the other in Sulaimaniya, which the cause of the outbreak of conflicts between the two sides. intensified political differences to the level of reminding the world of the civil war that erupted in Kurdistan between 1994 and 1995, according to Karat Stansfield, a professor, a researcher at the Middle East Policy at the University of Exeter competent Kurdish affairs, who pointed out that the Kurds painted for themselves a dilemma it is difficult to get out it now. It is hoped that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) plays the role of mediator, despite the lack of public statements on this issue. The afternoon a spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), along with the Speaker of Parliament, which condemned his part, the Kurdistan Democratic Party's actions. He said representatives of the Movement for Change and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , today they do not recognize, headed by Barzani, which was extended after a ruling by the Shura Council in the Kurdish region, which is mainly advisory body. region and the suffering staff of economic hardship after the last cut of their salaries after a dispute Old with Baghdad on the export of oil, where the Arbil in prior to export oil through the pipeline with Turkey lines in isolation from the Government Center time. The turmoil in the region in conjunction with the spread of Kurdish forces on the front line with al Daash where militants is about 600 miles from the borders of the province. Translation: Ahmed Alaa
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