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The unity of Iraq suffer from tensions over oil-rich province
On: Sun 05/06/2012 8:09
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to the contrary from Baghdad, the foreign visitors who descend at the airport in Irbil on board international flights do not need to obtain the prerequisite for the visa. This is one of the signs of independence in Iraqi Kurdistan, the most prosperous and secure.
Oil newfound provides prosperous supports stiffness region, but it is at the same time sheds light on the tensions with Baghdad, which is raging for decades over land and identity.
with the escalation of oil production in the region, which may exceed production-Libi, was threatened with the Kurdish leaders to seek independence if it is not resolve disputes related to oil revenues and power sharing. In a speech on Friday in Erbil, said Mr. Massoud Barzani, president of the province "the Kurds will not live under a dictatorial regime. The right of self-determination is a legitimate right and ask others not to try and robbed us of this right." For his part, the Iraqi president and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Jalal Talabani, told the Monitor that he believes in the possibility of resolving differences between Baghdad and Erbil, "we can reach agreement on it," he was referring to the broader issue a coalition government vulnerable to and the relationships that increase the bitterness between the President of the Region Barzani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, "We are Iraqis, we have many experiences have brought us to the brink of civil war - but we retreat them and returned to the dialogue and national unity."
Not everyone agrees with the assessment said the Iraqi president, the pursuit of al-Maliki to consolidate his power, angered others Even his political allies through the recent visit of Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr to Erbil for the first time in reference to the unit with the Kurds. Nine years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, and after two decades of separation from Baghdad, the Iraqi Kurdistan today seem more prosperous and secure than any other part of the the country, where it has maintained the territorial Government in security through strict control on its borders, including in areas that are ostensibly under the jurisdiction of the central government. Two years ago, was a Kurdish support for Maliki's government is necessary to stay in office as prime minister after failing to win a majority of the votes. Since then collapsed power-sharing agreement which also included the Kurds and the Iraqi List, did not succeed in the implementation of any of the scripts.
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