A source close to the Office of the Commander in Chief of the armed forces that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued an order whereby subdue the province of Kirkuk to the Tigris Operations Command.
The source said the commander in chief of the armed forces held an urgent meeting of senior leaders and advisers office to discuss the implications of the incident Tuz Khurmatu and actions to be taken, adding that Maliki is subjecting the province of Kirkuk, and all the security agencies deployed where including the Peshmerga forces to operations command Tigris, stressing that if it does not comply forces the province about it will be treated as a hostile power.
A security source said clashes on Friday between the driving forces of the Tigris and the Kurdistan Regional Guard "Peshmerga" in Kirkuk province which resulted in the martyrdom of one person and injuring 10 others.
The source said that "clashes occurred between the strength of the army under the command of the Tigris and the other of the Peshmerga, which resulted in the martyrdom of one person and injuring 7 members of the army and one of the elements of the Peshmerga and 2 of the Federal Police."
He said the "got when clashes exceeded one Kurdish leaders belonged to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by President Jalal Talabani and refused to subject to inspection at one of the checkpoints of the army in the district of Tuz Khurmatu south of the province."
He explained that "spend Tuz Khurmatu is one of the disputed areas between the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government."
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The source said the commander in chief of the armed forces held an urgent meeting of senior leaders and advisers office to discuss the implications of the incident Tuz Khurmatu and actions to be taken, adding that Maliki is subjecting the province of Kirkuk, and all the security agencies deployed where including the Peshmerga forces to operations command Tigris, stressing that if it does not comply forces the province about it will be treated as a hostile power.
A security source said clashes on Friday between the driving forces of the Tigris and the Kurdistan Regional Guard "Peshmerga" in Kirkuk province which resulted in the martyrdom of one person and injuring 10 others.
The source said that "clashes occurred between the strength of the army under the command of the Tigris and the other of the Peshmerga, which resulted in the martyrdom of one person and injuring 7 members of the army and one of the elements of the Peshmerga and 2 of the Federal Police."
He said the "got when clashes exceeded one Kurdish leaders belonged to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by President Jalal Talabani and refused to subject to inspection at one of the checkpoints of the army in the district of Tuz Khurmatu south of the province."
He explained that "spend Tuz Khurmatu is one of the disputed areas between the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government."
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