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President Jalal Talabani said in an interview published Friday that is not the prerogative of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as commander in chief of the armed forces that engulf army in matters under the jurisdiction of the police.
The Kurdistan Regional Government has objected to Maliki's decision to form the leadership of the Tigris and the deployment of its forces in the disputed areas.
President Talabani said in an interview with Al Arabiya "" that the formation of this force involves exceeded his powers because of the state of emergency declared approval of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister and he did not agree.
Talabani explained that the ground forces commander Lt. Gen. Ali Ghaidan is put police forces and all local forces under the operational command of the Tigris and this in itself is an emergency declaration, as he put it.
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The Kurdistan Regional Government has objected to Maliki's decision to form the leadership of the Tigris and the deployment of its forces in the disputed areas.
President Talabani said in an interview with Al Arabiya "" that the formation of this force involves exceeded his powers because of the state of emergency declared approval of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister and he did not agree.
Talabani explained that the ground forces commander Lt. Gen. Ali Ghaidan is put police forces and all local forces under the operational command of the Tigris and this in itself is an emergency declaration, as he put it.
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