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June 26, 2014 16 Comments 1,052 visit
The head of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, in the disputed city of Kirkuk on Thursday that Kurdish authorities ready 'if he had it' to bring 'all forces' to the city in order to preserve them. visit comes amid growing position of the Kurds in shares in which the leaders of the region and Mtsaknoh the same view, namely, that the Kurds today are entitled to control of the oil-rich province and its city. Barzani said in his first visit to Kirkuk (240 km north of Baghdad) since the control of Kurdish forces by the impact of the withdrawal of government forces 'if he had it going to bring all of our troops to keep Kirkuk and all its components'. He said during a meeting with local officials and party members 'if necessary I will take up arms myself to defend Kirkuk and its people', saying that 'what we wanted to protect Kirkuk and its people have come to him, though, the conservative need to protect and plans wise'. explain the Kurdish leader to host American conditions' Iraq tumbling 'not ruled out the speed of the move towards independence. confirmed the source of high-level security in the province of Kirkuk and the arrival of Barzani Thursday in the city of Kirkuk (240 km north of Baghdad), the capital of the province. , and this the first time I visited Barzani disputed city since it imposed a Kurdish Peshmerga forces control fully in the June 12, in order to 'protect them from the relentless attack waged by armed extremists in different areas. " said an official in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan region's autonomous' arrived in Kirkuk to inspect the peshmerga ( ...) that are spread in the seam zone (...) south and west of Kirkuk. " and added that Barzani 'arrived in Kirkuk as commander in chief of the armed forces in the Kurdistan region to raise the morale of the segments Peshmerga forces stationed in areas that have moved to after the withdrawal of Iraqi forces and sudden emergence of fears the militants organization 'Islamic States in Iraq and the Levant' go in '. entered the peshmerga forces to the rules, which withdrew from the Iraqi army two weeks ago in Kirkuk, which lies on the border, the official of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, which is in the heart of the oil industry in Iraq. represents the city of Kirkuk heart Kurd historic conflict with the Arabs. But as long as the population of Kirkuk disagreed who belong to the variety of nationalities, Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, about the body that is supposed to dominate the oil-rich province and its position: the government in Baghdad, or the authorities of the Kurdistan region's autonomous.
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