Kurds are attacking the “Iraqi National Guard” and refuse formed in Kirkuk
Kurds are attacking the “Iraqi National Guard” and refuse formed in Kirkuk
07-10-2014 03:11 PM
Expressed leaders and Kurdish politicians yesterday (Monday), refusing to form a National Guard troops in Kirkuk province, which raised the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi yesterday under a draft law establishing the National Guard, which provides for the formation of these forces from the sons of Iraq’s provinces to take over the task of protecting the security and stability .
Kamal said Karagoki relations official in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is led by regional president Massoud Barzani, and the commander of the Peshmerga forces in the axis of molasses – Kirkuk, in remarks seen by the ‘News Agency': «Peshmerga forces are, which holds the protection of Kirkuk, which protects all components and sects of this the city without any discrimination, so any intervention by Baghdad in the security situation in Kirkuk will lead to the emergence of a new catastrophe », pointing out that the Peshmerga forces capable of protecting the these areas in cooperation with international aviation, without any distinction between the components and sects, stressing that the forces Peshmerga remain in Kirkuk will not withdraw from it and from other regions.
He Karagoki: «We are not with the formation of any force in Kirkuk, the city is protected by Peshmerga fully, on the Iraqi government to go to Tikrit, Ramadi and other areas and impose its security, the situation in Kirkuk is stable and the number of terrorist operations, which have declined since she took the Peshmerga forces to protect the borders of This city, then there will be a bad outcome for the establishment of such a force in Kirkuk ».
He Karagoki «we have seen before how the ladder Iraqi army all modern weapons received by and bought from America, to organize Daash, and failed to protect civilians, and this was the reason for the emergence of a difference in terms of the balance of the weapon in the battle between the Peshmerga forces and militants (Daash), the Iraqi army handed his weapon to this organization at a sensitive time in which the Iraqis were facing certain death ».
He asked Karagoki «fever Kirkuk after the withdrawal of the Iraqi army from them? Peshmerga forces are protected and provided Kirkuk in order to defend its components and hundreds of martyrs and wounded ».
For his part, said Adnan Mufti politburo member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which is led by former President Jalal Talabani: «This decision special areas which suffer from the security situation is unstable because of terrorist threats, but Kirkuk is not within those cities, so to Baghdad to review this law well ».
He said the Mufti that «Peshmerga forces are currently holding the security protection in Kirkuk, Establishing the National Guard in this city, will complicate their situations, and it was better for the Iraqi government that supports the Peshmerga forces and Asaish which perform their duties in protecting Kirkuk, does not constitute another force which , inconsistent with the conditions of these areas and would tense political and security situation in the disputed areas, these areas safe and is now in the protection of the Peshmerga ».
In turn, said Mohammed al-Haj Mahmoud, secretary-general of the Social Democratic Party of Kurdistan and the commander of the Peshmerga forces in the hub of Kirkuk, said that «the actions of the new Iraqi government with the Kurds far cry from the principle of true partnership in the management of the country, Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq have agreed to establish a National Guard troops in Sunni provinces, now tied the issue of Kirkuk where they direct blow to the Kurds there, and identified 32 per cent of the structure of the force of the Kurds, this means the abolition of Article 140, which states that the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga oversees and jointly protect the disputed areas, as well as the abolition of all conventions and the constitution, we reject the formation of any new troops in Kirkuk and other disputed territories in toto ».
And between Haj Mahmoud said that Kirkuk and other disputed territories other not need these forces, because the security forces in which consists of Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen and Christians, and the Peshmerga forces would protect its borders so it will not need the National Guard at the time, the situation in Kirkuk and other areas of special status .
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