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Turkmen Front asks for more Iraqi troops in Kirkuk, not Peshmerga
”O Iraqi government, let you and the Kurds fight.” [Rudaw] The Turkmen Front has called on Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq's prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, to increase Iraqi military presence in Kirkuk and put the brakes on the return of Peshmerga forces to the contested province.A copy of a Turkmen Front statement, dated September 6 and sent to Rudaw's Kirkuk-based news hound Hiwa Hussameddin on Saturday, shows the party calling on Kadhimi "to send supporting military and security forces to impose security across the province." "We feel there is a conspiracy against the people of the province [of Kirkuk] to take us back to the pre-October 16, 2017 events. Such violations will not affect the determination and will of the people of the province to give up their rights and allow the return of terror and liquidations once again," the statement added. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-09-14 |
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