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| Iraq |
| MP accuses Kurdish militias of "terrorism" |
| 2009-01-20 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: MP from the Iraqi National List (INL) Osama al-Nujaifi on Monday called on the government to provide neutral forces to protect Mosul and its districts during the elections because of what he described as the "terrorism of Kurdish militias." "The security situation in Mosul has greatly improved and it is ready for the elections, except for the regions of Sinjar, Zamar, Shiekhan, and al-Hamadaniya which are under the control of Kurdish militias who terrorise voters and force them to vote for their candidates," Osama al-Nujaifi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. For his part, deputy governor of the Ninewa province and the responsible for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Khisro Kouran told Aswat al-Iraq news agency "this is not true." He underlined that the situation in the city's districts "is safe and even better than Mosul." He described al-Nujaifi's statements as "the old paper which is used by the some to accuse Kurds of displacing Christians from Mosul." |
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