Peshmerga

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Kurdistan Rejects Maliki’s Demand For Control of Kurdish Peshmerga Forces

ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— A senior official at the Ministry of Peshmerga in Iraq’s Kurdistan region has called the demand of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to place the Peshmerga forces under the jurisdiction of the federal government an “illusion.” He vowed to make an official response in the next week to the accusations by Maliki.

Meanwhile, a Kurdish lawmaker accused the prime minister of obstructing the ongoing negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil.

In an interview with Al Sumaria TV on Monday evening [Nov. 5], Maliki declared his willingness to release funding for the Peshmerga forces if they place themselves under the jurisdiction of the federal authorities, since the constitution prohibits the financing of the Peshmerga, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

He accused the KRG of “violating the constitution by controlling the weapons left behind by the former Iraqi army, including tanks, artillery and rocket launchers, while the other federal [entities] are getting armed with light weapons.”

He revealed that he has “evidence supported by figures and copies [of transactions] belonging to the persons who [sign] contracts and buy weapons in the region.”

Maliki described the objections to the formation of the Tigris Operations Command as “unconstitutional, because the federal army has the right to have a presence in Basra or Zakho, and no one has the right to prevent it constitutionally. There are implicit intentions and a lack of desire for the federal authority to have control or a presence.”

He said that the army “is more [entitled] than the Turkish troops to have a presence [in Iraq’s Kurdish region].”

He wondered about “the reasons behind the silence over the continued presence of Turkish troops in the al-Amadiyah and Bamarni bases since 1995 until today, while these bases are equipped with tanks, armored vehicles and aircraft, and convoys enter and exit them amid complete silence.”

He warned the Peshmerga against “committing a mistake by attacking the Iraqi army.”

Spokesman for the Ministry of Peshmerga Lt. Gen. Jabbar Yawar told Al-Hayat that the ministry “will hold a press conference next week to provide clarifications on Maliki’s recent statements.”

Deputy Minister of Peshmerga Anwar Haji Osman told Nawkho news agency, which is affiliated with the KRG Ministry of Interior, that “demanding placing the Peshmerga under the control of the Iraqi army is an illusion and pure fantasy.”

The Iraqi government has refused to include the Peshmerga budget in the 2013 federal budget considering that it is not part of the Iraqi defense system. This happened despite the negotiations conducted by two Kurdish delegations — one partisan and the other governmental — with the Maliki government last month.

Chuan Mohammad Taha, a member of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi parliament representing the Kurdistan Alliance, told Al-Hayat that “the negotiation phase requires wisdom and avoiding escalation. Unfortunately, Maliki's remarks are seen as escalatory with the aim of obstructing the negotiations.”

He added: “As for the deployment of the Iraqi army, it is normal provided that the army’s loyalty is to the nation, not a person or particular faction. We have remarks on the mentality of managing the defense system in light of the loss of balance within the army and involving it in the political conflicts.”

With regard to the Turkish military presence in the region, Taha said that “this presence is inherited according to an agreement between Ankara and the former regime,www.ekurd.net but what surprises us is why they are raising the issue now and did not discuss it with the Turkish officials during their visits to Baghdad.”

He noted that the Peshmerga forces “possess old weapons, and the Iraqi government is evading the responsibility of arming these forces, which have the right [to armament] according to a constitutional article. We seek to include the Peshmerga in the defense system in terms of armament, rehabilitation and management, but have it under the command of the General Commander of Armed Forces and the Kurdistan region’s presidency.”

Nawshirwan Mustafa, leader of the Kurdish opposition Movement for Change, said that the objective of his visit to the province of Kirkuk Tuesday [Nov. 6] was to support the decisions of the local government. He called for distancing the military from political disputes.

Mustafa said in a press conference that his movement supports the province of Kirkuk, its management and components through their representatives in the Iraqi parliament and the Iraqi Kurdistan parliament.

Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Omar Karim reiterated his opposition to the “formation of the Tigris Operations Command” in Kirkuk as a result of Maliki’s accusation to him that he breached the constitution.

The local administration announced its refusal to cooperate with the Tigris Operations Command following the prime minister's decision to assign to it the security files in the provinces of Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahuddin. Also, the Ministry of Peshmerga threatened to confront it if it enters the Kurdistan region.

Kirkuk is witnessing political and ethnic differences as a result of the Kurds’ demand for the implementation of Article 140 of the constitution, which calls for the provision of financial compensation to the Arabs who were recruited in the 1980s, returning the expelled Kurds after providing them with financial compensation and holding a referendum on appending Kirkuk to the Kurdistan region in the future.

Translated from Al-Hayat (Pan Arab). al-monitor.com

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a Kurdish comedian (7emko) next to an artillery canon

do you know where the picture is taken?

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yes in Hewler , why dear ?

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[Rando]

yes in Hewler , why dear ?

i would love to visit it when i go back to kurdistan this summer.
i will visit alot of places (Zaxo,Duhok,Hewler,Slemani and we might be going to Kirkuk as well) and want to get the most of the trip. i havent been in kurdistan for years.

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make sure you take lots of photos specially next to weapons lol.

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Will be going the 14th of december to Kurdistan until the 5th of January. I will visit Slemani and hawler (and Kirkuk probably as well, though I will stay there for 2 days max.)

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Best video

Kurdish peshmerga dancing @ Zummar


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StLI2wYCpSk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

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i heard from my dad, that PUK is now also having problems with diyla and Maliki, and they send troops to kerkuk also

Anyone more information ?


PDK was more the one who was hating maliki , and Now finally PUK is starting with sending troops

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yes it is true, i read an article on it, they are sending "additional" Peshmerga to all areas to confront dijla thugs have been sent to, remember we already stopped them entering kirkuk province south of Daquq. KRG is only sending additional forces as they too are sending extra 3000 arab soldiers from mid and south of the desert.

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as long as ExxonMobil contract is active in Kirkuk, US will stop iran-iraq launching any war on Kurdistan. they will not let their interests be at risk.

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i heard from my dad, that PUK is now also having problems with diyla and Maliki, and they send troops to kerkuk also

Anyone more information ?

PDK was more the one who was hating maliki , and Now finally PUK is starting with sending troops

here is the article


یەكێتی رووبەڕووی دیجلە دەبێتەوە
PUK is confronting Dijla
دڵشاد ئەنوەر
Dilshad Anwar

یەكێتی نیشتیمانی كوردستان لەرێگەی ناردنی هێزەوە بۆ كەركوك‌و دووز‌و دیالە -كە بەناوچە نفوزی خۆی دەزانێت-، دەیەوێت بەر بەفراوانبوونی دەسەڵاتی فەرمادەی ئۆپەراسیۆنەكانی دیجلە بگرێت، ئەو هەنگاوەش بەبێ‌ بەشداری پارتی دەكات

هەوڵەكانی یەكێتی دوای ئەوە دێت، ئۆپەراسیۆنەكانی دیجلە لەدوای پێكهێنانیەوە چالاكیەكانی زیاتر لەكەركوك‌و دیالە چڕ كردووەتەوە كە ئەو حیزبە بەناوچەی دەسەڵاتی خۆی دەزانێت، بەڵام ئەو هێزە تائێستا چالاكیەكانی نەگواستووەتەوە بۆ نەینەوا كە لەحیزبە كوردییەكاندا پارتی تێیدا باڵادەستە

وەستا رەسوڵ، ئەندامی سەركردایەتی یەكێتی، بەهاوڵاتی وت “یەكێتی قسەی خۆی دەبێت‌و بێدەنگ نابێت، بۆ زانیاریشتان هێزی زیاتر رەوانەی كەركوك‌و دووز‌و قەرەتەپە دەكەین”، هەروەها جەختیكردەوە “هەر ناوچەیەكی جێناكۆك پێویستی بەهێزی زیاتر بێت بڕیارمانداوە بۆی بنێرین”.

ناوبراو ئەوەشی خستەڕوو كە حیزبەكەی پێداگری لەسەر جێبەجێكردنی مادەی 140 دەكات، بۆیە هێزی دیجلە دەیەوێت فشار بخاتە سەریان تا بەكەمترین دەستكەوت رازی بن.

هاوكات لەگەڵ جموجۆڵەكانی یەكێتیدا بۆ ناردنی هێزی زیاتر بۆ ناوچە جێناكۆكەكان، پارتی وەكو لایەنێكی بێلایەن تەماشا دەكات، ئەوەش بەبڕوای چاودێران، بەتۆڵەكردنەوەی پارتی دادەنرێت لەیەكێتی بەهۆی شكستپێهێنانی سەندنەوەی متمانە لەمالیكی كە پێشتر بارزانی رۆڵی سەرەكی تێدا هەبووە

سەرچاوەیەكی بەرپرس لەپارتی كە نەیویست ناوی بڵاوبكرێتـەوە، پێیوایە تاڵەبانی بەرپرسیارە لەتەنگهەڵچنینی دیجلە بەكەركوك‌و دیالە چونكە “ئەو پرۆژەی لێسەندنەوەی متمانەی لەمالكی شكستپێهێنا”، وتی “ئێستا شەڕ كەوتووەتە نێوان یەكێتی‌و مالیكییەوە، پارتیش بووەتە تەماشاكەر”.

بەڵام، خەسرەو گۆران ئەندامی سەركردایەتی پارتی، وێڕای جەختكردنەوە لەسەر بێدەنگنەبوونی حیزبەكەی لەحاڵەتی روودانی كێشەدا، بەهاوڵاتی وت “گۆڕان‌و یەكێتی دژی سەندنەوەی متمانە بوون لەمالیكی، لەكاتێكدا سەرۆكی هەرێم ساڵی 2008 زەنگی رۆیشتنی مالیكی بەرەو دیكتاتۆریەت لێدا”

هەروەها رونیكردەوە كە روودانی توندوتیژی لەهەر ناوچەیەكی جێناكۆك كاریگەری لەسەر تەواوی ناوچەكە دەبێت، لەگەڵ ئەوەشدا وتی “لەهەر كوێیەك توندوتیژی رووبدات ئێمە پشتیوانی یەكێتی دەكەین”

Radioy Newa

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PUK is basically saying that those areas where dijla thugs have been sent to are PUK areas and they will not allow dijla move forward. they are saying this move is to pressure kurds to accept least outcome from article 140 but PUK rejects this and will implement the article by force if they have to.

it also says PDK is not getting involved to give PUK and gorran a lesson for not supporting Barzani in removing the iranian puppet milky boy.

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