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2 hours ago, Boozer said:

Not sure I see HCL any time soon. maybe this is what is needed to say we take it all or you take 15% and be done 

Lets see the Kurds are 17% of the population with over 40% of iRAQ'S proven oil reserves and they should except 15% of the budget. Sounds like a crappy deal to me.

 

35 minutes ago, jcfrag said:

Barzani is desperate cause his gravy train is about to run out, and he knows it....   He has nothing to loose at this point...

Massoud is worth Billions!! His monthly salary is $400,000 USD.  I dont think he is desperate at all for money. Its all about power

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The US Wants To Keep The Focus On ISIS, But Its Iraqi Allies Are Moving On

Experts have warned for years that US-backed Iraqi forces and US-backed Kurdish forces will turn against one another once the war on ISIS ends. Now the time has come.

Posted on October 16, 2017, at 4:22 p.m.
Mike Giglio
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Borzou Daragahi
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Washington, DC
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Iraqi children step on a Kurdish flag as forces loyal to the central government in Baghdad advance toward the center of Kirkuk on Monday.
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Iraqi children step on a Kurdish flag as forces loyal to the central government in Baghdad advance toward the center of Kirkuk on Monday.

WASHINGTON — Two key American allies in the war on ISIS, the Iraqi military and the Kurdish peshmerga, have now turned their guns on one another — exactly one year from the day the two US-backed sides announced the start of their joint offensive to retake Mosul.

The sudden outbreak of fighting — which saw Iraqi forces and allied militia seizing the disputed city of Kirkuk from the Kurds — shows that even as the US insists that the war on ISIS remains the top priority, its two main partners on the ground have decided to move on.

"ISIS is a distraction," a Kurdish official told BuzzFeed News by phone from northern Iraq, where Kurdish leadership has been scrambling to address the crisis. "It has distracted the West for three years. It has distracted from the real problems in the country."

The success of the offensive to retake Mosul — the one-time Iraqi capital of ISIS's self-styled caliphate — relied on Iraqi and Kurdish cooperation. Brokering that cooperation between the two historic adversaries was a major success for the US officials who put together the battle plan. The early days of the offensive saw a rare moment of unity and goodwill between the two sides. As one Iraqi special forces convoy rolled north from Baghdad through peshmerga checkpoints, Iraqi soldiers cheerfully greeted the guards in basic Kurdish.

But the battle in Kirkuk shows an inherent flaw in US strategy, which is that in its push to roll back ISIS, it has failed to address Iraq’s deeply entrenched political disputes that have long threatened to put the US’s two allies on a course to war. Absent a coherent political plan, ramped-up US military support for both may have helped to bring the conflict to a head.

“We chose a strategy that had a very large risk of producing exactly this outcome,” said Jennifer Cafarella, a senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.

“The US arbitrarily decided in 2014 to focus exclusively on the anti-ISIS fight in Iraq and to subordinate any other policy considerations,” she said. “We ignored the fact that our anti-ISIS strategy allowed, if not encouraged, a very large buildup of Iranian proxy capability in Iraq, which is now being used in Kirkuk. And we made pragmatic and tactical decisions about where to use Kurdish forces against ISIS which set conditions for the post-ISIS war that is now unfolding by bringing Kurdish forces into disputed territories.”

Michael Knights, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that instead of dealing with the difficult politics surrounding the war on ISIS, the US has preferred to focus on the military campaign.

“We love this war against ISIS. We’re winning it, we’re good at it, it doesn’t cost very much, and it ticks the boxes the president likes. So the whole machine of the US government really likes the simplicity,” he said. “Whereas all this other stuff is more complicated.”

 
People celebrated after Iraqi forces advanced into Kirkuk.
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People celebrated after Iraqi forces advanced into Kirkuk.

The history of conflict between Baghdad and Iraq’s Kurds — who control a semi-autonomous region in the north — dates to the founding of the country, with the Kurds long pushing for independence and Iraqi forces often responding with brutal force. It reached a head under the Saddam Hussein regime, which targeted the Kurds with a campaign of genocide. Later, after the Persian Gulf War, the US imposed a no-fly zone that helped to protect the Kurds and allowed them space to carve out autonomy. The Kurds thrived after the US toppled Hussein, as violence with Baghdad ebbed. Until recently disputes between the Kurds and Baghdad revolved around more pedestrian issues like oil revenues and military supplies.

Tensions ramped up considerably last month when the Kurds, emboldened by three years of US support against ISIS, carried out a referendum intended to set the stage for their eventual independence. Iraqi forces — backed by Shiite militia forces and tough rhetoric from Iran — had been threatening an incursion ever since. The fighting in Kirkuk represents the worstbout of bloodshed between the two sides since the fall of Hussein.

The Kurdish official found shades of the old days of Hussein’s Baathist regime in the scenes of Iraqi forces marching through the streets of Kirkuk, an oil-rich city that has long been disputed between the two sides. “Iraq has declared war on us. It’s reminiscent of the Baathists — Iraqi tanks rolling into Kirkuk, images of Kurds killed inside the city,” he said. “And in the meanwhile the Americans are just watching this unfold."

He accused the US of abandoning the Kurds in the face of aggression by Iraqi forces and militia groups who act as Iranian proxies. "I feel betrayed by one of our closest friends — the US,” he said. “The question for the Americans really, and I hate to put it in such simplistic terms, is a choice between Kurdistan and Iran.”

The peshmerga took control of Kirkuk after the Iraqi military fled the city in the wake of its rout at the hands of ISIS in Mosul in June 2014. On Monday, Baghdad television stations showed Arab residents of Kirkuk celebrating the arrival of Iraqi government forces. “Finally we have been liberated, thank god,” one resident told the correspondent of a channel close to a Shiite militia.

 
Iraqi forces flash the victory sign as they advanced toward Kirkuk's center.
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Iraqi forces flash the victory sign as they advanced toward Kirkuk's center.

And regime leaders in Iran hailed the Iraqi government offensive as a victory. “Today, the Kurdish forces' defeat foiled [Kurdish leader Masoud] Barzani's plots against the region,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to the Tasnim news agency. “Barzani's plan, which was also Israel's behind-the-scene plan, was to seize the oil wells in Kirkuk in favor of Israel.”

Despite reported involvement of forces loyal to Iran in the offensive, neither the US nor other major western powers indicated that they would take any action against Baghdad. US military officials declined to condemn the Iraqi offensive in public comments — and suggested that the US would stay out of the dispute between two key allies. Col. Robert Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, even seemed to place the blame for the violence on the Kurds. “Despite the Kurdistan Regional Government’s unfortunate decision to pursue a unilateral referendum, dialogue remains the best option to defuse ongoing tensions and long-standing issues,” he told reporters in Washington. “We call on all actions in the region to focus on this common threat, and avoid stoking tensions among the Iraqi people.”

In a statement, the US embassy in Baghdad expressed concern over the violence and implored both sides to keep the focus on ISIS: “ISIS remains the true enemy of Iraq, and we urge all parties to remain focused on finishing the liberation of their country from this menace.”

Though ISIS has lost its major territory in Iraq, it still maintains pockets of control in the country, while the threat from the militants remains in the form of terror attacks and insurgency. In Syria, ISIS has ceded control of Raqqa and other key strongholds but is planning a last stand based around the province of Deir el-Zour, on the border with Iraq.

The US wants its local allies to keep up the fight against ISIS, continuing to roll back its remaining territory and ensuring that the militants don’t find a foothold to mount a comeback. But as the Kurds and Iraqis alike have made clear — the former with their independence push and the latter with the Kirkuk invasion — both now see the other as the main enemy.

Despite US efforts to keep the focus on ISIS, in fact, other forces in the region have likewise shown that they, too, are preparing to move on — consolidating their positions in preparation for the end of the major phases of the US-backed ground war. In recent days, Syrian forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad violated the terms of de-escalation deals to storm rebel-held quarters of eastern Damascus and Homs. Meanwhile, Turkish troops have moved into northern Syria’s Idlib province — in large part to prevent Syrian Kurds, the main US ally against ISIS in that country, from their own bid to expand the territory they have seized from ISIS and now seek to control.

 

 

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2 hours ago, SocalDinar said:

Lets see the Kurds are 17% of the population with over 40% of iRAQ'S proven oil reserves and they should except 15% of the budget. Sounds like a crappy deal to me.

 

Massoud is worth Billions!! His monthly salary is $400,000 USD.  I dont think he is desperate at all for money. Its all about power

 

The amount of $$$$$$ these criminals pull in while their people scratch out a life is OBSCENE!!!!!!!

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Blueskyline - thank you very much for the intriguing post - and thank you  tigergorzow. for sharing  your comments and interpretation.

 

Hopefully there's support behind the scenes for Baghdad's maneuvers into Kirkuk, and that Abadi has a plan is in place to make every Iraqi citizen happy - immediately- and before anything can potentially escalate.

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Editorial date: 2017/10/16 22:43 • 2323 times read
Trump abandons the Iraqi government and buys his election campaign
[Oan- follow - up] 
US President announced, Donald Trump, Monday, that the United States "will not take sides of any party" in the dispute over Kirkuk, against the backdrop of the imposition of the Iraqi security forces and the federal authority in the province.
"His country does not take sides in the crisis between the Kurds and the Baghdad government to control the province of Kirkuk, but they do not like to enter into confrontations," Trump said at a news conference today, expressing his "disappointment at the outbreak of conflict between the two sides." 
"For many years we have had very good relations with the Kurds and we have also sided with Iraq. Although we should not have been there, we should not have gone there, but we do not take sides in that battle." 
Trump has long criticized the Republican Party in his campaign before he took office in January 2017, his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to send troops to Iraq as part of the international coalition in the fight against a populist.
The US embassy in Baghdad on Monday called on all parties in Kirkuk to "immediately stop military action and restore calm," declaring that they support the "peaceful exercise" of joint administration by the center and the region in the disputed areas. 
The joint forces announced today "the process of maintaining security" in Kirkuk, which started on Sunday night, indicating that it has taken control of important sites, notably Kirkuk airport and oil facilities.
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Editorial date: 2017/10/16 22:04 • 372 times read
Abadi to King Salman: the redeployment of forces in Kirkuk was quickly and without victims [expanded]
[Ayna-Baghdad] 
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi received a telephone call from King Salman bin Abdul Aziz on Monday.
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is closely following developments in the situation in Kirkuk," the statement said. Iraq has achieved remarkable victories against terrorism. " 
"Saudi Arabia is keen to establish the best relations with Iraq and enhance cooperation between the two countries," King Salman said. 
For his part, Abadi thanked the position of the Kingdom supporting Iraq, "noting that" what the Iraqi government has done is to redeploy the Iraqi forces in the province of Kirkuk in a quick and smooth process did not result in any casualties or wounded, and deployment was easy as Kirkuk should be under control Federal authority according to the constitution. "
"Iraq is also keen to establish the best relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which will visit next week an Iraqi ministerial delegation to sign agreements of cooperation in the interests of both countries."
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Release date: 2017/10/17 10:12 • 90 times scheduled
UN calls for dialogue and easing tension in Kirkuk
[Ayna-Baghdad] 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for easing the tension in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk, stressing his follow-up to developments in the situation and the ongoing escalation by all parties.
The spokesman said Secretary - General Stephane Dujarric told a news conference on Monday evening that " the Secretary - General appeals to the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to take concerted steps to avoid further confrontation or escalation or a breakdown of law and order. 
The Secretary - General called on all parties to address the situation jointly resolve all outstanding issues through a manner consistent with the Constitution of Iraq dialogue. 
According to the United Nations Office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs in Iraq , said the military moves in northern Iraq have led to the displacement of thousands of families from Kirkuk , noting that making sure the exact number of displaced persons is currently in progress. 
He stressed Al The need to reach all those in need of assistance also urged the parties to ensure the protection of civilians and enable them to leave the area if they so choose.
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2017/10/17 (00:01 PM)   -   Number of readings: 324   -   Number (4043)
 
 
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 Baghdad / Range 
 

The General Command of the Peshmerga forces yesterday considered the move of the federal forces towards the disputed areas in Kirkuk as a "declaration of war" and accused Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of responsibility for that decision. 
The Peshmerga leadership accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and some PUK officials of carrying out a plot to target the Kurdistan region. 
And began pieces of anti-terrorism and rapid intervention and the federal police and the Iraqi army and the popular crowd, since dawn Saturday, a process of redeployment of federal forces in the province of Kirkuk. 
The move resulted in sporadic clashes between the forces of the crowd and the Peshmerga forces in the district of Tuzkurmatu, which is considered a disputed area between the federal government and the Kurdistan region.
The General Command of the Peshmerga forces, in a statement seen by the (range) yesterday, that "provoking the war against the people of Kurdistan borne by the government of Abadi," indicating that "this attack by the Iraqi government and the popular crowd, revenge from the people of Kurdistan, which demanded freedom, The free people of Kirkuk who have shown a brave attitude. " 
The leadership of the Peshmerga that "the officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, who cooperated in the plot have committed a historic betrayal against Kurdistan," and pointed out that "these officials evacuated some sensitive sites of the popular mobilization forces without confrontation and left Kosrat Messenger alone."
"We inform all parties that this attack by the popular crowd and the Iraqi forces is carried out with the weapons of the International Coalition and the American Abrams tanks and other weapons of the coalition and the American weapons, which provide the Iraqi army and the popular crowd under the name of war on the Pasha, while the Peshmerga was not given enough weapons in War against a preacher to counter terrorism ". 
In a speech addressed to the people of the Kurdistan region, the Peshmerga leadership said, "despite the betrayal of some officials and the plot of the Iraqi government and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, but the forces of Peshmerga Kurdistan defends heroically and high morale in all locations," asserting that "it is not possible to break the will of the people of Kurdistan and allow victory Opponents of the people through the implementation of this plot. "
"We demand all Peshmerga the people and the real nation and the masses of steadfast and compelling the enemies by all possible resistance and repel the aggressors, and the government of Abadi is the primary responsible for provoking the war against the people of Kurdistan and must pay a heavy price for this attack." 
HRH Ibrahim Ahmed, a member of the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), responded to the accusations made by the Peshmerga leadership to the leadership of its party, calling for disbelief in what it described as "lies." 
The wife of President Talabani, in a statement seen by (range), that "
"We have intensified our efforts with the United States, the International Coalition, Iraq and neighboring countries in order to protect Kirkuk from this attack, and several times we have been able to delay the launch of operations, but last night we were afraid of it," she said. 
"Now we see and hear here and there some of the malicious media of the parties that are the author of this plot and plot to charge the heroes who defend day and night from the city of Kirkuk and working to thwart the scheme of enemies, and obviously such media channels serve the enemies of the Kurds and Kurdistan and unity of the row Our people, "noting that" members of my family Kars, Pavel, Qubad, Lahore and Bulad are on the battlefield and at the forefront of defense ranks with their brothers in the Peshmerga forces. "

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The entry of Kirkuk was in Sulaymaniyah with Baghdad, mediated by Iran



 Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah 
 

A source of high-level Kurdish, yesterday, the scenes of the Dokan meeting on the eve of the entry of federal forces to Kirkuk, pointing out that the family of President Talabani informed the meeting agreement with the federal government to enter its troops to Kirkuk and return to what it was before June 2014. The 



source, Spoke to (extent) yesterday, on condition of anonymity, that the skirmishes that occurred between the federal forces and some pieces of the Peshmerga was the result of non-arrival of the withdrawal orders by the Kurdish leaders to their forces deployed in the south of Kirkuk. Indicating that the agreement requires the government to control the oil resources and the return of the Peshmerga forces to the Blue Line and activate the joint administration of Kurdish and federal forces.
The source informed that the Talabani family informed the Kurdish leaders, during the meeting held on Sunday in Dokan, that they agreed with the government to withdraw its Peshmerga forces from Kirkuk and return things to what it was before June 2014. A meeting held by leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Union Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which was attended by President Fuad Masum, to agree on a paper consisting of five points included the refusal to cancel the results of the referendum and adhere to dialogue with Baghdad. 
The source added that "the agreement between the federal government and the family of Talabani was sponsored by Iran arranged the entry of Iraqi forces to some areas in the province of Kirkuk." On the other hand, the deputy of the Kurdistan Change bloc, Mahmoud Reza, with what the source informed, noting that "there is an agreement between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the federal government on the orderly withdrawal of Peshmerga forces from several areas within the province of Kirkuk."
Reza said in a telephone statement to the (range), "The skirmishes that occurred during the movement of the federal military forces resulted from the failure of orders to withdraw by the leadership to all the Peshmerga forces located in the south of Kirkuk." 
The MP said the bloc change by saying that "the agreement was focused on activating the decisions of the House of Representatives and the federal government in the control of oil sources and the return of Peshmerga forces to the Blue Line and activate the joint administration of Kurdish and federal forces."
The MP for Sulaymaniyah to "the existence of sharp differences within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, between the wing pays and supports cooperation with the federal government, and another wing represented by Kosrat Rasul and the governor of Kirkuk calls for commitment to the decisions of the presidency of the Kurdistan region." The Kurdistan region held a referendum on self-determination, on 25 September last. Baghdad is demanding the cancellation of the results of the referendum before entering into dialogues to resolve the current crisis that led to the imposition of a package of sanctions on the region, including the prohibition of foreign flights to the airports of Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, and prevent financial transactions. The House of Representatives, in early October, a package of new sanctions against the Kurdistan region to allow prosecution of Kurdish MPs who participated in the referendum. After the Federal Court's response to the clarification of the Parliament, the legal and member committees must provide the Presidency with the names of the participants.
The deputy warns of the mass change from "the outbreak of clashes between the forces of Kurdistan in light of these facts and the circumstances that are taking place in the political arena." He stressed that "the fate of the referendum will be determined after the events of the city of Kirkuk." 
The Kurdish blocs have refused to return again to Baghdad to resume its presence in the meetings of the House of Representatives despite the rejection of the Federal Court request submitted by the latter to drop the membership of its deputies. And stipulated the forces to stop the escalation against them and return to the consensus in passing laws and decisions in parliament. 
The speaker of the House of Representatives MP Imad John an agreement for the participation of deputies of the two blocs of change and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in a meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, likely to cause events in the city of Kirkuk to postpone their presence to future meetings.
"The Kurdish leadership refused to cancel the referendum and the conditions presented by Baghdad, which led the government to send its troops to Kirkuk," he said. He called on the federal forces to "deal with all citizens in the province of Kirkuk and the extension of security and stability." 
The Christian MP for Kirkuk to "the existence of differences between the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan," asserting that "the meeting of Sulaymaniyah focused on the non-entry of army forces to the city of Kirkuk and the non-delivery of oil wells to the federal government." 
"Some PUK leaders handed over some of the positions that were under their control to the government forces without fighting to spare the province from fighting," MP Imad Juhna said, expecting that the sporadic clashes that took place were due to the failure of the withdrawal orders to reach some Peshmerga leaders.
"The referendum is left to the Kurdish leaders who must engage in negotiations with the federal government," he said.

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 Baghdad / Range 
 

 Prime Minister Haider Abadi, yesterday, a message to reassure the citizens in the Kurdistan region, stressing their safety and the preservation of their acquired rights. The situation came hours after the federal police announced the restoration of control of 13 vital targets south of Kirkuk, from the control of the Peshmerga forces, including Kirkuk Airport (base of freedom). 

During the past few days, the federal forces began a military move towards the disputed areas under the control of the Peshmerga forces.
On the eve of the declaration of the federal forces to restore a number of areas in the outskirts of Kirkuk, accused the Security Council ministerial, during a meeting headed by Abadi, the Kurdistan Regional Government "military mobilization" and the policy of imposing reality by force. He also accused the involvement of members of the PKK, the entry with the Peshmerga forces to prevent the extension of the influence of Iraqi forces on the disputed areas. "My duty is to work in accordance with the constitution to serve the citizens and protect the unity of the country, which was exposed to the danger of division as a result of the insistence on holding the referendum, which was organized by the controllers in the Kurdistan region unilaterally, and at the time," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a statement. In which we are fighting an existential war against terrorism represented by a terrorist gang. " Abadi continued,
The commander-in-chief of the armed forces, in a letter addressed to the citizens of the Kurdistan region, "We assure our people in Kurdistan and in Kirkuk in particular that we are keen on their safety and interest and we have only our constitutional duty to extend federal authority and the imposition of security and the protection of national wealth in this city, A peaceful coexistence city for all Iraqis of all backgrounds. " "We call upon all the citizens to cooperate with our heroic armed forces, who are committed to our strict directives to protect civilians in the first place, to impose security and order and to protect state installations and institutions," he said. "We call upon the Peshmerga forces to perform their duty under the federal leadership as part of the Iraqi armed forces. Naturally and not to disrupt the interests of citizens. "
The head of the government, "the local police and intelligence agencies in Kirkuk to protect citizens and their property and be highly vigilant to prevent the promoters of strife to be signed among the sons of one nation," but saying, "We pledge our people to continue to defend their rights and their national wealth and wealth from waste Corruption is the property of all Iraqis, and we must live in this country without any discrimination. " 
Later, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces directed the Iraqi army forces to impose security in Tuz Khurmatu and protect the lives and property of citizens and peaceful coexistence among them. 
On Saturday, the mainly Turkmen city saw military clashes between the Turkmen forces and the Peshmerga forces, which ended hours after they broke out after a ceasefire was reached.
fire. In a related context, the federal police announced the restoration of control of 13 vital targets south of Kirkuk, asserting the imposition of security on the Kirkuk airport (the base of freedom). 
"The vital targets that have been controlled by our units are the North Gas Plant, Mulla Abdullah Power Plant, Maryam Peak Bridge, Khalid Bridge, Sarjalan Village, Sarjalan Police Station, Modern Warehouses, Hawija Square, Hawijah Regiment HQ and Village," the Federal Police Command said in a statement. Jahish and the intersection of Rashad, the village of Topazawa and the village of Qersh Tuba. "

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Security experts for «morning»: the move of the government in Kirkuk «a positive step»

   
 

 
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17/10/2017 12:00 am 

They praised the discipline and professionalism of the federal joint forces

Baghdad / Omar Abdul Latif
Security experts expressed support and support for the measures of the federal government in the redeployment of security forces in all areas, including Kirkuk, explaining that these measures enjoy popular support and support the Constitution and the law, as a "positive step" to extend the rule of law on the entire Iraqi soil and restore the prestige of the state and maintain unity The country.

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The security expert Hisham al-Hashemi, said that «the Joint Operations Command launched a campaign to enforce the law and the restoration of facilities and federal institutions affiliated to it in the province of Kirkuk».
He pointed out that «the operations got the support of the United States in coordination with some party leaders in the province of Sulaymaniyah and the Minister of the Interior and Deputy Chairman of the popular crowd Hadi Amiri and local leaders within the province, most notably the police chief and some federal institutions. Al-Hashemi said in an interview with Al-Sabah that "the operation was launched to secure the districts of Tuzharmatu, Daqouq and Dibs, control the oil fields in Bai Hassan and Baba Karkar, restore control of Key One, Kirkuk Airport, southern Kirkuk and Lilian." Clashes or exchanges of fire except Mandar, in addition to that there are no quarrels of racial or sectarian after the government coordinated with some Kurdish parties as the Peshmerga forces withdrew from the positions received by our security forces ».
Al-Hashemi preferred to get some limited and controlled clashes, explaining that «so far did not extend the federal forces full control over the official facilities and did not achieve all the goals, and the achievement of the objectives is to control the large areas in Debs, Tuzhermato and Tal Rose». Security and stability, while a member of the security committee in the provincial council of Kirkuk Ali Mahdi stressed the need to maintain security and stability in the province without shedding one drop of blood. Mahdi said in an interview with «morning», the hope that «correct the provincial government error and revert to the national constants approved by the federal government to avoid the citizens military clashes near their homes and in safe cities», indicating that «the forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan preferred to withdraw from Headquarters and handed over to the Iraqi forces ».




Mahdi strongly rejected «the intervention of foreign fighters from the PKK» in the Iraqi internal affairs, "asserting that" his security committee has evidence and evidence of their participation in standing with the Peshmerga to counter the federal forces. " The powers of the constitutional government, while the security expert Abdul Karim Khalaf, that the goal of the movements of the state of the redeployment of federal forces in Kirkuk extended the powers of the Federal Constitutional Government to the three provinces of the region (Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Dohuk) to ensure the realization of law and order and the application of financial control and integrity and accountability and justice and control On the sovereign sites, airports, borders, ports and customs, indicating that all this must be borne by the province and meet its obligations to the state.




"There is no internal force that can confront the discipline and arming of the federal forces and does not upgrade its tools to 25 percent of what the army has. They have no air defense, no air force, no air force, no means of support in all its forms," Khalaf told al-Sabah. "These forces are like local police, not more." Controls and laws of the security expert, Safa Alaasm, saw, for his part, said pushing foreign within the province of Kirkuk points and use them to fight Iraqi forces is nothing but a crisis of the subject and the insistence of the error by the Kurdish side.




In an interview with Al-Sabah, al-Asam said that the federal government started implementing the constitution in the province of Kirkuk after it saw that all that is happening outside the rules and regulations, starting with the insistence of the governor Necmettin Karim to remain in his position and directing him to PKK fighters "The Kurdish People's Party (PGK) and one of the Kurdish parties in Syria to confront what he called" aggression, "referring to the security forces," noting that "the use of these fighters is insistence on the error and escalation of the crisis and that the Kurdish side wants to wage war on the central government forces." 
Al-Assam added that the security forces are dealing with "lost children" who may return to their senses and not to the Kurds from the homeland. He added that these "lost children" are working to expand the crisis by involving foreign forces. Sovereignty of Iraq



The political analyst, Basil al-Kazimi, pointed out that the religious authority and Prime Minister Haider Abadi wanted to remain united Iraq and stood against division, sectarianism and racism. 
Al-Kadhmi told Al-Sabah that the security forces and the popular crowd, wherever they went, find their ally victorious because they are fighting under the Iraqi flag and sacrificing for one Iraq in word and deed. He called on the Iraqis to unite all their nationalities and sects to get rid of those who want to tamper with the homeland and its sovereignty and unity.

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Abadi orders the lifting of the Iraqi flag in the disputed areas

   
 

 
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17/10/2017 12:00 am 

Stressed his concern for the safety of citizens in the province and the Kurdistan region 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah 

The prime minister assured the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Haider al-Abadi, the people of Kurdistan and Kirkuk to ensure their safety and interest, stressing the protection of the unity of the country, which was at risk of division as a result of insistence on holding the referendum. 
While calling on the Peshmerga forces to perform their duty under the federal leadership, ordered the lifting of the Iraqi flag in the disputed areas, directed by the Iraqi army to impose security in the district of Tuzkurmato east of Salahuddin. 
This comes at a time when warned the Committee on Security and Defense parliamentary, trying to exploit the events of the province to implement external agendas, stressing all the armed forces to abide by orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, including the Peshmerga and handing over their headquarters to the federal forces.
"My duty is to work in accordance with the constitution to serve the citizens and protect the unity of the country, which was at risk of partition as a result of the insistence on holding a referendum organized by the controllers in the Kurdistan region and unilaterally," said Abbadi, in a statement received by " The time when we are fighting an existential war against terrorism represented by a terrorist gang. " 
Abadi added, "We tried to dissuade the oppressors in the region from holding the referendum and not to violate the Constitution and focus on the fight and did not listen to our appeals and then called them to cancel the results, but to no avail also, and showed them the magnitude of the danger to Iraq and its people, but preferred their personal interests and partisan interest of Iraq "They have overcome the national consensus and the national partnership in addition to their disregard for the international rejection of the referendum and the division of Iraq and the establishment of a state on a national and racial basis."
Abadi assured our people in Kurdistan and in Kirkuk in particular that "we are keen on their safety and their interests, and we have only fulfilled our constitutional duty to extend the federal authority and impose security and protect the national wealth in this city, which we want to remain a peaceful coexistence city for all Iraqis." To "cooperate with the armed forces committed to our strict directives to protect civilians in the first place and to impose security and order and protect the state institutions and institutions." 
He called on the Peshmerga forces to "carry out their duty under the federal leadership as part of the Iraqi armed forces," urging all employees in Kirkuk to "continue their work naturally and not disrupt the interests of citizens."
The commander-in-chief of the armed forces directed local police and intelligence agencies in Kirkuk to "protect citizens and their property and to be highly vigilant and careful to prevent the sedition promoters from signing between the sons of one nation." It is the property of all Iraqis, and working to be brothers in this homeland without discrimination. " 
The Prime Minister has directed security forces to impose security in the province of Kirkuk, in cooperation with the sons of the province and Peshmerga, while ordering the lifting of the Iraqi flag in the disputed areas.
 Abadi also ordered the Iraqi army forces to impose security in Tuz Khurmatu and protect the lives and property of citizens and peaceful coexistence between them. "The commander-in-chief of the armed forces ordered the military units to go to the province of Kirkuk to extend control over them," the head of the parliamentary security and defense committee, al-Zamili, said in a statement received by al-Sabah. He called on all military groups, including the Peshmerga, The commitment of orders and the handing over of headquarters to the federal forces and the removal of Kurdish leaders for statements that would aggravate the situation and allow interference in internal affairs. 
Al-Zamili added that "the actions of the federal forces to impose security in the disputed areas in Kirkuk and its surroundings, as well as the security of the oil fields in Kirkuk, which is being robbed by gangs working on its own is a major task," stressing that " And vigilance to secure the life and property of the state and citizens Kurds and Arabs and Turkmen and all the people of these areas. 
The head of the Security and Defense Committee, "the need to make all the efforts and possibilities to impose the control of the federal government in Jalawla and Khankin and the plain of Nineveh, Sinjar, Rabia and Tuz Khurmatu and other areas that were under the control of the state before 2003," calling for "not to contact with the Peshmerga forces, which handed over its headquarters to the government Federal ".

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Kirkuk is returning to the homeland

   
 

 
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Abadi orders the lifting of the Iraqi flag in the disputed areas  
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The joint federal forces completed the first phase of the security operation in the city of Kirkuk and its government institutions on Sunday night. The Iraqi flag was hoisted on the governorate building after the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Dr. Haider al-Abadi, launched the operation at 11 pm on Sunday.

The prime minister was quick to reassure the people of the province and the Kurdistan region to ensure their safety and interest, stressing the protection of the unity of the country, which was at risk of division as a result of insistence on holding the referendum. 
"My duty is to work in accordance with the constitution to serve the citizens and protect the unity of the country, which was at risk of partition as a result of the insistence on holding a referendum organized by the controllers in the Kurdistan region and unilaterally," said Abbadi, in a statement received by " The time when we are engaged in an existential war against terrorism represented by a terrorist gang. " 
Prime Minister called on all citizens to "cooperate with the armed forces committed to our strict directives to protect civilians in the first place and to impose security and order and protect state institutions and institutions." He called on the Peshmerga forces to perform their duty under the federal leadership as part of the Iraqi armed forces, To "continue their work normally and not to disrupt the interests of citizens." The commander-in-chief of the armed forces also ordered the security forces to impose security in the province of Kirkuk, in cooperation with the sons of the province and Peshmerga, while ordering the lifting of the Iraqi flag in the disputed areas. 
He also ordered the Iraqi army forces to impose security in Tuz Khurmatu and protect the lives and property of citizens and peaceful coexistence among them. 
The correspondent of "morning" in the province, "the control of our forces on the entire province," noting "spontaneous celebrations by the people."
The Kirkuk police department announced on Monday the stability of the situation in the province. Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji also called upon ministry employees to protect the citizens of Kirkuk and Kurdish political figures from any attack. "We came to enforce the law, respect human rights and preserve the dignity of citizens," he said. 
For his part, the governor of Kirkuk called the agency Rakan Jubouri families who left the province to return to their homes. "I call on the security services to go down to the street, and the police chief was directed to intensify patrols to maintain security," Jubouri told a news conference in Kirkuk province. 
"I call on the families who left the city to return to their role quickly," he said, adding that "the police are exclusively charged with maintaining the security situation." 
For its part, the military information cell explained that the joint units are: "    
"The areas where security has been restored are: Maryam Peak - Maryam Peak Crossing - Khalid Office Crossing - Khaled Office - North Gas Company - Control of Riyadh Road - Khalid Office - Kirkuk and Al Rashad Road - (K-1, NOC, Wabar Baba Karkar oil, Taza district, Leylan district, Daqouq district, Tuzhurmato district, and center). Turklan police, Yaiji district, Tikrit bridge, control of the southern Kirkuk road, and security J across the city of Kirkuk and its governmental institutions. " In the middle of this picture, called the President of the Republic Dr. Fuad Masum to dialogue according to the Constitution, while the President of the House of Representatives Salim Jubouri, who cut his official visit to Moscow and returned to Baghdad yesterday afternoon, 
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Barzani to issue a statement urging Kurds to "avoid civil war"

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The head of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani, plans to issue a statement today urging the Kurdish factions to avoid a civil war, Erdogan's TV station said. 

Barzani's first statement since Iraqi government forces took control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Saturday.

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The UN monitors the situation in Kirkuk "closely" and calls for dialogue

The United Nations said on Monday it was monitoring the situation in Kirkuk "closely", calling for dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil and taking "coordinated steps" to prevent and avoid further clashes or escalation.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich is following the situation in the province of Kirkuk "closely" and appeals to the Iraqi federal government and the government of the United Nations, said UN Secretary-General Stephen Dugrick at a news conference at the organization's headquarters in New York on October 16, 2017. Kurdistan region to take "coordinated steps" to prevent and avoid further clashes or escalation or collapse of law and order.

"Guterich calls on the parties concerned to manage the situation jointly and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner consistent with the constitution of Iraq."

"The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has told them that military operations in northern Iraq have displaced thousands of families from Kirkuk since yesterday evening and the exact figures of the displaced are still uncertain," Dugrick said.

He also pointed to the arrest of at least two civilians, following an exchange of fire, in a camp for the displaced (not identified) in the province of Kirkuk, without details about who stopped them or exchanged fire.

The police in the province of Kirkuk, announced earlier in the day, the imposition of a curfew in the city as of 7 pm on Monday and until the seventh on Tuesday, after the recent events in the province after the entry of security forces and spread in some areas of the province.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2017/10/17/الأمم-المتحدة-تتابع-الأوضاع-في-كركوك-ع/

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Trump: The United States will not take sides in the dispute over Kirkuk

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States would "not take sides" in the dispute over Kirkuk over the imposition of Iraqi control over the province.

"His country does not take sides in the crisis between the Kurds and the Baghdad government to control the province of Kirkuk, but they do not like to enter into confrontations," Trump said in a statement.

He pointed out that "his country does not want to continue the clashes between the Peshmerga and Iraqi forces."

The US embassy in Baghdad on Monday called on all parties in Kirkuk to "immediately stop military action and restore calm," declaring that they support the "peaceful exercise" of joint administration by the center and the region in the disputed areas.

It is noteworthy that the joint federal forces, started since last night, the process of restoring control of the disputed areas with the Kurdistan region, where the process began to enter Kirkuk and control of oil wells and important vital installations, as well as control of Jalawla and Qara Tuba and areas in the Nineveh Plain. 

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Remarks on Iraq by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, at the daily briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, on 16 October 2017

 

We have been asked this morning about the situation in and around Kirkuk. And I can tell you that of course the Secretary General is following very closely developments in Kirkuk Governorate.

He appeals to the federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to take coordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes, escalation, or breakdown of law and order. He calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the Constitution of Iraq.

 

Our humanitarian colleagues in Iraq tell us that military movements in northern Iraq have displaced of thousands of families from Kirkuk since yesterday evening. The exact number of people who have been displaced is still being confirmed.

So far, two civilians have also been caught in crossfire at a displacement camp in Kirkuk Governorate.

Aid workers are mobilising and stressing the need for access to all those in need of help. They are also calling on the parties to ensure that civilians are protected and can leave the area if they choose to do so.

New York, 16 October 2017

 

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Kurdish political divisions weaken Barzani's position on the referendum

 

PUK officials accuse the president of the region of stealing 'oil' in order to strengthen his influence by imposing a referendum by force.

 

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KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - The most prominent Kurdish parties entered an open war following the advance of Iraqi forces in the face of Peshmerga fighters in Kirkuk, and PUK officials accused Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani of stealing oil to boost his influence.

The rivalry between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), founded by late President Jalal Talabani, is so old that they fought armed confrontations in the 1990s.

But what fueled the dispute was the referendum on independence held on September 25 in the Kurdistan region.

The MP from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Iraq's parliament said Talabani said the referendum was "forcibly imposed" by a president who refused to listen to his allies, who proposed postponing a referendum until negotiations with Baghdad under UN supervision and mediation proposals offered by Iraqi President Fuad Masum.

"While we were protecting the Kurdish people, Massoud Barzani was stealing oil and strengthening his influence," said Lahore Sheikh Janki, the official in charge of the Kurdish counterterrorism apparatus in Sulaymaniyah, the stronghold of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

"As of now, we will not sacrifice our sons for the throne of Massoud Barzani," he said in a statement.

Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) founded by his father, was elected president of the Kurdistan region in 2009. The parliament extended his four-year term to two years in 2013.

Faced with strong opposition from his opponents, he said he would not run for president. But after the referendum established the "Supreme Political Council of Kurdistan" under his presidency, with the task of "managing the results of the referendum and relations with Baghdad and neighboring countries."

Barzani decides alone

More deeply, PUK leaders feel that Barzani was making decisions alone, especially because of the illness of his rival Jalal Talabani, who died in early October.

While refusing to reconsider the referendum and hand over Baghdad the infrastructure and military bases controlled by the Peshmerga during the chaos that prevailed after the attack of the Islamic State Organization in 2014, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan held secret negotiations with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi.

"Some of our leaders have cooperated in the redeployment of government forces in Kirkuk," said a senior PUK official in Kirkuk. "They facilitated the entry of troops without confrontations."

"Abadi announced on the eve of the referendum that he would issue an order to enter Kirkuk, take over the provincial council and enforce the law, but Kurdish leaders ignored these calls," he said.

"On the other hand, the KDP and the Peshmerga were not interested in Peshmerga (PUK) affairs in southern Kirkuk, nor did they provide them with the necessary weapons," he said.

The PUK's Peshmerga forces control southern Kirkuk, while the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) controls the north and east of Baghdad, but the Kurds demand that they be annexed to their territory.

"We have been saying for a few days that our equipment will not be enough for the battle, but we have not been heard," said a senior Kurdish official fighting in the southern front that the Peshmerga forces had withdrawn from some positions.

In a statement, the Peshmerga leadership in Erbil denounced "some PUK officials," accusing them of "betraying and helping the plot" against the Kurds.

"Massoud Barzani's media accuses us of treason," said Talabani. "But no one knows where the oil wells are and their production at a time when Barzani's party has controlled it since June 2014."

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Baghdad extends control over the largest oil fields of Kirkuk

 

Iraqi forces announced full control of the fields of Bay Hassan and Havana oil to recover all fields belonging to the State Oil Company in Kirkuk.

 

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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi authorities have imposed full control of Bay Hassan and Havana oil, the largest fields in the province of Kirkuk, which was under the control of the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Massoud Barzani.

An official statement said that "the federal police forces have extended full control over the fields of Bay Hassan and Havana oil in northern Kirkuk."

A senior Iraqi army officer said on Tuesday that the army completed a process to control all the oil fields run by the State Oil Company in Kirkuk.

He said Iraqi forces had taken control of the Bei Hassan and Afana oilfields northwest of Kirkuk on Tuesday after controlling the fields of Baba Karkar, Jampur and Khabbaz on Monday.

Oil officials in Baghdad said all fields were operating normally.

This comes after the advance of Iraqi forces Monday to several areas and facilities in the disputed province of Kirkuk between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region, without significant military resistance by the Kurds.

An oil ministry official said Monday that the oil pumping operation had stopped from the fields of Havana and Bay Hassan, which were controlled by the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Massoud Barzani.

"Kurdish technicians stopped pumping from the fields of Havana and Bay Hassan and fled the fields before Iraqi forces arrived," the official said.

On Tuesday, Iraqi forces retook control of the two fields, while restoring control of the mainly Yezidi city of Sinjar in the north of the country.

The control of the Monday on the building of the province of Kirkuk without battles and other sites, including oil fields in the disputed province of Kirkuk between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region.

The advance of Iraqi government forces comes in the oil-rich region of Dibs, where the Bei Hassan and Afana fields are under an operation ordered by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to regain control of Kurdish-controlled areas outside the three provinces representing the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.

The overnight military crackdown is the strongest step Baghdad has taken so far to disrupt the independence attempt by Kurds who have ruled themselves in an autonomous region inside Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and voted for independence in a referendum three weeks ago.

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Abadi slaughter referendum Kurds without knife !!

Articles  Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 14:33 PM (280 views)20171017_023332-421.jpg                                                                                                                                              Abadi slaughter referendum Kurds without knife !!
 

By: Murad Ghadhban ....... 
Mr. Haider al-Abadi has proved a rare political skill unknown to the graduates of the call, who have stepped on the modern Iraqi political scene in a state of confusion. 
This time, however, Mr. Abadi proved an uncommon efficiency in his administration of the current crisis with the militias of Mr. Massoud Barzani, who is struggling to establish an empire for him in the name of the Kurdish brothers. 
He behaved with a wonderful calm, holding a soft knife and cutting a man's head from the head to the legs. He collected black ignorance, bad morals and ugliness, so that the leaders of the Kurds became confused, and their logic and logic are still incapable of self-revision. And fragmentation. And the fragmentation of the disaster they have introduced themselves into, can be considered crises. And finding solutions to it, calmly and rationally ...
The Iraqi street expressed satisfaction with the role of Abbadi because he was aware of the dangers that beset him, and the people did not hear from him empty gestures and threats as he is familiar and common in such crises, but touch calm procedures based on psychological and historical constants,
The Iraqi forces were able to participate with the popular crowd under his command and carried out since Monday morning orders to take down the flags of the Kurdistan region and replace them with Iraqi flag from the government buildings that were controlled. It has turned all the military balances that put the Peshmerga in place of defense and then the place of retreat; and will continue the pace of decline further after losing the city of Kirkuk, which is considered the Holy of Holies, the most important city in terms of symbolism and its implications in the hearts of Kurdish leaders. Which will remain the issue of that province recorded an escalation of crises In Iraq and the issue remains a chronic pain, if not resolved today. Because it is the mini-model of the most important problems not resolved so far, including land disputes and the division of oil and gas resources.
Iraqi counterterrorism forces have taken control of Key One, the largest military base in Kirkuk, controlled by Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Although the Kurdish TV "Rudao" reported that the Peshmerga was on high alert as the Iraqi forces moved towards Kirkuk, but the wind came in what the ships did not crave. 
The prime minister has managed the crisis in Kirkuk with all the fervor, holding an iron fist like a soft knife that is slaughtered unharmed, dealing with the ambiguous situation of the spirit of the person responsible for the security and safety of the people of all walks of life. 
We used to wake up on a painful separation .. It broadcasts a flame to the fire and we are glowing and silence enters. We have two professors writing the whirlpool of noise. We only carry the image of the homeland ... we sleep on its spectra ... and we wake up on its separation ... That picture remains the picture since the occupation American Enco to Iraq so far.

Mr. Prime Minister, your words play the idea I have addressed to the Iraqis, in which they said that "my duty is to work according to the Constitution to serve the citizens and to protect the unity of the country, which was at risk of partition as a result of the insistence on holding the referendum organized by the controllers in the Kurdistan region and unilaterally" They are like the tooth of the knife .. To cut doubt in certainty .. We live wrestling reality ... If not patience .. Beat you patience .. Is the only weapon .. And it is .. The soft knife will destroy the world of hatred and will remain that knife raises wounds And go back and then return ... ... And remains the local pain with the severity of fate and today and the moment is the sugar of that life ..... Vstbq J knife ........ and will not disappear soft blade with the wound last ... 
Has proved that the tsunami does not necessarily have to be destructive !!?

 

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Thanks Yota, Butifldrm, for these articles :twothumbs:

Good morning DV, looks like the tensions are easing and life is returning to normal. I just could not see another conflict breaking out and all the work Abadi has done to date, come tumbling down. Barzani backed himself into a corner and wanted to take all the Kurds with him, but, as the army moved in  looks like not even one shot was fired and no blood shed, well done Abadi :salute: Ok Iraq, enough of this back and forth  :bs:      and let’s get back to the mission at hand, oil for the people, land for the people, peace and prosperity for the people.

 

 

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US commanders actively trying to mediate between two sides in the oil-rich city after forces loyal to the government in Baghdad seized control on Monday

 

Martin Chulov in Erbil, Julian Borger in Washington and Saeed Kamali Dehghan in London

Monday 16 October 2017 22.46 BST

 

 

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Iraqi forces patrol in the streets after they retake the control of the city center from peshmerga forces in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Monday.
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