Kurdish President Wants Own Army

[Gloria]

From the new World Media Watch up now at http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical
Tomorrow at Buzzflash.com

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2//The Gulf Times, Qatar Published: Monday, 24 July, 2006, 11:39 AM Doha Time

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=98902&version=1&template_id=42&parent_id=18



KURDISH PRESIDENT WANTS OWN ARMY



BAGHDAD: (DPA) The president of the Kurdistan region in Iraq Masoud al-Barazani said the Kurdish autonomous province should have an organised army to defend it against interested parties.


Speaking after a meeting with the Peshmerga Kurdish militias and the border guards, al-Barzani said the Kurdistan army should be neutral and loyal not to any specific party or leader but to the Kurdish people.


“The Peshmerga have never been belligerent forces but have been and will always be defensive troops,” he said.


The Peshmerga are armed Kurdish fighters who fought alongside US troops in the 2003 Iraq War in Iraqi Kurdistan.


Since then, the Peshmerga have taken over security of the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.


The Iraqi constitution gives the Kurdistan province the right to have its own army.


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A senior Kurdish official said that the Kurdish leader’s call for a fully recognised official army was an “open message” to Iran and Turkey who have recently shelled border villages under the pretext of pursuing following Kurdish rebels.

[BillZBubb]

1. What a mess the Chimperor has wrought.

A lot of innocent people are going to end up dead because of his incompetence/evil.

[roamer65]

2. Own army? Here comes Turkey

Turkey will not it.

[Botany]

3. Oh look a light is coming to help us and our car stuck here on the R X R

Thanx George!