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Iraqi Troops And Kurdish Forces On Verge Of War
In response to the deployment of large numbers of Iraqi troops and Dijla Forces in Kirkuk, Kurdish military officials have dispatched thousands of Peshmerga forces to the province.
Halgurd Hikmat, the media officer of the ministry of Peshmerga has confirmed that the Minister of Peshmerga Sheikh Jaafar Mustafa and his deputy, Anwar Haji Osman, are meeting with Peshmerga forces in the area.
“The Peshmerga are prepared to counter any movement by the Dijla Forces,” Hikmat said.
Abu Karwan, a senior official from the Kurdistan Communist Party—expected to mediate between both sides—told Rudaw that no negotiations are happening at the moment and the possibility of military confrontation is very high.
Abu Karwan said that the Minister of Peshmerga is expected to meet with all Kurdish parties in the town of Duz.
On Friday Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi police came into clashes in Duz during which one person was killed and 7 others were wounded.
On Saturday an Iraqi military source told Rudaw on condition of anonymity that the Dijla Forces have deployed all the units of Iraq’s 12th division in the outskirts of Duz.
The Communist Party’s Abu Karwan said, “A large number of Peshmerga forces with heavy weapons have been deployed in and around Duz.”
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The commander of Kurdish Peshmerga forces warned Tuesday that his troops might attack Iraqi government soldiers at “any minute” after the central government sent tanks and armored vehicles toward the disputed city of Kirkuk.
The threat was the latest sign of increasing tension between the autonomous Kurdish region and Baghdad after the central government sent forces last month to the area, including disputed sites in a new military command.
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