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Pending the application of Article 140 of the Kurdistan ... confirms: Peshmerga will not withdraw from Kirkuk
16/06/2014 06:18 PM
BAGHDAD - A follow-up Mashreq
confirmed the Kurdistan Alliance, on Monday, that the Peshmerga forces will remain in Kirkuk and other disputed territories will not withdraw from it until the application of Article 140 of the Constitution, while noting that the majority of the residents of these areas of the Kurdish component and the duty of the Kurdistan Regional Government to protect them from terrorism.
The MP said the coalition Mahma Khalil in an interview told Alsumaria News News: "The forces Albemusharkh entered into Kirkuk and other disputed territories to fill the security vacuum, especially after the withdrawal of the Iraqi army forces from those areas," noting that "the Peshmerga will not withdraw from Kirkuk and other disputed territories, until the application of Article 140 of the Constitution with the federal government. "
Khelil said that "these forces will remain in Kirkuk to protect them from organizations and terrorist groups," noting that "the majority of the residents of these areas of the Kurdish component and prefer to stay Peshmerga to protect them from terrorism rather than the Iraqi army."
He Khalil said that "the disputed areas inhabited mainly Kurdish talking back to the Peshmerga forces to protect them brought their areas to Kurdistan as stipulated by the Constitution."
He was the commander of the First Brigade of the Peshmerga forces deployed in Kirkuk Brigadier Circo Rauf announced, on June 11 present, for the spread of his banner in the areas of south-west of the province after the withdrawal of military forces within the band 12 to fill the security vacuum in these locations.
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