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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

''MP Warns of Imminent Iraqi Attack on Kurdistan''

From Rudaw

''Hakim Sheikh Latif, a Kurdish MP from the Change Movement (Gorran) in Iraqi Parliament, says that, in less than a year, the Iraqi government will attack the Kurdistan Region.

Latif says he has details but cannot reveal them to the public.

Under Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s leadership, the Iraqi army has been equipped with heavy weaponry. The government is currently looking to purchase 36 F16 fighters, worth US$32 billion.

According to statistics, the Iraqi army has half a million soldiers who report to Maliki, the chief commander.

Latif points out that a strong Iraqi army is dangerous for the Kurds and says, “Sadly, under the new Iraqi government, Kurds are still not guaranteed that the Iraqi army will not do what the former army did in Kurdistan.” 

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