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| [ti]DA[/ti]South Kurdistan | Kurdish Territories recently reunited with KRG; Kirkuk, Khanaqin, Sinjar, Jalawla, Sadyea, Qara Tape, Tel Kef, Tal Afar, Hamdanya | |
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| RawandKurdistani | 22nd June 2014 - 02:48 AM Post #2376 |
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Kurdistan won't negotiate with terrorists. |
 
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| Pker2theend | 22nd June 2014 - 02:48 AM Post #2377 |
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My dad said so idk. He said he declined already, that's why nerchivan was there he got the info then masuid cut the papers.
Edited by Pker2theend, 22nd June 2014 - 02:53 AM.
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| Zagros | 22nd June 2014 - 05:38 AM Post #2378 |
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Kurds' Takeover of Kurdish City of Kirkuk Strengthens Their Hand KIRKUK, KRG—As thousands of Iraqi soldiers fled this oil-rich province in the face of advancing Sunni jihadists last week, the region's Kurdish Gov. Nejmaldin Karim met behind blast walls with his security chiefs. Their decision: to order Kurdish forces, the Peshmerga, to advance from nearby cities, occupy Iraqi bases and secure the Kirkuk oil field. "It was very quick," said Mr. Karim, a 30-year former resident of Washington. "To describe the last week as a change is an understatement. Things have turned upside-down." In the days since the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, seized swaths of Iraqi territory, the implications of their startling advance is only starting to come into focus. But one thing is clear: The Kirkuk operation brings the Kurds, who make up 20% of Iraq's population, closer than ever to their dream of an independent state. The gambit expands the sway of the semiautonomous South Kurdish Regional Government in the north and shows how Iraq's current conflict is altering the political landscape in ways that could be difficult to reverse. The Kurds' gains, which analysts say expand their territory by more than a third, have also brought challenges barely imaginable just days ago. Peshmerga forces are now defending a new 620-mile border against Sunni insurgents. But the gains also have fostered a palpable sense of optimism and pride here among Kurds, who view Kirkuk as their cultural and political capital. "I feel like the time has arrived for Kirkuk to rejoin the Kurdistan Confederation ," said Shorsh Khalid Ahmed, a 30-year-old government employee. "The time for Kurdistan's independence is closer than anytime before." Other ethnic groups who contest this city aren't pleased. Sunnis and Turkmen are threatening to revolt if the Kurds refuse to share the city's administration and its oil revenue. The main Turkmen political group said it rejected unilateral Kurdish rule and would form its own militia. Any declaration of independence could face opposition from neighboring Turkey, which has cultivated strong ties with the Kurds in Iraq but is concerned about the precedent such a move might set for its own restive Kurdish population. The U.S., too, is against over any splintering of Iraq and neighboring Syria along ethnic lines. "The Kurds are getting closer to independence but the obstacles mean they will likely try to continue to incrementally build autonomy," said Wladimir Van Wilgenburg, an analyst at the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington-based think tank. "They appear to have momentum." Senior Kurdish and Iraqi government officials explained how the Kurds cemented their control over Kirkuk amid the chaos of the Iraqi army's retreat. Panic began to seize the Iraqi military on June 12 after ISIS captured the city of Mosul, opening a southbound route toward Kirkuk, Kurdish officials said. "It seems the army saw what happened in Mosul and were gripped by a psychological panic and a herd mentality," said Jabar Yawar, chief of staff at Kurdistan's Peshmerga ministry. "Things got out of control very quickly." On June 13, Mr. Karim said he called the first of his emergency meetings with security chiefs to discuss options to defend the Kirkuk region against a possible attack. At that point, Muhammed halaf al-Dulaimi, commander of the Iraqi army's 12th battalion stationed on the edge of Kirkuk, was insisting his troops would stay to defend the city, people at the meeting said. The facts on the ground contradicted that. In Kirkuk, city police chief Jamal Taher Baker watched with alarm as officers in neighboring towns called to report that the soldiers were ditching their uniforms and fleeing. "One police commander called me and told me everyone was panicking and the army was leaving," Mr. Baker said. "Shortly afterward, 400 police followed them and fled to Kirkuk city." By evening, Mr. Karim said it was clear the Iraqi army was rapidly disintegrating, with bases, checkpoints and guard posts being looted of arms. "The heads of the brigades were emotionally defeated," he said. "I talked to one of them more than 10 times that night, but it was clear we would have to take other measures." By Thursday morning, thousands of Kurdish reinforcements, including the 2nd battalion led by Commander Eyub Yusuf Said, arrived in Kirkuk to help secure the region. Kurdish commanders instructed units to move into Iraqi bases and fan out to secure the surrounding Kurd-dominant villages and towns. Mr. Said instructed his men to take control of the Iraqi army base at Kirkuk's military airport, a strategic with radar and U.S.-made armored Humvees. "We got there at around 1 p.m. and the remaining army officers were waiting for us on the road in their cars," Mr. Said said. "We walked into the base and they sped off." Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki doesn't dispute that his troops abandoned their posts, and even threatened troops them with execution for doing so. "Frankly, this was our chance to get rid of those cowards and weaklings," he said in a televised address. "This is our opportunity to improve the army and purify it from these elements." Some Turkmen and Arab members of Kirkuk's provincial council say the ease with which the Kurds took control of the region suggests they made a secret pact with ISIS. Kurdish officials reject that accusation. Mr. Karim says the Kurds protected the city from insurgents and didn't make a land grab because they were already dominant in many city institutions. In the week since the Kurds took control, Kirkuk city has been mostly calm, but clashes with Sunni fighters continue and are in some cases are intensifying, suggesting Kurdish forces could be in for a long fight. In the village of Al-Hindi on Thursday, heavily armed Peshmerga fighters took shelter after clashing at an abandoned military post with ISIS fighters. "We're worried because the terrorists have captured better weaponry and may use it against us," said Sarhad Qadar, the head of Kirkuk's regional police force. "I'm from Kirkuk and I'm ready to die to protect it." http://online.wsj.com/articles/kurds-takeover-of-strategic-city-strengthens-their-hand-1403238922?mod=e2tw |
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| Zagros | 22nd June 2014 - 09:24 PM Post #2379 |
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Fighting between #ISIS & #Peshmerga forces leaves 14 terrorists dead as ISIS retreat from Sulaiman Bag. |
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| Zagros | 22nd June 2014 - 11:04 PM Post #2380 |
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Car bomb in #Kirkuk industrial complex targets #Peshmerga convoy, Two Peshmerga martyred |
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| FulcrumKAF | 23rd June 2014 - 01:25 AM Post #2381 |
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Could be posted here (as it is related to the fight against ISIS) and in independence thread (as we get more support for independence, not only in Denmark, but worldwide) Kurds Win Danish Admiration, Support  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Kurds are inching toward full autonomy and should have international recognition and support as Iraq spirals into chaos and extremists gain more control, experts say. Iraq’s future is uncertain as an increasingly powerful jihadist movement, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), gains control of Sunni Arab cities like Mosul and the Kurdish Peshmarga forces push back militants following the collapse of entire Iraqi army battalions. "The Kurds deserve more support and recognition from the outside world,” said Matthias Bjornlund, an historian from the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. “No one is perfect, not even the Kurdish leaders in Iraq, but when the alternatives in the area seems to be jihadists, the Iraqi central power and Bashar al-Assad in Syria, there should be no doubt.” In the UK, Gareth Stansfield, director of the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, said he believes there is now a greater chance that the Kurdish leadership in Iraq will boost their autonomy or move towards full-fledged independence depending on how events in the rest of Iraq unfold. “Now, with chaos and instability reigning in Iraq, the Kurds may be left exposed by the collapse of everything else around them, thus making the heightened autonomy or independence of the Kurds a simple de facto reality,” he told Rudaw. The region — including some Arab countries and Turkey — would largely support more autonomy or independence, he believes. “Turkey's recent policies in the oil and gas sector indicate a long-term engagement with the Kurdistan Confederation of Iraq that would only be furthered if this region were to turn into the independent Republic of Kurdistan.” But Kurdish leaders will probably continue to simply “watch and wait,” Stansfield predicted. Meanwhile, in Denmark, which participated in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 despite widespread public opposition to the war, people on the streets said they admire Kurdish efforts to stave off Islamic militants and back the idea of an independent Kurdistan. The Danish government justified its participation in the 2003 war partly on the grounds that Kurds were widely persecuted under Saddam Hussein’s regime. Similar to the U.S. and British claims, many of which were later found to be erroneous, Denmark maintained that Saddam possessed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and that he had used his chemical weapons against Iraqi minorities, including in Halabja. While the war was deeply unpopular among the public, KRG Kurds who had sought refuge from the Baath regime backed the invasion. Danes in the capital, Copenhagen told Rudaw they feel both admiration and sympathy for the Kurds. “The Kurds deserve recognition for both their military struggle against the ISIS terrorists and for their ability to create stability and growth in KRG,” said 28-year-old Mads Feddersen, a university student. “The Kurds have been oppressed,” said Michelle Gram, 30, a communications specialist. “One can just now see the difference between an army and a people who stand together for what they believe in and then a fractured remaining Iraq who do not have faith in anything.” “The ISIS offensive seems to have slowed down for a while, which is positive for both Iraq and the entire region's stability,” said Thomas William, a 50-year-old publisher. “The Kurds deserve absolute respect for their efforts in this fight.” Some said they backed Kurdish independence. "The Kurds should have their own independent state,” said Kristian Larsen, a 45-year-old municipal employee. “We in Denmark and the West should recognize them more as they are the only ones fighting fanaticism in the Middle East." |
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| Armanc | 23rd June 2014 - 03:31 AM Post #2382 |
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 He was known as the lion of Maliki but is now the bitch of Kurdistan. Why Kurdistan helps such people, Iraq would use the weakness of Kurdistan to attack it, the same with the refugees in Kurdistan, they supported the genocides against Kurds and never helped Kurds. They will attack the Kurds again if they get the opportunity and they will deny that Kurds helped them. We Kurds should know that from our history.
Edited by Armanc, 23rd June 2014 - 07:29 AM.
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| Zagros | 23rd June 2014 - 05:16 AM Post #2383 |
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Isolated Iraqi Troops Give Up Fight in Tel Afar, Withdraw to Kurdish Areas SHANGAL, Kurdistan Confederation —According to top Kurdish officials in Nineveh province the last units of the Iraqi army fighting in Tel Afar pulled out of the town on Sunday and headed to the Kurdish-controlled areas further east. “After nearly a week of fighting in Tel Afar airbase, eventually, Abu Walid the commander of the Nineveh operations known as ‘Maliki's Lion’ withdrew and arrived at Shangal,” said Sarbast Bapiri, head of the 17th Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Shangal. The fall of Tel Afar airbase marks the end of the last Iraqi resistance against the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Nineveh where both sides were locked in a fierce battle for more than a week. “Abu Walid and the 10th brigade of the 3rd division that had 600 Iraqi troops and 60 military vehicles handed themselves over to Peshmerga forces in Shangal,” Bapiri told Rudaw. According to Bapiri, the Iraqi defense ministry could not deliver food and ammunitions to its besieged troops in Tel Afar, who could not continue the fight anymore and had to withdraw. With his withdrawal to the Kurdish areas, Abu Walid joined several other Iraqi top military commanders who abandoned their posts at the outbreak of the war and returned to Baghdad via the Kurdistan Confederation . In the last 24 hours, Tel Afar became the fourth Iraqi town to fall to ISIS militants, including the strategic border crossing of Qaim, Rawa, Ana and Husaybah in Anbar province. The multiethnic town of Tel Afar is home to many Shiite families whom the Iraqi army tried to protect by sending several hundred troops, however its proximity to Mosul—the ISIS power-base—the troops were the eventually outnumbered and outgunned, leading to their complete withdrawal. http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/22062014 |
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| ALAN | 23rd June 2014 - 11:19 AM Post #2384 |
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 it's ok they don't want to fight with real weapons instead plastic tubes with metal frame 
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| Zlatan10 | 23rd June 2014 - 05:26 PM Post #2385 |
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iranian forces arrive in Kirkuk ?? Is this true ?? |
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| ALAN | 23rd June 2014 - 05:53 PM Post #2386 |
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No it's PDK media war on PUK read seniors there is an article posted. |
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| Zlatan10 | 23rd June 2014 - 09:54 PM Post #2387 |
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Okey thank u |
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| ALAN | 24th June 2014 - 12:17 AM Post #2388 |
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Hawija tribal leader who has fled Hawija from ISIS calls on KRG to annex Hawija to KRG http://snnc.co/Topic_4285_1 thanks but no thanks |
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| ALAN | 24th June 2014 - 12:23 AM Post #2389 |
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This is the Sadr army in Bashir village after they were attacked by ISIS.... it was these people who held the parade not iranians Lol but either way i am also against Kerkûk governor letting these people hold parades, let them go to baghdad and do what they want to do with their plastic tubes 
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| ALAN | 24th June 2014 - 12:31 AM Post #2390 |
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Kirkuk Witnesses a Military Parade for the Formation of Brigades to Defend the City http://kirkuknow.com/english/ Peshmerga must arrest every single one of them to send ISIS, maliki and sadr a message that "Kerkûk is Kurdistani, not sunni nor shia" According to this source, the militia was formed to protect the shia shrines in Kerkûk http://www.kurdiu.org/details.php?section=hawal&lang=1&type=1&id=9878
Edited by ALAN, 24th June 2014 - 12:37 AM.
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| ALAN | 24th June 2014 - 12:52 AM Post #2391 |
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Maliki coalition: "for the disputed areas constitution is the solution" PUK MP Ala Talabni: "Maliki and his party did everything in the last 8 years to cripple the constitution". Ala Talabani: "the army they were so proud of and were scaring KRG with, fled and didnt fire a bullet, but Peshmerga forces stood their grounds and fought for Kerkûk, and we will never give it up again". Dr. Farhad Qadr PUK MP: "maliki and his party ruled for 8 years why they didnt implement article 140 in the constitution? who was holding their hands?". "Time to talk about their constitution has expired" he added. http://www.knwe.org/Direje.aspx?Jimare=25060&Cor=7&Besh=Araste |
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| UKurd | 24th June 2014 - 01:43 AM Post #2392 |
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dija terror kill over 100 isis millitants in the tikrit province http://www.penusakan.com/hewal/23386-2014-06-23-08-59-15.html
Edited by UKurd, 24th June 2014 - 01:46 AM.
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| AlanJunior | 24th June 2014 - 01:52 AM Post #2393 |
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Kurdish Peshmarga forces have captured Um al-Shababit road junction after clashes with the armed fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Also 2 Peshmerga martyred in Ninawa today due to a blast. |
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| UKurd | 24th June 2014 - 01:54 AM Post #2394 |
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yeas they were martyrd in shengal, 4 people were injured |
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| Kurdistano | 24th June 2014 - 02:53 AM Post #2395 |
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Look at the facial impression of Kosrat, it's like he is thinking "look at that son of a b... now asking for becoming part of Kurdistan and all that because his ass is on fire "
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| Pker2theend | 24th June 2014 - 03:00 AM Post #2396 |
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| UKurd | 24th June 2014 - 05:27 AM Post #2397 |
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jalawla is completely free from the hands of ISIS, as peshmerga continue their defensive advance through disputed areas |
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| ALAN | 24th June 2014 - 10:11 AM Post #2398 |
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Disputed areas? please do not call them "disputed"... |
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| ALAN | 24th June 2014 - 11:43 PM Post #2399 |
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As Militants Fight on in Iraq, Kurds Worry About ‘Sleeping Cells’ in Kirkuk By RUDAW 1 hour ago KIRKUK – Kurdish authorities controlling the city of Kirkuk since mass Iraqi army desertions report large numbers of Arab refugees trying to move into the city, including men they fear could become “sleeping cells” of militants. Kamil Salayi, mayor of Kirkuk's central district, said that 25,000 Arab refugees had arrived since insurgents led by the extremist Sunni Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) began a lightning advance a fortnight ago, conquering cities and closing in on Baghdad, where they aim to topple the Shiite-led government. “Last week, on Tuesday and Wednesday alone, 400 Arab families moved into the center of Kirkuk, and more people are coming every day,” said Salayi, adding that hordes of refugees had come from the fallen city of Mosul, while others were moving in from Kirkuk’s outskirts. After insurgents seized Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, waves of frightened residents fled for the safety of the northern autonomous Kurdistan Confederation , the only peaceful and prospering portion of Iraq. But Kurdish authorities did not allow all to enter, setting up temporary camps near checkpoints, as the UN office in Kirkuk evaluates whether to set up proper camps, Salayi said. Mosul, Tikrit and other cities and towns have fallen to the insurgents following the collapse and withdrawal of Iraqi army forces from large parts of the country. The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), meanwhile, moved its Peshmerga forces into large swaths of Kurdish-populated territories that are outside its official borders but were abandoned by Iraqi soldiers. That includes the city of Kirkuk. The Kurds see Kirkuk as the capital of a future state, but Iraq’s majority Shiites also lay claim to the oil-rich prize. Whether Kirkuk would opt to become part of Kurdistan or the central government was supposed to be decided in a 2007 referendum that has yet to take place. US Secretary of State John Kerry was in the Kurdistan capital of Erbil on Tuesday to try and urge the Kurds to not quit the political process in Baghdad and opt for independence, now that they have Kirkuk. He was to leave for NATO meetings in Brussels, after several hours in Erbil. Salayi said that the arrival of Arab families would impact the future of the multi-ethnic city. “We have met the refugees and some of them were single young men,” he said. “When we asked them about the whereabouts of their families, they told us that they went to Baghdad. Many people might have come in that way.” An official in Kirkuk told Rudaw, “Some families are entering the city without passing through the checkpoints.” Kirkuk’s demography was transformed by intense relocation campaigns under Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime, when many Kurds and Turkmen were moved out to other parts of the country and replaced by Arabs who were brought in. Authorities say that Kirkuk’s Arab population swelled after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam, and again during the height of Iraq’s sectarian conflict in 2006-2007. Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whom the insurgents have vowed to oust, had previously stated that any family living in Kirkuk for 10 years can claim residence. But Kurdish officials had said that could not be. “These refugees are like time bombs threatening the future of the city,” said an official in Kirkuk, speaking to Rudaw on condition of anonymity. He claimed that the insurgents had sleeping cells inside Mosul, which had helped the rebels take over almost without a fight. “There is no guarantee that these refugees in Kirkuk will not become sleeping cells,” he said. “We have very limited information about these individuals.” http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/24062014 |
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| Zinar | 24th June 2014 - 11:59 PM Post #2400 |
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Will theese arab refuges leave Kerkûk? Or will they stay and arabize Kerkûk even more than they managed? Instead of repairing Kerkûk we still let rats occupy our cities.... We are arabizing our cities with our own hands.
Edited by Zinar, 25th June 2014 - 12:00 AM.
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