JWing
03-15-2011, 08:50 AM
Tuesday, March 15th 2011 12:06 PM
Kirkuk, March 15 (AKnews)- The coalition forces have set a two-week deadline for Peshmarga (Kurdish armed forces) withdrawal from Kirkuk province. The respite was declared Sunday, a source said.
http://www.aknews.com/images/cms-image-000076903.jpgThe informed source, a Kurdish political party official, who refused to be named, told AKnews the coalition forces have ordered the peshmarga to return to Kurdistan, where they originally came from, in two weeks.
Peshmarga was expedited to the multiethnic oil rich province after Feb.25 riots in the province, apparently to protect the residents. In that day, in line with the rest of the provinces in the central and southern Iraqi provinces, residents in Kirkuk poured into the streets in protest to the shortcomings of the current government. The displays led to violations, serving the demonstrators to acquire the administration of some areas.
The positioning of peshmarga was not welcomed by all the ingredients of Kirkuk, many deemed the riots have served the Kurdish forces “occupy the province”. Kurdish government demands the tenure of the multiethnic province along some other disputed areas. It claims the disputed areas were “first Kurdish but altered through Arabization.”
The source attributed the reason for the withdrawal order to the pressures on the coalition forces from some Arab and Turkmans in the province who in the first place opposed the deployment of peshmarga in the province.
Still the militant insurgent organizations such as Ansar al Islam as well as the ex-Baathists impose threats on the province residents, the source said, referring to the Friday car bomb blast in Rahimawa local market as evidence.
The explosion left behind 41 causalities and caused huge material damages.
Reported by Nabaz Rostam
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/225256/
Kirkuk, March 15 (AKnews)- The coalition forces have set a two-week deadline for Peshmarga (Kurdish armed forces) withdrawal from Kirkuk province. The respite was declared Sunday, a source said.
http://www.aknews.com/images/cms-image-000076903.jpgThe informed source, a Kurdish political party official, who refused to be named, told AKnews the coalition forces have ordered the peshmarga to return to Kurdistan, where they originally came from, in two weeks.
Peshmarga was expedited to the multiethnic oil rich province after Feb.25 riots in the province, apparently to protect the residents. In that day, in line with the rest of the provinces in the central and southern Iraqi provinces, residents in Kirkuk poured into the streets in protest to the shortcomings of the current government. The displays led to violations, serving the demonstrators to acquire the administration of some areas.
The positioning of peshmarga was not welcomed by all the ingredients of Kirkuk, many deemed the riots have served the Kurdish forces “occupy the province”. Kurdish government demands the tenure of the multiethnic province along some other disputed areas. It claims the disputed areas were “first Kurdish but altered through Arabization.”
The source attributed the reason for the withdrawal order to the pressures on the coalition forces from some Arab and Turkmans in the province who in the first place opposed the deployment of peshmarga in the province.
Still the militant insurgent organizations such as Ansar al Islam as well as the ex-Baathists impose threats on the province residents, the source said, referring to the Friday car bomb blast in Rahimawa local market as evidence.
The explosion left behind 41 causalities and caused huge material damages.
Reported by Nabaz Rostam
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/225256/