Disputes Over Peshmerga In Iraq's Tamim Province Continue

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On February 25, 2011, the date of the Day of Rage protests in Iraq, around 5,000 Kurdish peshmerga (http://www.rferl.org/content/irap_kirkuk_peshmerga/2342247.html) moved west of the disputed city of Kirkuk (http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2011/03/tensions-rise-in-iraqs-kirkuk-over.html). Kurdish politicians claimed they were only there to protect against terrorist threats (http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/7/222511/), but the real reason was to guard against the demonstrations getting out of hand. The deployment has set off new tensions not only within Tamim between the Kurds, Turkmen, and Arabs, but between the major parties in Iraq, and with Turkey.

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