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DUBAI,
March 11 (AFP) - 19h21 - Any Iraqi army deployment
in Iraqi Kurdistan will in the future require the
green light of the Kurdish parliament, Iraqi Kurdish
chief Massoud Barzani said in an interview on Al-Arabiya
television on Friday.
"Of course, the Iraqi army's entry into Kurdistan
will have to be approved by the Kurdish parliament,"
said Barzani, who heads the Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP).
"The Peshmergas (Kurdish fighters) will be part of
the Iraqi army. The Kurds will be part of the Iraqi
army. Today, the Iraqi army is different than it
used to be," he said.
"If Kurdistan faces an outside threat or a threat
that exceeds the capabilities of Kurdistan's
domestic security forces, then the Iraqi army will
certainly be able to help and to enter" Kurdistan,
Barzani said.
"But, in any case, this entry would have to be
approved by the Kurdish parliament," he insisted.
AFP
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