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Kurds declare right to have their own
armed forces
13.7.2006 |
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ERBIL,
Kurdistan-Iraq, July 12, 2006 , - The prime minister
of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq, Nechirvan
Barzani, said on Wednesday that Kurds had the right
to a well-trained army capable of defending them.
"Due to past injustices, our people have the right
to possess a regular army trained up to the latest
military standards," he said during a military
ceremony at the Kurdistan regional capital of Erbil.
Barzani said the right of defence of Kurdistan could
be found in the constitution where it recognized the
federal character of Iraq, adding that the role of
the peshmergas (Kurdish guerillas) "differs today
than what it was in the past".
"In the past the peshmergas defended the liberty of
our people, and today they are called on to preserve
these gains," Barzani said. |
Nechirvan Barzani, Prime minister of Kurdistan region in Federal
(Iraq) |
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Iraq's Kurds refuse to consider their personal armed
security forces as militias that must be integrated
into the national army.
The issue of irregular armed groups, or militias,
has come to the forefront as security in the country
has declined.
AFP
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