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Kurdish leader says no room for Al-Qaeda
in Kurdistan autonomous region
18.5.2007
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May
18, 2007
Erbil, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- The armed
Kurdish groups which belong to al-Qaeda "have no
popular support in Kurdistan and will not find
anywhere to put down roots in this region," warned
Saadi Ahmad Bira, a member of the executive of the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) the party of the
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani. Speaking to (AKI)
Bira underlined that "Ansar al-Islam is fully backed
by Iran. If Tehran continues to support them, we
will interpret that as a declaration of war against
us".
The politician went on to say that Kurdistan and
Iran "have common economic interests, as well as
being linked by the long mutual borders which force
us to have exemplary ties," he said.
Bira said he hoped "the much anticipated talks
between Iran and the US are successful and in Iraq's
interests."
Regarding the internal security situation in Iraq,
the Kurdish politician underlined how important it
was for "the government of Nouri al-Maliki to move
forward its commitment to disarm militias. in
particular the Mahdi Army and trim the authority of
its leader," Moqtada al-Sadr.
At the same time it is normal that Iran is trying to
create problems for the US in Iraq, given the
statements by US president George W Bush who
declared Iran, Iraq and North Korea the "axis of
evil".
Given this, Bira concluded, the Baghdad government
has two options - "show its capacity to impose the
authority of the state and disband the militias or
let itself be dragged along by the armed groups."
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