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Iraqi Kurdistan president urges Kurdish
troops, interior ministry to protect Kurds
15.8.2007
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August 15, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), --
President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani
urged Peshmerga (Kurdish fighters) and the interior
ministry to intervene to protect Kurds in the
regions coming under armed attack, accusing regional
countries of standing behind such attacks.
“I demand the region’s forces in the interior and
Peshmerga ministries, in addition to the region’s
guard forces, to help Kurds in the regions that have
become targets for armed groups and Kurds’ enemies,”
Barzani’s office said in a statement.
“Barzani also demanded that the Kurdish health
ministry and all Kurdish citizens help those who
were wounded in the Sinjar bombings that occurred on
Tuesday,” the statement added.
The district of Sinjar in Ninewa province was jolted
yesterday by four car bombs which went off
simultaneously,
killing and injuring more than
400 persons, most of whom were
civilians. |
Massoud Barzani, the President of the autonomous Regional
Government of Kurdistan 'Iraq' |
Barzani also accused intelligence agencies in some
regional countries of standing behind attacks
against Kurd in Mosul, Kirkuk and Diala in an
attempt to force Kurds to leave the regions.
Barzani did not name these countries.
“The president also urged the Iraqi government and
Multi-National Forces to put an end to attacks
against Kurds,” the statement said.
VOI
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