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Iraq's Kurdistan Govt KRG denies deal
allowing Iran to attack PJAK
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July
20, 2011
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) refuted claims that Iranian
authorities stuck a deal with the KRG to allow them
to attack separatist rebels on Kurdish territory.
The Iranian army is reported to have moved into
Kurdistan to root out the Party for Free Life of
Kurdistan (PJAK) but the KRG has not offered a
condemnation of the actions and has denied there are
Iranian boots on Kurdish soil, despite reports from
villagers and the security forces.
An Iraqi MP had claimed earlier that there is a
secret deal between the two governments to allow the
attacks. |
Kurdistan regional government KRG spokesman Kawa
Mahmoud |
Spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government
(KRG) Kawa Mahmoud said: "There is no secret deal to
undermine any political party. We have stated that
any border issues could be solved through talks."
PJAK fighters have been hiding in the mountainous
territories of Iraqi Kurdistan near the Iranian
border from where they occasionally stage
cross-border attacks on Iranian forces.
Iran has been bombarding the border territories for
years, the shelling has left hundreds displaced, and
scores injured so far. Last year,www.ekurd.neta
teenage girl was killed by an Iranian artillery
shell that fell on a house in a border village.
The PJAK, or the (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane), is a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in Kurdistan region in
Iraq's north that
has been carrying out attacks Iranian forces in the Kurdistan Province of Iran
(Eastern Kurdistan) and other Kurdish-inhabited areas.
PJAK is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation (Koma Civaken
Kurdistan or KCK),www.ekurd.netwhich is an alliance of Kurdish groups and divisions
led by an elected Executive Council.
Since
2004 the PJAK took up arms for self-rule in Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran (Iranian Kurdistan, Eastern Kurdistan). Half the members of PJAK
are women. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed
militiamen.
Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey all have significant
ethnic Kurdish minorities. Estimate to 12 million
Kurds live in Iran.
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