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Iraqi Kurdistan’s armed forces spokesman
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Kurdistan armed forces 'not on alert' over Iran
attacks
July
21, 2011
ERBIL-Hewlêr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — In a statement that
contradicts Kurdistan’s confirmation about Iranian
incursion into Iraqi borders, the Secretary General
of Peshmerga Ministry Brigadier Jabbar Yawar denied
Iranian Army violation to Iraqi borders and taking
over PJAK camps. Yawer affirmed that clashes are
taking place outside the borders.
According to the military sources of Peshmerga
Ministry and border guards sources of Iraqi Interior
Ministry, Iranian Forces did not enter Kurdistan
territories and no clashes erupted inside Kurdistan
borders, Yawer told Alsumarianews. He affirmed that
PJAK party has no locations inside Kurdistan.
Yawar conveyed Kurdistan’s concern over Iranian
shelling targeting civilian regions, he said.
Iraqi Kurdistan’s armed forces are not on alert to
confront Iranian forces on |
The Secretary General of Peshmerga Ministry
Brigadier Jabbar Yawar |
the border, contrary to reports, undersecretary for
Peshmarga (security forces) said on Wednesday.
Kurdish media outlets have cited officials from the
Peshmarga ministry saying that 15,000 Iraqi Kurdish
soldiers from five brigades have been put on standby
in areas bordering Iran that have been affected by
recent shelling by Iranian army.
Yawar refuted the reports: “Iran will not invade
Kurdistan because it knows that Kurdistan region’s
borders are Federal Iraq’s borders, international
borders that could not be trespassed,” Yawar told
Aknews.
However, there are numerous reports from local
Peshmerga commanders and village officials stating
that the Iranians have pushed one kilometer into
Iraqi territory to root out the Kurdish separatist
the Party for the Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) who
have bases in the mountainous border regions.
Hundreds of villagers have been displaced as a
result of the recent offensive and a civilian from
Pshdar was wounded on Sunday as Iranian artillery
targeted her village and damaged the hospital,www.ekurd.netschool
and a number of houses in the attack.
Iran has been bombarding the border territories for
years, the shelling has left hundreds displaced, and
scores injured so far.
The Iranian 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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