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KurdInEurope wrote:Kurdish Leaders Oppose Movement of Dijla Forces in Diyala Province



ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Authorities in the Kurdistan Region are speaking out against a visit by Abdulamir Zaidi, the commander of the Dijla Forces to the Diyala province.

Shwan Taha, member of Iraq’s parliamentary security committee told Rudaw, “The commander of the Dijla Forces coming to the Qaratapa area is an outright violation of the Iraqi constitution.”

A decision by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last summer united the forces of the interior ministry and the police force in Kirkuk and Diyala under the Dijla Operations Command.

This move caused a stir among Kurdish officials who considered the decision as another step by the Iraqi government to consolidate its power in the disputed territories.

“The security of each region is the responsibility of the provincial council and the movement of the Dijla forces will destabilize the security of that region and upsets the political reality,” Taha said.

Taha said Kurdish MPs in Baghdad are united in their opposition against the operations of the Dijla forces.

Kurdish officials believe the presence of the Dijla forces will hamper the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution that aims to solve the dispute over territories in Kirkuk, Nineveh and Diyala provinces where Arabs and Kurds lay claim to vast areas of land.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been based in parts of the disputed territories. The Iraqi constitution recognizes the Peshmerga as part of the Iraqi defense forces.

But in a recent statement, Iraqi PM Maliki rejected the Peshmerga as part of Iraq’s defense forces.

“That kind of attitude from Maliki further deepens the tensions between Erbil and Baghdad,” Taha said. “It has been established many times before that Maliki has not honored his own agreements including the Erbil Agreement (of 2010).”

Abdulamir Zaidi, the commander of the Dijla forces was due to arrive in Qaratapa region of northern Diyala on Thursday.

Iraqi authorities said Zaidi would accompany the governor of Diyala who visits the people of the region to deliver basic services.

But Kurdish leaders believe that is a cover for the deployment of the Dijla forces in the Kurdish areas of the province.

For its part, the security committee in Kirkuk has opposed the formation of the Dijla forces from the outset. Kirkuk governor Najlamldin Karim says, “We do not recognize the Dijla forces and believe it is doomed to fail.”

Source: http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/5374.html

Possibly a former Ba'athist, who wouldn't hesitate in killing a Kurd. Send his ass back to Baghdad.

alan131210 wrote:Kirkuk will never handed over to them without going to a full scale war with us, but the disputed part of Diyala like Qaratapa and Jalawla I'm Afraid will not have same fate.