A Gorran MP in Baghdad, Hakm Shekh Latif announced that, lately some of the iraqi government behaviour can be similarized with those of the former Baath regime and he predicts iraqi army will attack kurdistan, he reveals that he has some precise information regarding the matter but he said "I have some details about the Iraqi attack against Kurdistan but I can't reveal it".
Gorran list was one of those who did not vote against Maliki to withdraw confidence, but Hakm warns that buying heavy weaponries by Maliki is to attack kurdistan. He told (Rudaw) news agency that "This is as result of some stories and things I heard and saw in Baghdad, i don’t know when Iraq will attack but probably it will not be more than a year".
He gave more information about his statement and said "there are things that are quite dangerous and i cant reveal them through media but i will send them to my party back home so they can share them with Kurdistan government" .
Regarding this statement, Hasan Jihad, a member of security and defence committee in iraqi parliament told (Rudaw) news agency that his committee is not aware of the secret deals Maliki has signed to buy weapons , but regarding the F16s he said "iraq intends to buy 36 of jet fighters type F16s, the iraqi army consists of 500 soldiers that are under direct command of Maliki". he added "from his army 70% are Shiites , 25% Sunnis and 5% kurds, and out of 21 brigade commanders only 2 of them are kurds".
From Malikis recent interview with NRT TV he claimed that the general airforce commander is a kurd, but a kurdish General announced that in order to take this post out of kurdish hands, Maliki prior to two months ago has replaced general airforce commander Anwar Mahamad with a Shiite person who is a member in Dawa party, Malikis party.
Regarding the capability of the iraqi army to attack Kurdistan, the Kurdish officer who asked to remain unnamed announced that "Peshmerga can not defeat the iraqi army in a level ground, but for the iraqi army to reach near kurdistan border it will take them 25 days".
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