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the Sunnis apparently now want a federal region of their own much like KRG's, holding army, oil, security and border into their own hands, in other words the beginning of dividing Iraq into 3 states.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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the Sunnis apparently now want a federal region of their own much like KRG's, holding army, oil, security and border into their own hands, in other words the beginning of dividing Iraq into 3 states.
The only problem is that these Sunnis showed all Kurdish areas outside KRG as Sunni Arab lol. As if Kirkuk or Kurdish parts of Mosul and Maxmur are Arab.

However its good to see the Sunnis standing up against Maliki.
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yes i noticed it too, no worry heval, the situation on the ground is different to that map, KRG does control these areas with heavy weaponries and 80,000 Peshmerga xD
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Hezbollah claimed responsibility for Iranian camp attack

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Hezbollah in Iraq had claimed its responsibility for the attack on Liberty camp yesterday 9-2-2013, the rockets attack resulted in killing and injuring many Iranians who live in the camp.
A statement made by al-Mukhtar army from Hezbollah in Iraq was published today and PUKmedia had a copy of it, the statement said that al-Mukhtar army from Hezbollah in Iraq had targeted the Iranian camp of dissident group Mujahadin-e-Khalq in Iraq "Liberty" using 20 rockets, the statement added that a number of Mujahadin-e-Khalq had been killed and injured in the attack.

The statement had threatened that al-Mukhtar army will operate more military attacks which will be executed shortly.
The organization of Mujahadin-e-Khalq had announced on 9-2-2013, that 106 member of Mujahadin-e-Khalq had been killed and injured in the attack as well as a number of the federal police members, UNAMI in Iraq had demanded the authorities in Baghdad to open an immediate investigation to revel the circumstances of the attack.

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Breaking News…Explosion targets the Parliament Speaker’s convoy

Shafaq News / A senior security source revealed on Sunday, that the convoy of the Parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi was exposed to an explosion in southern Mosul.

The source told "Shafaq News", that "a roadside bomb planted on Qayyarah road south of Mosul, exploded this morning as the convoy of Parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi was passing."

He added that "the bombing did not mark any injuries to the elements of the convey and that Nujaifi was not present at the moment of the accident."
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Maliki: I want to retire now

http://theiraqidinar.com/news/maliki-i-want-to-retire-now-196623
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Lol no he says if Iraqis want to remove me ill go but when MP gather sigs he threatened them and the law passed in parliament was also stalled by him throu the so call federal court which I call milki court ;)
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Rocket attack in Salahuddin foiled

Monday, 11 February 2013 12:01

Shafaq News / A source in Salahuddin police said on Monday that the security forces foiled a missile attack ready to be launched north of the province , while a magnetic bomb planted in a car of a member in the military was dismantled.

The source, who asked not to be named, told "Shafaq News" that "a force of Salahuddin police foiled this morning a missile attack planed to be lunched on Baiji north of the province, causing no injuries."

In a related context, the source said that "the security force has succeeded in dismantling a magnetic bomb planted in a car belonging to a member of the Iraqi army in al-Seniya area."

A security force was able yesterday afternoon from dismantling a magnetic bomb planted in a car of an employee of the police without injuries in the centre of Tikrit.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Saddam and the US failed, so why should Maliki think he can control Iraq by force?

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in the Middle East is turning against the Shia and in favour of the Sunni.

Could a variant of the Syrian revolt spread to the western Anbar Province and Sunni areas of Iraq north of Baghdad? The answer, crucial to the future of Iraq, depends on how the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, responds to the seven-week-long protests in Anbar and the Sunni heartlands. His problem is similar to that which, two years ago faced rulers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria. They had to choose between ceding some power and relying on repression.

Most Arab rulers chose wrongly, treating protests as if they were a plot or not so broadly based that they could not be crushed by traditional methods of repression. The situation in Iraq is not quite the same, since Maliki owes his position to victory in real elections, though this success was not total and depended overwhelmingly on Shia votes. He has nevertheless ruled as if he had the mandate to monopolise power.

Maliki has been ambivalent about the protests since they started in December last year. On occasion, he has denounced them as a plot by ex-Baathists or other enemies of the state acting as proxies for hostile foreign powers. At others, he has offered concessions, but nowhere near enough to quell the protests. His strategy is probably to play for time, an approach that has served him well in the past.

Traditional Sunni leaders such as the Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq, and the Finance Minister, Rafi al-Issawi, are largely discredited in the eyes of the Sunni in the street. They are seen as greedy opportunists – as are all other politicians – who make deals in their own interests. Instead, protesters look to Sheikh Abdul Malik al-Saadi, a highly respected religious leader long opposed to Saddam Hussein and whose brother was murdered by al-Qa'ida in Iraq in 2010.

He has sought to keep the protests from being hijacked by armed groups, demanding civil and political rights that fall short of overthrowing the state and thereby alienating the Shia majority. From the Sunni point of view, the unspoken threat of a resort to arms is more effective than actually using them, a move that would isolate the Sunni, who make up only a fifth of the country's population.

Muqtada al-Sadr, the nationalist religious leader with a powerful constituency among the Shia, has supported the demonstrations so long as they are not a precursor for Sunni counter-revolution against the post-Saddam political settlement. The Shia religious authorities in Najaf – the Marji'iyyah – have made as clear as they ever do, in their deliberately elusive language, that they do not want Maliki to play the sectarian card by appealing to Shia solidarity.

Another advantage for the Sunni is that, for the first time since 2003, their community is largely united. I met, last week in Basra, a Sunni sheikh, leader of a sub-tribe of Bedu formerly in Kuwait and close to the Sadrists, who nevertheless expressed strong sympathy for the demonstrators and their demands. A Sunni mistake in 2003 and 2004 was to allow their insurgency against the US to become violently sectarian, rather than based on an Iraqi nationalist appeal. Iraqi politics may be sectarian and tribal, but Iraqi nationalism in the Arab part of the country (Kurdistan is different) remains a powerful, often underestimated force.

The government in Baghdad is wrong to imagine that the protests are a plot orchestrated and paid for by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. There is plenty of discontent in Iraq over state corruption, incompetence, lack of jobs and failure to provide basic services despite the nation's oil revenues topping $100bn a year. But the government is correct in believing that the international environment has changed to the advantage of the Sunni in Iraq and that an anti-Shia and anti-Iranian counter-revolution is in full swing. For the counter-revolutionaries in the Sunni world, Baghdad would be a greater prize than Damascus.

Bitterness among the Sunni over the discrimination against them runs deep. People are imprisoned for long periods on the evidence of secret informants under an all-embracing anti-terrorism law. Thousands sit in jail without even being investigated. De-Baathification, supposedly targeting Baathist leaders, has become a form of collective punishment for all Sunni. The political scientist Ghassan al-Atiyyah relates how, in Abu Ghraib district in Baghdad, he "met a man who had been a schoolteacher for 30 years and had just got a message written on a scrap of paper sacking him [as an alleged Baathist]. It simply said 'go home'. He is penniless, has no pension, and if he was a young man, he would get a gun." There are plenty of young men in cities like Salahuddin and Mosul who have no job and no prospects of getting one, and are going to do just that since they have access to arms.

But it is wrong to think of the Maliki government as being gripped by self-serving paranoia in suspecting that the demonstrations in Anbar are the advance guard of a Sunni counter-offensive. I said to one Sunni observer: "Unfortunately, many Shia think you want a counter-revolution." He replied: "But I really do want a counter-revolution."

Al-Qa'ida is showing renewed signs of strength. Over the last week, they launched a multiple suicide bombing against the police headquarters in Kirkuk that killed at least 16 people and wounded 90. The following day, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a gathering of Sahwa anti-Qa'ida Sunni militia in Taji, north of Baghdad, killing 22 of them. A further 26 Shia were killed in Baghdad and Hilla on Friday. The attacks show that al-Qa'ida can still recruit suicide bombers in large numbers, and an open border with Syria makes their task easier.

The lesson of recent Iraqi history is that force alone does not work against alienated communities, be they Sunni, Kurdish or Shia. Even the extraordinary violence of Saddam Hussein's regime only periodically gave him control over all of Iraq. The same was true of the US army – for all its sophisticated equipment, highly trained troops and vast expenditure.

It is unlikely the Maliki government would succeed where Saddam and the US failed. It has military superiority but not dominance in Iraq, fully controlling only about half the country. It has no authority in the Kurdistan Regional Government's three provinces or in the Kurdish-held disputed territories further south. Its authority is contested in the Sunni majority provinces and cities in western and central Iraq. "The problem is that all parties and communities in Iraq have strength," said one Iraqi politician last week. "Nobody feels so weak that they must compromise with their opponents."

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Al-Qa'ida is showing renewed signs of strength. Over the last week, they launched a multiple suicide bombing against the police headquarters in Kirkuk that killed at least 16 people and wounded 90

this is wrong, the police were kurdish police attacked by milki himself throu his dijla thugs who failed at occupying Kirkuk kurdish. kf

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It is unlikely the Maliki government would succeed where Saddam and the US failed. It has military superiority but not dominance in Iraq, fully controlling only about half the country. It has no authority in the Kurdistan Regional Government's three provinces or in the Kurdish-held disputed territories further south. Its authority is contested in the Sunni majority provinces and cities in western and central Iraq. "The problem is that all parties and communities in Iraq have strength," said one Iraqi politician last week. "Nobody feels so weak that they must compromise with their opponents."

yes thank you very much, we do controll all of the kurdish areas outside of KRG it dont matter who pays for the police force, but in Kirkuk for Eg, there is kurdish police, Asaish,Peshmerga and anti-terror force ALL KURDISH something the deluded ssc i-racki thugs would call a lie all day xD
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Maliki discuss with Jaafari risk of the demonstrations in Baghdad

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Tuesday, 12 February 2013 09:07

Shafaq News / Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki discussed with the head of the National Alliance, Ibrahim Jaafari the risk of gathering the demonstrations to be held in the capital Baghdad.

According to a statement issued by Jaafari’s office in which "Shafaq News" received a copy of it yesterday stated that” the latter met al- Maliki yesterday in his office and discussed during the meeting the most important issues on the political arena and emphasized the need to continue efforts; to meet the legitimate demands of the demonstrators."

The statement added that "the risks that may be caused by the rally of the planned demonstrations in Baghdad , the importance of preserving the unity of Iraq and activating the role of the Iraqi National Alliance at this stage as the largest bloc have been discussed."

The demonstrators decided last Friday, in the provinces that witness to transfer the demonstrations to Baghdad.

Close political sources to the organizers of the sit-in in Ramadi city revealed on Monday that a decision had been taken by the organizing committee not to conduct next Friday prayers in Baghdad after political and other religious pressure.

The sources said that the "movement succeeded in persuading the organizers of the protest not to conduct their decision, but it was not officially declared until now."

The Mufti of Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars called on Monday, demonstrators and protesters in Anbar to postpone going to Baghdad.

The Association of Muslim Scholars led by , Harith al-Dhari wanted by the Iraqi security authorities on charges of supporting "terrorism" , sent a request to the organizers of the sit-in in Ramadi not to conduct their decision to start Friday prayers in Baghdad.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Dubai TV - Dr.Barham Salih ("Arab street: leader Barham Salih in view of the tense situation in i-rack")

http://vod.dmi.ae/media/221096
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 09:50
Shafaq News / A source from within the National Alliance delegation said that Maliki, who met Barzani yesterday had visited the religious Marjiyaa in Najaf , revealing that it has warned him it will close the door once and for all in front of the government if it continues to ignore the voices of the people.

While pointed that the initiative carried out by the delegation is on two levels, the first implementation of comprehensive reforms and if not worked they will resort to the second level, which is replacing Maliki by Tariq Najim who has the support of Iran mediated by "Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes."

While the source confirmed that the initiative is supported by Tehran and all parties to the National Alliance, however, Dawa Party accepted Tariq Najim reluctantly and that Jaafari is upset from the latter entering to the crisis line, because he was aspiring to succeed Maliki, adding that Iran stressed on the National Alliance not to alienate the alliance with the Kurds, as it had informed Barzani that his demands are high.

The source said that the delegation informed Barzani of the government willingness to implement some of his demands and that it would consider replacing Maliki if the latter didn’t meets its demands.

However, a close source to the presidency of the region pointed that the meeting did not achieve its goals, as it did not come out with decisions; Barzani supported perceptions of the delegation of the existence of a Qatari plan to raise sectarian strife and promised to defeat it.

The delegation that included Jamal Jaafar known as (Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes) and Tariq Najim, a leader in Dawa Party went to Hewlêr city to mediate in an effort to resolve the dispute between the State of Law coalition and Kurdistan Alliance.

Al-Alam Baghdadiya newspaper said that "the initiative carried out by the delegation, supported by Iran included two phases; A and B, plan A states making big reforms, and B submits the possibility of replacing Maliki by Tariq Najim so that the latter would be the dominant on National Alliance, after removing al- Maliki due to the pressures within the coalition and Iran”.

"Iran stressed on National Alliance not to alienate the alliance with the Kurds, because its continuation would end the existing demonstrations against the government."

It added that "the rest of the alliance parties as Badr organization , the Sadrists movement and citizen (Mwaten ) bloc and independents, as well as Chalabi , Adel Abdul Mahdi and Mohammed Bahr al-Ulum are pleased with the step," pointing out that "Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes is the godfather of the project."
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"Baram Majeed Khan, a PUK advisor on Iranian affairs, said that Tehran did not want the Kurdistan Region to worsen its relations with Maliki. He said that, in exchange, Iran had pledged to keep Maliki in check and made him promise not to attack the Kurdistan region."
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WTF? Iran thinks we are afraid if Maliki attacks us? It's Maliki who goes around and buys his followers.
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i dont know to cry or laugh, milki attacking Kurdistan !!! they are talking like ssc thugs :koko:
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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SLC criticizes Nujaifi’s visit to United States of Qatar

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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 12:44

Shafaq News / State of Law coalition (SLC) led by Nuri al-Maliki criticized on Wednesday, the visit of the President of the parliament , Osama al-Nujaifi to Qatar , in which he called it as the United States of Qatar , noting that the visit could have been postponed until approving the federal budget.

The MP of SLC, ALi al-Shalat said at a news conference attended by "Shafaq News", that "the parliament Speaker focused in the last session on the need of the MPs presence in the parliament and asked the MPs not to leave, as we in committees have received formal letter on the necessity of attending and daily signing”.

"But we were surprised that the parliament Speaker himself traveled outside of Iraq and left the parliament and the budget and went to the United States of Qatar."

"We believe that this act is a major violation and must all be present to approve the budget and we hope from Nujaifi to commit to decisions issued by him."

He explained that "the visit of the parliament speaker to Doha does not represent an important event for Iraq and I do not think that Doha is a large capital in the world to go to it every once and awhile and it was possible to postpone Doha visit until approving the budget."

Press reports have talked about an unannounced visit of the parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi to the Qatari capital of Doha, as the reports did not refer to the duration of the visit or Qatari personalities that Nujaifi will meet.

The Iraqi parliament declared on Monday, the continual of its committees with its work and the presence of the members to approve the current year budget.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 09:50
Shafaq News / A source from within the National Alliance delegation said that Maliki, who met Barzani yesterday had visited the religious Marjiyaa in Najaf , revealing that it has warned him it will close the door once and for all in front of the government if it continues to ignore the voices of the people.

While pointed that the initiative carried out by the delegation is on two levels, the first implementation of comprehensive reforms and if not worked they will resort to the second level, which is replacing Maliki by Tariq Najim who has the support of Iran mediated by "Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes."

While the source confirmed that the initiative is supported by Tehran and all parties to the National Alliance, however, Dawa Party accepted Tariq Najim reluctantly and that Jaafari is upset from the latter entering to the crisis line, because he was aspiring to succeed Maliki, adding that Iran stressed on the National Alliance not to alienate the alliance with the Kurds, as it had informed Barzani that his demands are high.

The source said that the delegation informed Barzani of the government willingness to implement some of his demands and that it would consider replacing Maliki if the latter didn’t meets its demands.

However, a close source to the presidency of the region pointed that the meeting did not achieve its goals, as it did not come out with decisions; Barzani supported perceptions of the delegation of the existence of a Qatari plan to raise sectarian strife and promised to defeat it.

The delegation that included Jamal Jaafar known as (Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes) and Tariq Najim, a leader in Dawa Party went to Hewlêr city to mediate in an effort to resolve the dispute between the State of Law coalition and Kurdistan Alliance.

Al-Alam Baghdadiya newspaper said that "the initiative carried out by the delegation, supported by Iran included two phases; A and B, plan A states making big reforms, and B submits the possibility of replacing Maliki by Tariq Najim so that the latter would be the dominant on National Alliance, after removing al- Maliki due to the pressures within the coalition and Iran”.

"Iran stressed on National Alliance not to alienate the alliance with the Kurds, because its continuation would end the existing demonstrations against the government."

It added that "the rest of the alliance parties as Badr organization , the Sadrists movement and citizen (Mwaten ) bloc and independents, as well as Chalabi , Adel Abdul Mahdi and Mohammed Bahr al-Ulum are pleased with the step," pointing out that "Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes is the godfather of the project."
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i think it dont matter the face is replaced, the law comes from Tehran and its anti KRG. i am sooooooo glad Talabani is out of the scene xD , he was a great iranian ally, with him gone now KRG is stronger than ever and only has to deal with turkey for its exports support etc, reducing all of iran and i-rack's influence over KRG.

now luckily Barzani the President is the only most powerful man in KRG which baghdad is scared of and now iran cos if this reason willing to give more concession to KRG. but now we have only 1 thing we want from baghdad, which is "officially" recognize the Kurdish areas outside of KRG and that is it.

iran is not super power to stop Kurdistan region from divorcing shithole i-rack and if they want to attack us when we do then i WSIH them luck, the world will not tolerate iran they dont tolerate her already , there is no going back, Kurdistan is going to divorce i-rack once we build our pipelines then the shia-sunnis will have some serious huggings to do

Edit: we have all those areas under our control no doubt about that and we all know that, but it is yet to become an official part like the 3 province.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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oh and i forgot, milki will NEVER sort its problems with Kurdistan we know him too well, he is just killing time and playing his cards as at the moment the sunnis are about to piggy back him like a dog lol. he wont fool us again and if those parties involved want to replace him Barzani will welcome it, and Barzani will never again sit with milki or sign agreements EVER, not just him but no i-racki politician.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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"al-Maliki has to select his position regarding the military militias" Says al-Iraqia MP

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Al-Iraqia Alliance had demanded the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to select his position regarding the military militias which are threatening the security of the Iraqi people publicly.
A statement made by the MP Khalid al-Alwani from al-Iraqia Alliance 13-2-2013 that PUKmedia had a copy of it. Al-Alwani stressed that al-Maliki's selecting of his official position regarding the military militias is very important and needed at these times.
Al-Alwani added that these militias which had begun to appear on the TV channels, are threatening the Iraqi people publicly without being restrained.
In the statement al-Alwani had expressed his surprise regarding the attendance of the Iraqi political figures and members in the security and defense committee to the conferences of these militias, stressing that the attendance of the Iraqi political figures to such conferences had raised the doubts that these militias are being politically and militarily supported by the Iraqi political parties.

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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State of Law: "Demonstrations in Baghdad is unacceptable"

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State of Law Alliance had stressed its rejection for the demonstrations in Baghdad unless it was licensed and coordinated with the security forces.
Batol Faroq MP from the State of Law Alliance had announced in a statement to PUKmedia on 13-2-2013 that the demonstrations in al-Anbar province had contained some intruders who's aimed at making the situation mere complicated in the country as well as these intruders aim to transfer the demonstrations to Baghdad, which is unacceptable for the MPs of the State of Law.
Faroq said that "the Iraqi government will not give the protesters a license to organize the demonstrations in Baghdad however, the demonstrators must understand the importance of getting these licenses and to coordinate with the security forces to protect theme".
Faroq stressed that the intruders are aiming at taking advantage of the demonstrations to reach their goals by committing actions that may upset the federal government and even the demonstrators, adding that for the federal government it is unacceptable for the demonstrations to transfer to Baghdad because of the intruders.

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Iran is not in the position to warn anyone. Just do one step too much, as if the US and Israel will watch Iran gaining more territorial influence.
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Iranian versus American Diplomacy in Iraq

14/02/2013 05:48:00By DAVID ROMANO

Recently a delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) went to Teheran to speak with leaders there. From what we know of the meeting, it included a warning from Qasem Soleimani, head of the al-Qods Revolutionary Guard force. Soleimani told the PUK that Iraqi Kurds must maintain good relations with Shiite parties in Iraq, not get too close to Turkey and refrain from any secessionist bid towards independent Kurdish statehood. In other words, the Iranians laid down some red lines that the Iraqi Kurds may only cross at their own peril. Although delivered diplomatically, the implicit threat seems crystal clear.

One should expect nothing less from the Iranians. Like anyone else, their foreign policy aims to preserve and promote their interests, and their diplomacy combines carrots and sticks. They feel that a complete breakdown in Erbil-Baghdad relations, the undermining of Maliki’s regime, closer Iraqi Kurdish alignment with Turkey or too many Kurdish gains would harm the Iranian state’s interests, and therefore they do what they can to prevent such developments.

The Iranians are also extremely good diplomats and tacticians. Although many of us may not like their regime or their goals, I don’t know of any serious analyst who does not respect the Iranian government’s strategic cunning and diplomatic guile. The Iranians have managed to maintain relations with and considerable influence over most significant actors in Iraq, from Shiite parties and the Kurds to many Sunni and secular groups. In the countries that neighbour Iran, their intelligence services are probably second to none. So when the commander of the al-Quds Force speaks, wise people listen (it takes even wiser people to know when to obey and when to go their own way, of course).

If only the Americans were as determined and as adept in manipulating the Iraqi environment. Despite all the resources they brought to bear in Iraq, it seems as if the Americans still don’t know how to use sticks or carrots there, much less who to use them on. The Americans blithely allow Mr. Maliki to seriously damage their interests without consequences. Maliki gets to play at being a Shiite who pleases Iran and helps it funnel aid to the Assad regime, a friend of the United States and Russia who buys weapons from both, an Arab nationalist who confronts the Kurds and a democratically elected autocrat who shuts the Sunnis out of power and issues arrests warrants for their leaders – all at the same time.

The United States could threaten to expose Mr. Maliki’s connivance in propping up the Assad regime, which would seriously tarnish his image amongst most Arabs. They could also withhold the considerable support they still provide him and threaten to offer it to competing Shiites, secular groups, the Kurds and the Sunni Arab parties instead. Rather than allowing him to renege on his promises relating to Article 140 and the disputed territories (promises the United States also made several years ago, in order to get Kurdish cooperation on a number of issues), they could actually side with the Kurds on the issue.

Unfortunately, many of us began wondering some time ago if the Obama administration actually understands the concept of rewarding cooperation and punishing those who act against American interests. If they can’t get this part right, perhaps the celebrated diplomatic skills of Mr. Obama and his team were overrated. Good diplomacy is about getting what your country wants and needs rather than just making more people like you. Perhaps this is why Iranian leaders don’t seem to always care whether or not people like them, so long as no one doubts their willingness to help friends and punish enemies.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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