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[Rantburg] A senior Kurdish leader says Kurdish militia or peshmerga will confront Iraqi army units attempting to enter Kurdish areas. Mahmoud Sinkawi said if Iraqi troops moved into Kurdish towns and villages in order to evacuate government buildings occupied by Kurdish factions and peshmerga they will be met with a "violent reaction."
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[iraqslogger.com] Iraq Papers Wed: Arab-Kurdish Tensions: Tensions between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish Peshmerga in the Khanqeen area (north of Baghdad) led to popular demonstrations, which, according to Az-Zaman, "forced Maliki's forces to withdraw from Khanqeen." Oil-rich Khanqeen borders .
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[Iraq News latest RSS headlines - The US News.com] Peshmerga issue warning to Iraqi forces: 25 (UPI) -- A senior leader of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces Monday warned of counterattacks if the Iraqi military entered Kurdish areas in northern Iraq. Kurdish leader Mahmoud Sinka...
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[Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Kurd Officials Split On Pullout From Iraq Province: The province, with a religious mix of Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims and an ethnic mix of Arabs and Kurds, has been the scene of a crackdown by U.S. and Iraqi government forces over the past few weeks, searching homes and arresting suspected militants.
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[LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts] Iraq Papers Wed: Arab-Kurdish Tensions: Tensions between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish Peshmerga in the Khanqeen area (north of Baghdad) led to popular demonstrations, which, according to Az-Zaman, "forced Maliki's forces to withdraw from Khanqeen." Oil-rich Khanqeen borders the Kurdistan Region and is inhabited by both Arabs and Kurds, it is also one of the districts that are considered "disputed territories" with the Kurdistan Regional Government demanding to affiliate the area with Kurdistan.
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[VIPK Blog] Kurdish forces refuse to quit Iraq battlefield province (AFP): Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces march with the flags of Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region during AFP - Kurdish commanders Wednesday refused orders to pull their troops out of Kurdish-populated areas of ethnically divided Diyala .
[Kurdish Review - United Kurdish Writers' Blog] Let the world recognize Anfal as a genocide: An eight-stage Iraqi military operation against the peshmerga and Kurdish civilians, the Anfal campaign was characterized by the government’s widespread use of chemical warfare against its own people, the systematic destruction of about 2,000 Kurdish villages, the arbitrary arrests and forced displacement, executions and disappearances of tens of thousands of civilians of all ages, Alan said. In some phases, men were specifically targeted, killing all men found aged 15 to 70.
[VIPK Blog] US military deaths in Iraq war at 4143 (AP): Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces march with the flags of Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan region during AP - As of Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at least 4143 members of the US military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, .
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