Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Baghdad Wants to Form Shiite Militia in Kurdistan
No forces are allowed outside the control of Peshmerga, Peshmerga commander says
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The Kurdish Peshmerga commanders claim
that the Iraqi government is working on a plan to form a unit of the
Popular Mobilization Force (PMF) known as Hashd al-Shaabi in Kurdistan region.
BasNews has learned that Baghdad is
attempting to create a PMF unit consisting of 70,000 fighters in Shiite
areas, 50,000 in Sunni areas and 10,000 in the Kurdistan region.
Peshmerga Commander and Deputy Secretary
General of the Kurdistan Freedom Party Hussein Yazdanpanah told
BasNews, “After Nouri al-Maliki failed in his plans against Kurdistan,
some parties in Baghdad are attempting to deploy PMF in the region.”
Peshmerga Commander Jamal Mortka told
BasNews from the Gwer frontline, “The Kurdistan Region President,
government and Parliament have all decided that no forces are allowed to
be created outside the control of Peshmerga.”
“Anybody attempting to create a PMF unit in Kurdistan will face the same fate as Haider Shasho,” Mortka said.
Haider Shasho is the commander of
Shingal Protection Force (SPF) who was recently arrested for attempting
to form a PMF unit in Sinjar.
President Barzani has recently declared
that no forces are allowed in Kirkuk but the Peshmerga, except if they
are permitted by the council of the Province and the governor of Kirkuk.
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