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KurdistanObserver.com
Barzani: Kurdish MPs Approval Needed For Iraqi Troops
In Kurdistan
DUBAI, March 11 (AFP) Any Iraqi army
deployment in Iraqi Kurdistan will in the future require the green light of the
Kurdish parliament, Iraqi Kurdish chief Massoud Barzani said in an interview on
Al-Arabiya television on Friday.
"Of course, the Iraqi army's entry into Kurdistan will have to be approved by
the Kurdish parliament," said Barzani, who heads the Kurdistan Democratic Party
(KDP).
"The Peshmergas (Kurdish fighters) will be part of the Iraqi army. The Kurds
will be part of the Iraqi army. Today, the Iraqi army is different than it used
to be," he said.
"If Kurdistan faces an outside threat or a threat that exceeds the
capabilities of Kurdistan's domestic security forces, then the Iraqi army will
certainly be able to help and to enter" Kurdistan, Barzani said.
"But, in any case, this entry would have to be approved by the Kurdish
parliament," he insisted.
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