Kurds take part in new security plan

[sabra]

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10103939.html

Kurds take part in new security plan

Baghdad: Kurdish troops are being deployed in Baghdad in a process that is expected to conclude this week, while three Kurdish military brigades are heading from Kurdistan territory to Baghdad, Kurdish military officials confirmed yesterday.

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"Kurdish brigades are well-trained to fight inside cities and neighbourhoods, and they will contribute vigorously in cleansing Baghdad's suburbs of armed men and outlaws," he told Gulf News.

The growing role of the Kurdish Peshmergas forces inside the Iraqi capital might be considered reassuring to the strong Sunni political forces which accused Iraqi forces of affiliation to Shiite political parties and involvement in sectarian violence against Sunni neighbourhoods during the previous security plans.

Escalation

Also, the US forces distrust the Iraqi Interior Ministry troops which are accused of allegiance to Shiite armed militias and Iran. It was also said that enhancing Kurdish military coexistence in Baghdad is a US request.

[Joe for Clark]

1. I so doubt that.

http://www.dailytidings.com/2007/0201/stories/0201_kirkuk.php

Joe