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Besieged town in disputed territories turns to Kurds for sec

PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:26 pm
Author: Aslan
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Exhausted by relentless bombings and exasperated by the federal government's inability to provide security, Tuz Khurmatu, one of the most fractious towns in Iraq's disputed territories, has voted to come under the protection of Kurdish Peshmerga security forces.Key Kurdish leaders indicated their intention to honor the request, despite the risk of raising tensions with authorities in Baghdad and Salahaddin province, who oppose the move."We will send Peshmerga forces to Tuz if the local c...

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Re: Besieged town in disputed territories turns to Kurds for

PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:43 am
Author: Anthea
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An Iraqi soldier stands near a puddle of blood on the site of bomb attacks on November 24, 2013 in the northern city of Tuz Khurmatu.