Army not to be used against Kurds: Iraqi PM
TEHRAN (defapress) –While Iraqi Kurdistan region's offiicials in attempt to create a psychological war agains Baghdad claimed baghdad is preparing for military action against Kurdish region, al-Abadi said in televised comments broadcast on Iraqi state television,“We won’t use the army against the people and we won’t wage a war against the Kurdish people."
According to Anadolu, he went on to stress that the Iraqi
armed forces were devoted exclusively to providing public security inside Iraq
and protecting the country from foreign threats.
"It is our responsibility to safeguard Iraq’s unity,” he
asserted
Tension has steadily mounted between Baghdad and northern
Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) since Sept. 25, when Iraqis in
KRG-controlled areas -- and in a handful of disputed areas -- voted on whether
or not to declare independence.
In the immediate aftermath of last month’s illegitimate
poll, Baghdad banned international flights from entering KRG-controlled areas
and closed all foreign diplomatic missions based in the Kurdish region.