Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 1

A new flashpoint is brewing between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), over the city of Khanaqin, in northern Iraq's Diyala province.

Tension has been simmering since the Iraqi defence ministry ordered Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who have been providing security in Khanaqin, to be replaced by Iraqi troops.

The majority of Kurds who control Khanaqin want the city to be integrated into the KRG in northern Iraq.

But in a recent move to curb growing Kurdish expansion, Nuri Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, ordered the Iraqi army to force Kurdish parties to vacate public buildings in the city.

Massoud Barzani, the KRG president, accused Baghdad of trying to derail the democratic process in the country as the Kurds consider Khanaqin to be part of Kurdistan.

Al-Maliki shot back by threatening to prosecute any Peshmerga forces operating outside KRG controlled areas.

Inside Iraq this week scrutinises the implications of the rising political tension between Baghdad and the KRG as the Kurds are increasingly claiming a stake on disputed territories in the north of the country.

Our guests this week are Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN, Brian Katulis from the Centre of American Progress and Saad N Jawad, author and political analyst from London.

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[Kurdkalhor]

REMEMBER GUYS THIS :

khanaqin is a Kurdish Shiaa Muslim Iraqi City

-we are Shiaa Muslims ...

-we are not Arabs to be control by Arabs...

-we are Iraqi Kurds...

Khanaqin is in South of Iraqi Kurdistan

WE LOVE TO BE CONTROL BY KURDS ONLY NOT ARABS

OK

[metafysicarezo]

Kirkuk belongs to the kurds. We do not recognize the arabs population as original population in Kirkuk that live there right now. They came to Kirkuk by sadams order to replace the kurds that sadam killed. Recognition of these ppl as original population of Kirkuk means to recognize sadams genocide against the kurds.

[pogoism1]

@kaldzzz

1. I am Alevi

2. My topic wasn't Assyrians, it was saddam.

But well, I would like to speak about this topic, but your way of speaking is just disgusting and I am not willing to speak with people using such filthy and rassist words.

[kaldzzz]

@pogoism1 what about the massacres done to the Assyrians by the Kurds? You think u better than arabs? you all same shit, filthy muslims that is.

[kaldzzz]

@metafysicarezo wrong. All of Iraq belongs to Chaldeans and Assyrians you muslims robbed from us. Go read a book and tell me if Kurds and Arabs were in Mesopotamia 2,3 thousands years ago. if you wanna go back to history, make sure you go all the way back not only back enough to meet your needs. ignorant muslim.

[2paclove2]

@Kurdkalhor shut up israel pet.

[hjklkjh121]

whoa that sealys commercial was scary.

[KurdSouth]

KURDISTAN HAS THE RIGHT TO BE INDEPENDENCE, and its gonna be, we dont nothing to do whit irak

[evomasterryan]

@Kurdkalhor religion can't define the kurds it doesn't matter what religion you got as a Kurd as long as you have 100% Kurdish blood the you are a Kurdistani and remain under Kurdistan and it's Military Forces !!

Long Live Kurd û Kurdistan

Long Live the Kurdish Nation The Kurdistanis

[pogoism1]

Saddam killed hundred thousands kurds.

We can take and do whatever we want in Iraq.

When the people of xanekin kerkuk mossul sinjar mandali want to be part of KRG, then it is settled.

There is no doubt about the fact that the kerkuki and mossul kurds were killed and transported by saddams troops.

[h3lpneeded]

100 % fooled