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| Iraq |
| Kurdistan Signs Security Accord With U.S. |
| 2007-06-04 |
| BAGHDAD [MENL] -- The autonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan has signed a security cooperation accord with the U.S.-led coalition. The accord was signed on May 30 by Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani and U.S. commanders in Irbil. The accord stipulated the handover of coalition security responsibility to the Kurdish regional government in the provinces of Dohuk, Irbil and Suleimaniya. "The Kurdistan Regional Government was deemed ready to assume security responsibility in the region," a U.S. military statement said. Officials said the memorandum of understanding took more than a year to draft. They said the more than 30-page agreement outlines the relationship between Kurdish security forces and the U.S.-led coalition. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #3 I hope Massachusetts doesn't get any ideas and starts negotiating with Iran. Then again, maybe they already have. |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Unusort6220 2007-06-04 19:50 |
| #2 I fear for the Kurds with this deal. This removes any possibility that US troops could act as a trigger if Turkey invades Kurdistan. Other than drastically increasing the size and strength of the Peshmurga, the Kurds should be doing everything they can to organize a Kurdish fifth column in Turkey, so that if the Turks ever do get gay, all of their eastern cities go up in flames. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-06-04 18:42 |
| #1 See what you can get when you play nice. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-04 13:19 |