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| Turkmen figure warns of a ''terrorist plot'' to ignite ''ethnic conflict'' in Kirkuk |
| 2022-11-22 |
| [SHAFAQ] A leading Turkmen figure, Mohammad Mahdi al-Bayati, on Monday warned of a "terrorist plot" to initiate a conflict between the ethnicities of Kirkuk. "The recent security breach in Kirkuk took place in an area that has not witnessed a single terrorist activity in the past few years," al-Bayati told Shafaq News Agency, "it might herald a terrorist plot that aims to igniting ethnic conflicts inside the disputed territories and hampering the ties between the federal and regional governments." "Lax security has allowed the forces of Evil to carry out hit-and-run attacks against the security forces," he added. Al-Bayati called for ramping up security in the areas suspected of sheltering terrorist groups and plugging in the security gaps to protect the security forces and civilians. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 ^ Or, if you're Turkmen, multiply? |
| Posted by: Glereck Unert4391 2022-11-22 16:41 |
| #3 ^ Count the luxurious mustaches and divide by two |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-11-22 09:45 |
| #2 Turkmen claim to be the third largest ethnic group in Iraq, residing almost exclusively in the north, in an arc from Tal Afar, west of Mosul, through Mosul, Erbil, Altun Kopru, Kirkuk, Tuz Khurmatu, Kifri and Khaniqin. Before the American-led occupation of 2003, there were between 600,000 and 2 million Turkmen, the first being a conservative estimate of outside observers and the latter a Turkmen claim. There is no good population figure at present. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2022-11-22 08:31 |
| #1 ...Line forms to the left, pal. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-11-22 07:08 |