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Iraqi forces launch operation for Kurdish-held oil fields, military base
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:24 pm
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Well this is a bad sign...
Well this is a bad sign...
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BAGHDAD — Clashes broke out early Monday as Iraqi forces moved to recapture Kurdish-held oil fields and a military base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, after demanding that they return to the positions they occupied before collapsing in the face of an Islamic State advance three years ago.
Iraqi forces said they were under instructions to avoid violence, but Kirkuk residents said that gunfire and explosions could be heard in the city in the early morning. Kurdish media reported that Kurdish volunteer fighters rushed to take up arms.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered his forces to "protect all citizens" as they retake positions, state television reported.
The confrontation puts U.S. allies on both sides of the lines. The advancing force included Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces, who have trained closely with U.S. forces. On the other side are Kurdish peshmerga forces, also trained and equipped by the United States.
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Baghdad has built up troops on the outskirts of the city in recent days. Army, police and forces from Iraq's popular mobilization units, which include Shiite militias backed by Iran, have massed in the area, as Kurdish forces furiously dug defenses.
As Kurdish authorities warned of an impending attack, Abadi tried to diffuse tension, taking to Twitter to assure that Iraqi forces "cannot and will not attack our citizens."
Iraqi commanders initially dismissed troop movements as routine deployments aimed at securing nearby Hawija, recently recaptured from Islamic State militants. But Shiite militia leaders close to Iran said that they were there to move into the province, and had presented a list of demands to Kurdish peshmerga commanders. Those demands included a Kurdish withdrawal from positions including the city's K1-military base and oil fields.
"The orders are to surround K1 and oil fields and stop and call on the Kurdish forces to retreat," said a counterterrorism officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic. "There are strict orders to avoid violence.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:25 pm to RoadTrucker
"Iraq" hasn't existed in reality since 2003 ... it's more of an idea at this point.
Expect another decade of civil war.
Expect another decade of civil war.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:27 pm to RoadTrucker
Oil you say
Hhhmmm what will the US do?
Hhhmmm what will the US do?
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:27 pm to RoadTrucker
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The confrontation puts U.S. allies on both sides of the lines.
Our interventionist policy is so fricked up
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:28 pm to RoadTrucker
Bush and co single handedly set the ME on fire for decades to come.
Worst president in the history of the republic
Worst president in the history of the republic
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:29 pm to MrLarson
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Hhhmmm what will the US do?
Send our volunteer citizen brigades to round up the illegal immigrants while the MSM continues to be distracted by the made up MUH RUSSIANS scandal.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:30 pm to RogerTheShrubber
For the record, the US has said they are against Kurdish independent state.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:30 pm to RoadTrucker
Oil prices are up 1% in Asian trading on the news.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:31 pm to LSURussian
Nice, so I should sell once US market opens?
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:31 pm to Northwestern tiger
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wwi and the collapse of the Ottoman empire single handedly set the ME on fire for decades to come.
Fify
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gavrilo princip was the Worst assassin in history
Fify. Again.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:31 pm to RoadTrucker
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What's unfolding in #Kirkuk is much bigger than Kurds vs Baghdad. Footprints of Iran all over it. Quds Forces challenging Washington.
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What's unfolding in #Kirkuk is much bigger than Kurds vs Baghdad. Footprints of Iran all over it. Quds Forces challenging Washington.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:34 pm to rds dc
So, this is a proxy war between US, Iran, Iraq vs Kurds?
Iran not wanting an independent Kurdistan is understandable, so it makes sense they are going to help the Iraq Shia.
Iran not wanting an independent Kurdistan is understandable, so it makes sense they are going to help the Iraq Shia.
This post was edited on 10/16/17 at 12:23 am
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:36 pm to RoadTrucker
quote:Sell, what? Oil?
Nice, so I should sell once US market opens?
Posted on 10/16/17 at 6:47 am to MrLarson
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Hhmmmm what will the US do
Inevitably back the wrong side and waste millions of dollars.
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