Fri. November 20, 2009
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New York Times
November 19, 2009
Elsewhere in
Iraq,
gunmen killed four members of the
Kurdish security force, the pesh merga, in the Sangar district west of
Mosul in northern Iraq. ...
ReliefWeb (press release)
November 16, 2009
The
United Nations was following with great interest the recent rapprochement between the
Iraq army and the
Kurdish peshmerga force, facilitated by United ...
Kurdish Aspect
November 13, 2009
AINA
November 12, 2009
Neither the KRG nor the peshmerga forces have created instability in the disputed territories. On the contrary, the peshmerga have sacrificed their lives to ...
San Diego Reader
November 12, 2009
The
Kurdish peshmerga wants it and the Iraqi's want it. Another group is the Asayeesh. So now we have the a) Arab politicians in
Baghdad. b) Kurdish ...
Systems
November 12, 2009
Thomas Vandal, deputy commanding general (support), Multi-National Division-North, welcomed key leaders from both the
Iraqi Army and the
Kurdish peshmerga ...
We were on our way from Erbil to Salahaddin, when the local
peshmerga âÂÂ" the
Kurdish fighters âÂÂ" stopped us at a routine checkpoint. ...
Battles over the status of disputed areas, oil contracts and the
peshmerga army all represent a battle over central and regional authority. ...
ReliefWeb (press release)
October 27, 2009
Having largely
Kurdish forces within the
Iraqi Army still seems a good way to integrate a Pesh Merga that now totals nearly 190000 men into a smaller force ...
Kurdish Globe
October 25, 2009
National
October 24, 2009
... along the border with the
Kurdistan region, in areas which the Kurdish security force âÂÂ" the
peshmerga âÂÂ" moved into after the American invasion in 2003. ...
Alsumaria
October 24, 2009
peshmerga Forces spokesman Brigadier Jibar Yawer announced that forming a joint
Kurdish-Iraqi-US force to protect disputed regions is still awaiting the ...
niqash
October 23, 2009
However, Jabbar Elyawer, deputy-minister for
peshmerga affairs in the
Kurdistan Region, recently declared that the Kurdish government "has not requested any ...
AINA
October 23, 2009
But perhaps the most divisive issue is the presence of
Kurdish peshmerga forces -- armed fighters loyal to the KRG -- throughout northern
Iraq. ...
Jamestown Foundation
October 23, 2009
The newly elected
Sunni Arab governor Atheel al-Nujaifi insists on retaining full sovereignty over all of Ninawa, explicitly demanding that all
peshmerga ...
Irish Times
October 22, 2009
To prevent this from happening,
analysts argue that pressure should be exerted on the
Kurds to withdraw
peshmerga militiamen from areas outside the ...
St. Joseph News-Press
October 21, 2009
In
Iraq, Mr. Kerns acted as a liaison between US
military forces and the
peshmerga, a
Kurdish military force. "
peshmerga means those who face death,â Mr. ...
Globe and Mail
October 15, 2009
Rather than slowing down, however, my peshmerga driver sped up, insisting he wouldn't take orders from a member of the KDP. ...
niqash
October 12, 2009
Commenting on these fears, Mam Rustom, an old peshmerga officer and a leading personality in the Change list told Niqash that "the list will win over and ...
Brisbane Times
October 12, 2009
Even still, my windows were handily shatter-proof and, for additional comfort,
peshmerga soldiers carrying
AK-47s patrolled the grounds. ...
National
October 12, 2009
The Ninewah Brotherhood list has demanded it be given at least two principal government posts and, crucially, that
peshmerga forces, the
Kurdish army that ...
Kurdish Globe
October 10, 2009
"The central government's Ministry of
finance has removed the
peshmerga budget from the general budget, and has also allocated 11% for the provincial ...
Kurdish Globe
October 10, 2009
Ahmedi: Even if we do not reject armed struggle as a method, our peshmerga Forces are not carrying out any military operations at the moment because we ...
Kurdish Globe
October 6, 2009
Alsumaria
October 6, 2009
A
car bomb targeting a convoy of trucks carrying
peshmerga Forces wounded 30 members. Wounded were taken to a nearby hospital while 17 are still under ...
Kurdish Globe
October 5, 2009
When troops from the mostly Arab
Iraqi Army reached the
dam, they walked into a standoff with the
Kurdish peshmerga. "Both sides think the worst - the ...
Reuters India
October 5, 2009
"We don't need the
Iraqi Army here," said
Kurdish peshmerga soldier Shamok Haydi, 28, from his checkpoint outside the small, mountain-ringed town of Wana, ...
Reuters
October 5, 2009
"We don't need the
Iraqi Army here," said
Kurdish peshmerga soldier Shamok Haydi, 28, from his checkpoint outside the small, mountain-ringed town of Wana, ...
Reuters
October 5, 2009
Kurdish Aspect
October 4, 2009
... the
Iran-
Iraq border until 2003, when American Special Forces in coordination with Iraqi-
Kurdish peshmerga units, managed to force them back into Iran. ...
Kurdish Globe
October 3, 2009
Beginning his story, he says, "I was an Ayloor peshmerga." After a small pause, he adds, "Against the central government of course! ...
Alsumaria
October 3, 2009
The special committee supposed to form a joint force of US, Iraqi and
peshmerga Forces in
Mosul did not decide yet about the said proposal.
WBUR
October 3, 2009
When troops from the mostly Arab
Iraqi Army reached the
dam, they walked into a standoff with the
Kurdish peshmerga. "Both sides think the worst - the ...
Reuters
October 2, 2009
... a security vaccuum in some areas -- where neither
Iraqi soldiers nor the
Kurds' own
peshmerga force are present in force -- exploited by
Insurgents. ...
Azzaman.com
October 1, 2009
"The protesters shouted slogans against
peshmerga fighters and asked the government to have them replaced by
Iraqi troops,â a provincial sources told the ...
Middle East Report Online
October 1, 2009
Khanaqin had been patrolled by
peshmerga, the fighters loyal to
Iraq's two major
Kurdish parties, since 2003, when the
US military invited them to fill the ...
TPMCaf (blog)
September 30, 2009
This was the case because the
Kurds used their very sizeable
armed force, the
peshmerga, to maintain security. In a February 2007 interview, Major General ...
Monsters and Critics.com
September 28, 2009
... forces to replace
Kurdish peshmerga militiamen who continue to police the eastern region of the province bordering the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. ...
International Crisis Group
September 28, 2009
Financial Post
September 25, 2009
Heavily armed
Kurdish peshmerga forces have kept
Iraqi Army units from entering the disputed territories under their control. ...
