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Baghdad gov wants it all back, I don't know what they'll do I just get info from the internet like you all

ISF is deployed West of Kirkuk city near K1 base, Pesh doesn't have the ability to really stop it

Every demand is made in steps as to appear reasonable, even when the law is fully on your side due to the positive western image of Kurds. Abadi kept quiet about all of this before IS was defeated in the north. Which makes them weaker in other area's such as the Nineveh plains, ISF could pull...

The six points Abadi and the PMU force are demanding of the PUK are: hand over Kirkuk airport, hand over K-1 military base, hand over all oil fields, hand over all ISIS militants held by the Peshmerga, allow the return of the Iraqi army to all places where they were stationed before ISIS, remove...

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US makes statements that point out they are not going to take any sides, they have too much stake in Baghdad/rest of Iraq to lose it for Kurdish interests, why would the US care if the ISF moves into Kirkuk. I don't think Baghdad wants to go further than area's they deem theirs, but the PMU is...

Yes that's the PMU and Federal Police, they overrun a Pesh HQ and Peshmerga ran away, isn't that a hoot All of this is a small number of PMU elements deciding to overrun KRG area's and it already works, like I said it's far easier than combatting IS.

KRG officials are crying to USA Except daddy USA is with Baghdad

Good source, although outskirts is a vague term. Abadi always states that the ISF will not attack KRG, which is true.. They will not attack the KRG, Abadi states he seeks to return ISF presence in Kirkuk. The Pesh will be deciding whether it attacks the ISF or not. For this to succeed the ISF...

Definitely something ongoing though, all this right after all of Hawija has been liberated.

it's actually not striking, Baghdad wants to return ISF presence to Kirkuk which is lawful. If Peshmerga decide to respond to such a move with aggression then KRG is the aggressor, Abadi has been doing a lot to make this known to world leaders to put Baghdad on the good side which is the case...

I don't know if it's related to KRG Army 9th division (armored division which has Abrams tanks as well) handed over control of some towns to PMU and moves up north towards Kirkuk city.

http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/army-downs-peshmerga-drone-in-northern-iraq-military-source/933826 The Iraqi army has downed a drone belonging to Kurdish Peshmerga forces -- loyal to the Erbil-based Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) -- in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, an army officer said...

Greater unity is what should be worked towards, not further segmentation. Whilst there may be differences amongst people, Arabs too in this case. We can ensure that they feel part of such a larger nation, the mountain Arabs(Kurds) of Syria and Iraq can be taught like all of us can drop...

Which? You mean Saudi? Cause the other gulf states are small, not sure what they want to partition in such small countries. Either way I said it before, there is no Sunni-Shia division in Iraq to the point where they start seeking their own state, there is not motivation for that as both claim...

Must not talk

They'll buy more jets too? Congratulations though, I like the air force too.. F-15 is my fav.

Everything goes in steps, when ISF was still busy in Mosul Abadi didn't say anything about KRG expansion operations in Nineveh as it would not be in our interests to divert the attention and give the KRG a reason to be an obstacle to the ISF during those times. Now all of that is retaken, Hawija...

Pentagon stops paying peshmerga salaries amid Kurdish independence backlash The US government has stopped paying Kurdish peshmerga fighters’ salaries after a yearlong agreement expired over the summer, and there are no current plans to renew it. Under the deal negotiated by the Barack Obama...