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Peshmerga Colonel: Joint force formed in Jalawla
PUK Media ^ | 20 August 2011 | Unk

Posted on 08/20/2011 6:53:37 AM PDT by DJ Elliott

In a statement to PUKmedia, Colonel Nouri Abdul Karim Mustafa, Commander of the Third Battalion of the Fourth Brigade of Kurdistan Region Guards forces (The Peshmerga) , said that at 9 am on Friday morning, Border Guards Forces entered Jalawla sub- district , to form a joint force with the Iraqi army under the supervision of coalition forces.

This step is the beginning of the Peshmerga forces deployment al- Saadiya sub- district as well , and perhaps in the areas of Mandali, Qaratapa, and the Kurdish Separated Areas in Diyala province, Colonel Mustafa clarified.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: diyala; iraq; iraqiarmy; peshmerga
Notice that they are working with the IA and US in a joint format. The press has been playing this up as a confrontation - it's not. It's a re-enforcement of forces in north Diyala...
1 posted on 08/20/2011 6:53:39 AM PDT by DJ Elliott
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To: SandRat

FYI


2 posted on 08/20/2011 6:54:20 AM PDT by DJ Elliott (Montrose Toast Blog)
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