"Our principle as the government of the Kurdish province and the government of Iraq, we are agreed ... that the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan or Iraq should not be used for any attacks on neighbouring countries, whether Iran or Turkey or any other country," he said.
"We are agreed on this principle and we will make efforts to prevent our territory from being used for any assault on Iran."
"Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, told Al Jazeera Television the problem of attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose rebels use northern Iraq as a base, could not be resolved militarily.
"'We, as the government of the province of Kurdistan, will not allow our land or the land of Iraq to be used for assaults on any neighbouring state,' he said in comments aired on Sunday.
"'The PKK is not just a problem for Turkey but has caused us problems in the past .... It is not true that we are benefiting from the problem of the PKK, but our view is that since this issue cannot be solved through war we should seek a political solution,' he added in comments dubbed into Arabic."
An alliance between Turkey and Iran eh? Well looks like Brazani (leader of the province of Kurdistan) has joined in. Now we got Turkey, Iran, and Kurdistan going after PKK and PJAK.
Wait! "Barzani . . . criticised the central government in Baghdad for failing to consult the regional Kurdish government before signing an anti-terrorism deal with Turkey in September, which targeted Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq."
Add Baghdad to that. That makes four of 'em going after PKK and PJAK.
The Kurds are all brothers when the larger conflict comes into view and will stand together when all the brown stuff gets airborne. The real unknown here is what the hell are the Israelis doing here (have been for a while) in this dogfight. The don’t waste ammo on side issues and this is definitely no longer a “side issue”.