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  • Kurdish flag controversy raises tension as KRG redirects oil export

    10/23/2011 3:47:56 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 11 replies · 2+ views
    Kurdishaspect.com ^ | October 17, 2011 | Shwan Zulal
    Tension between Baghdad and Kurdistan region has reached its peak since the Iraqi PM, Nuri AL-Maliki ordered the removal of Kurdish flags from government buildings in Khanaqin in Diyala province, which is in the disputed territories defined under Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution. Since the directive was issues by the Iraqi PM, many protests in Diyala province and elsewhere in Kurdistan region have taken place... The head of Diyala province also refused to comply with the order from the PM to remove the Kurdish flag from government buildings. The focal point of the incident was in Khanaqin, in an...