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PUK MP Mihemed Hecî Osman spoke about Erdoğan’s comments that Kurds “have no right there, they are in an occupying position” and said: “These are words of malign intent. If they are considering an invasion, here we are, they are welcome." Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Kirkuk MP in the Iraqi Parliament Mihemed Hecî Osman responded to Erdoğan’s comments that Kurds “have no right there, they are in an occupying position”. Mihemed Hecî Osman spoke to the ANF about Erdoğan’s comments and said: “These are the first words of malign intent. If they are considering an invasion, here we are,...

KIRKUK , Iraq – Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, with assistance from Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, Bastogne, 101st Airborne Division, detained 52 suspected insurgents March 24 during Operation Scorpion, a sequential cordon and search of eight villages in and around Hawijah. During the second Iraqi Brigade-led operation in as many months, Iraqi Soldiers confirmed that 24 out of the 52 detainees were on their target list, built from their own intelligence gathering. The other detainees are being held for further questioning. “This Iraqi Army Brigade has made tremendous progress in the five months we’ve...

London (KurdisMedia.com) 22 July 2005: The head of the Kirkuk city council, Rizgar Ali, strongly condemned those members of the Iraqi Assembly who visited Turkey secretly, reported the Kurdish daily Kurdistani Niwe on Tuesday. Some members of the Iraqi Assembly secretly visited Turkey and met with Turkish officials in a small town. “We, as the members of the [Kirkuk] City Council, regard this [visit] act illegal,” Ali said.