Kurds Propose Kurdish Security Role for Baghdad Road

[Rumtaya]

(ASO) -- Kurdistan Alliance proposes peshmerga security role for Baghdad road The Kurdistan Alliance in the Iraqi Assembly asked the Iraqi National Assembly and the Ministry of Defence to improve the security situation of the main roads that connect the Kurdistan region to Baghdad. Failing to do that the peshmerga forces should be tasked to protect the roads that connect the Kurdistan region to Baghdad. The Kurdistan Alliance said the peshmerga forces were ready to carry out this task.

Nasrullah Surchi, Kurdish member of the Iraqi National Assembly, told Aso newspaper that the Kurdistan Alliance had presented a memorandum to the Iraqi National Assembly in which they demanded that the Iraqi Ministry of Defence should protect the main roads that connect the Kurdistan region to Baghdad, such as the roads via Uzaym-Mosul-Tikrit. He said incidents of terrorism and theft had been carried out against travellers, trades people and officials.

Surchi also said the memorandum, which was signed by many MPs from other factions, demanded that if the Iraqi government did not protect the roads, the responsibility of the protection of the roads should be handed over to the Kurdistan regional government and the Peshmerga forces. Surji added: Peshmerga forces are ready to take over responsibility for this task.

[tomjez]

well roads in kurdistan looked totally safed to me, event north of mossoul

but I think that it is a pity that young kurds should like for arabs

[Vladimir]

I think it's only done, because Barzani and Talabani drive sometimes over that shitty road to Iraq. But I think the Arabs will refuse, they are scared the peshmerga's drive with Kurdish flags through Bagdad.