KRG stops Iraq troops en route to border

July 28th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

On Wednesday, soldiers from the 10th Iraqi Army division, who were dispatched from the Syrian border area of Rabiyah, were prevented from going to the disputed northern border area of Zimar by the Peshmerga 8th brigade, a top official in the Kurdish ministry responsible for the local Peshmerga security forces was reported as saying.

The official said the Iraqi troops had been sent to guard the Fishkhabur border crossing with Syria, which is located in Zimar area.

The border area is now secure due to the presence of the Peshmerga forces and border police there, the Kurdish official added.

The Peshmerga has been controlling Zimar since 1992, but its ownership is disputed between the KRG and the central government in Baghdad.

Relations between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish authorities are at a low ebb.

MHB/AZ