North to Nineveh, Reshaping Eyeraq…..
“The long-running conflict in northern Iraq is rooted in Arab concerns following the US-led invasion that the Kurds intend to formalise the de facto annexation of disputed territories to the semi-autonomous KRG. In turn, the Kurds are wary of Arab-dominance in local politics and accuse the new provincial administration of sidelining ethnic Kurd interests. Following reports that the Kurdish boycott was moving toward the establishment of breakaway local councils, Athil al-Nujaifi, a Sunni Arab and governor of Nineveh province, made it clear any "independent" bodies would be dissolved…….He insists the Kurds "have territorial ambitions" and that their proposed new constitution for the region would see more land pass from national to KRG control…..However, Ihsan denies the Peshmerga are a threatening presence, insisting they are part of the security apparatus in northern Iraq…….” Aljazeera
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