Kirkuk’s asayesh deputy chief escapes attempt with IED

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: The deputy chief of the Kirkuk’s Kurdish security forces asayesh survived an attempt on his life with an improvised explosive device (IED) that targeted his motorcade in the western part of the city on Friday, according to an asayesh information official. “Col. Salar Khalid, the deputy chief of asayesh , escaped an assassination attempt on Friday when an IED went off near his motorcade in western Kirkuk,” Firhad Hama told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The blast caused damage to two vehicles of the motorcade but no casualties were reported,” he added, not giving further details about the incident. Asayesh or Asayish (Kurdish for security) is a Kurdish organization, created in September 1993. It is referred to as “intelligence agency”, “security force”, “security service”, “security police”, “secret service”, “secret police”, or just “Kurdish police.” It is related to Iraqi Kurdistan region President Massoud Barazani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). It acts under the command of the Kurdish National Assembly and the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). AmR (P) 1