Kirkuk’s Turkomen Front refuses spread of Kurdish Asayish (Security) forces in their city

KIRKUK / Awat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Turkomen Front in northern Iraq ’s city of Kirkuk has announced on Tuesday its refusal to allow what it described as “non-legal security elements, belonging to the main Kurdish Parties, in their city, in a hint to the Kurdish Asayish (Security) forces.   “The Kurdish officials in the executive and security offices in Kirkuk Province are giving different justifications to spread those elements in Kirkuk ,” the Turkomen Front stressed in a statement, copy of which dropped in IraqiNews.com news agency.   “A clear politicized campaign, is demanding the spread of Kurdish Peshmerga and Asayish forces in the so-called areas of conflict in Kirkuk,” the statement stressed, saying that “Kirkuk Governor, who we were expecting him to respect balancing and interests of everybody, is ignoring attempts to spread Asayish forces in different parts of Kirkuk.”   “The Iraqi Turkomen Front rejects the spread of the Asayish forces inside Kirkuk, demanding those, who allege respect for the Iraqi Constitution, to oblige themselves to the Constitution,” the statement said, calling on Kirkuk Governor to “listen to the voice of the street, describing the spread of those forces as hostile, and he has to open the chance for Kirkuk’s Anti-Terrorism Center, that was established recently, to carry out the security operation.”   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk , is 280 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (IT)