Tayfour urges Obama to prevent Iraqi Army from using force against Kurds

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfour, the leading figure of the Kurdistani Alliance called the US President Barak Obama to prevent the Iraqi Army from using force against the Kurds through taking measures to freeze the use of tanks and heavy weapons.

A statement by Tayfour’s office cited “Despite the efforts exerted by the political partners to calm down the tensions between the Central Government and Kurdistan Regional Government, however the Central Government is going on mobilizing the military forces in the disputed areas where these forces are intensifying their deployment near Kurdistan Region’s borders.”

He continued saying “We urge Obama to immediately interfere to prevent the Iraqi army from using the US weapons against the Kurdish people.”

“We also call the international community and the international organizations to support the Kurdish people and move urgently to inspect the military escalation by the Central Government to resolve the disputes in the disputed areas once and for all,” Tayfour concluded.