Kurdish VP: Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face 'Iraqi threat'

2017-10-13 · English · Reuters / Cyprus Mail archive

Reuters reporting from three days before Iraqi forces took Kirkuk. Kosrat Rasul directly stated that thousands of additional Peshmerga had been deployed amid the escalating confrontation with Baghdad.

Reuters reported that tens of thousands of Peshmerga were already stationed around Kirkuk and that another 6,000 had arrived since the previous night, according to Kosrat Rasul. The report captures the rapidly escalating military situation immediately before the events of 16 October and directly records his public role in the Kurdish response.

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Kosrat Rasul's direct involvement in the Peshmerga deployment around Kirkuk immediately before the October 2017 crisis.

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