Baghdad/Erbil- The past days have witnessed a sharp escalation in the tension between Baghdad and the region Iraqi KurdistanAfter a series of attacks with “unidentified” “unidentified” attacks targeting separate areas of the region, especially near Erbil.
These three governorate attacks in Kurdistan were affected, the first occurred near the brigade headquarters 70Peshmerga In Sulaymaniyah, the second is a school in a camp for the displaced in the independent administration of Zakho, and the third targeted the headquarters of the “International Alliance” at Erbil International Airport without causing material damage.
The Ministry of Interior of the Region issued a statement in which it clarified that the plane crashed last Thursday in a remote area near Erbil, accusing some factions of the popular crowd of carrying out these attacks with the aim of “provoking chaos and destabilizing the region.”
The accusation of an official Iraqi security establishment, which was rejected, condemned, and not allowed under any pretext, especially since it was issued with the absence of the evidence that we demand to be submitted, if any, to the official government agencies.
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Accusation
At the same time, the ministry denied the validity of Iranian media reports that talked about targeting an Israeli headquarters in ErbilStressing that there is no headquarters of this kind in Kurdistan and the description of these news that it is “unfounded.”
For its part, the regional government demanded the Baghdad authorities to assume their responsibility and take legal measures against the executing authorities, considering the repetition of these operations “a clear violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a threat to the security of Kurdistan andIraq generally”.
On the other hand, the federal government in Baghdad was quick to confirm its rejection of the accusations made by the Kurdistan authorities to forces. The popular crowd By standing behind this attack.
The media office of the Iraqi Prime Minister stressed Muhammad Shi’a Al -SudaniThrough the platform “X“The accusations” are rejected, condemned and not allowed under any pretext. “
He stressed that the federal government “has not and will not compliment at the expense of the people of one Iraq and their security. It will not hesitate to take strict legal measures against any party trying to prejudice stability or breach of security throughout Iraq.”
It was not hours until the Kurdistan Ministry of Interior issued another statement in which it accused the Iraqi government of dismissing its responsibility for the ongoing attacks “years ago” against the region, specifically the city of Erbil, “despite the knowledge of the executing authorities and sources of missile launch and running aircraft.”
She also accused her of covering up the perpetrators of the attacks, noting joint investigative committees whose results were not announced to public opinion, despite the availability of evidence, stressing that protecting citizens and sovereignty is one of the priorities of all governments.
External round
In a statement to Al-Jazeera Net, the first team and the military and security expert Jabbar Yawar explained that the continuation of the attacks comes within the Iranian-Israeli conflict, and is carried out by armed groups known as “”Islamic Resistance in Iraq“It is likely that there is an indirect Iranian role.
Yaur said that there is an urgent need to form a joint committee of technical, military and media experts from Baghdad and Erbil to investigate the type of aircraft and its sources and the entities that they sent, stressing the absence of such a committee or any official clarifications so far.
According to Layoor, despite the absence of conclusive evidence, the trend of flights of aircraft, their falling sites and their types indicates that they carry the fingerprints of groups that previously targeted the bases and headquarters of the international coalition forces in the region. He considered that “the silence” of Baghdad is linked to the regional situation, as it does not want to turn these parties into direct goals in the future.
For his part, retired Major General Imad Alou, Director of the “Accreditation Center for Military Studies”, confirmed that the escalation and military attacks with enlightenings are on targets within the Kurdistan region and outside, comes after the end of the armed confrontation period between Tehran and Tel Aviv, and “an attempt by unannounced parties to drag Iraq to the affection of this armed confrontation, and to keep it an open arena to liquidate accounts and conflicts, especially between Iran, especially between Iran, especially between Iran, especially between Iran And Israel.
In the opinion of Alle, in an interview with Al -Jazeera Net, there is tension in the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil against the background of a number of files, including the salary file and attacks that some sites in Kurdistan were exposed to drones.
He stressed that these developments come in the context of attacks targeting military sites and radars, including a department hosting American and other international coalition forces, which caused damage to some radars.
Blinking and ambiguity
On the other hand, the retired Major General drew up to use Passionate planes And Katyusha rockets in these attacks, and that the pictures indicate that these weapons have recently entered Iraq, and they are – with his belief – are still blurry and ambiguity.
He said that the data issued by the military authorities and officials did not indicate clearly to the party behind these attacks, pointing out that its style is similar to that which was followed by the “Zionist intelligence” when attacking targets inside Iran using the drones and missiles.
He stressed that the continuation of what was described as the inauguration of these data raises concern and concerns with the Iraqi street, which is concerned about the extension of the state of confrontation and the use of weapons with great destruction to targeting sites inside Iraqi lands, and “thus some will go victims to these confrontations that Iraq has no income at this stage at least.”
According to him, the truth that must be stands is that the weapons used, whether missiles or the aircraft, are weapons with short medication that do not exceed 10 kilometers, and this means that they were fired from inside Iraqi territory.
He stressed that the security services are responsible for chasing and pursuing the parties that have carried out these actions that violate security and stability in the Iraqi interior “to spare the country any involvement in conflicts that are not a party in it.”
Alle said that they are waiting for the results of the investigative committees that were formed by the joint operations leadership to clarify the truth of what is happening, and who are the parties behind these attacks that may “push the state of security and internal stability in Iraq to sites we do not want.”
He warned against “using weapons in electoral conflicts” as political forces are ready to enter the legislative elections next November.