Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Peshmerga leader wants U.S. base in Kurdistan
Kurdistan
The deputy commander of the Kurdish peshmerga, Mustafa Sayyid Qadir, said on November 27 that the Kurdish regional government wants the U.S. military to establish a permanent base in northern Iraq, the Kurdish monthly "Levin" reported in its November issue. However, he stressed that the base would not be used to confront Iran, as many people have alleged, but would "give more insurance to the protection of democracy in Iraq" and protect the Kurdish region "from any intervention that we might face". Qadir said a final decision has not been made nor has a location for the base been identified.
