Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
Written by on August 2nd, 2008 in Latest News.
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen staged a demonstration Saturday to protest calls by Kurds to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to their autonomous region as Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to defuse tension over the disputed city.
Iraqi lawmakers are to meet Sunday in a special se…
Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back
