BAGHDAD, — Mahmud Othman a member of Iraqi parliament said on Sunday that Turkey and Iran are trying to set the Kurds against one another.
Othman the Kurdish Alliance MP warned that Iran and Turkey are trying to ignite a Kurdish-Kurdish war through pressing Iraqi Kurds to fight against Turkish and Iranian opposition Kurds.
Mahmud Othman MP told Aswat al-Iraq that “this matter is clear through the pressures put against Kurdish region government”.
He called both countries to solve their Kurdish questions internally through dialogue and not resorting to violence.
“It seems that peaceful choice does not satisfy both countries and their continued desire to fight against PKK and PJAK parties, while both parties have their rights in freedom “, he added.
Dr. Mahmud Othman is a Kurdish legislator, an Iraqi parliament member on the Kurdistan Alliance list.
The Iranian bombardment continued for the last two months, while the Turkish started before two weeks which led to a number of casualties and material losses in the border villages.
From August 17, Turkish jets carried out air strikes against the Kurdish guerrillas in Iraqi Kurdistan region, forcing large numbers of Kurdish citizens of those areas to desert their home villages, including an air raid that killed 7 Kurdish civilians in a village north of Kurdistan’s Sulemani city on August 21st.
The Turkish army is continuing its raids, under the pretext of chasing PKK members in the Iraqi mountains.