BAGHDAD, — The Iraqi Prime Minster Nuri al-Maliki says “Barzani’s speech is personal and I do not respond”. He emphasises that all of Iraqi cities including Kurdistan region should be managed under Baghdad control.
The Iraqi Prime Minister in the press conference talk about issues between Baghdad and Hewler, the capital of Kurdistan regional government, he threatened that he is entitled to know about all the Kurdistan region activities and he will not respond to Kurdistan President.
Political analysts believe that it is impossible for the Kurds to let the central government run their local affairs owing to the facts the Kurds experienced genocide of Anfal in which more than 182,000 civilian Kurds lost their lives under the former Iraqi regime.
The fact that the Kurds have experienced genocide makes the Kurdish claim to self-determination an objective reality.