Tensions Mount Between Baghdad And Kurdish Region As Kurds Seize Oil Fields -- Washington Post
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Kurds seized control of two oil fields on Friday, vowing to use the oil to meet Kurdish consumption needs and raising tensions between the country’s political and ethnic factions as they struggle to form a new government.
The Kurdistan Regional Government, which governs a largely autonomous region in northern Iraq, said Kurdish forces moved into two northern oil fields Friday morning to preempt what it alleged were orders by the government in Baghdad to “sabotage” a new pipeline that would be used to export oil via Kurdish territory.
Iraq’s Oil Ministry accused the Kurds of seizing the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk area oil fields illegally, in violation of Iraq’s constitution.
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Kurdish Forces Seize Control of Two Key Iraqi Oil Fields -- WSJ
Iraq Kurds claim control of northern oilfields -- AFP
Kurdish Forces Seize Two Iraqi Oil Fields -- VOA
Major Iraqi oil fields seized by northern fighters -- CBS/AP
Iraq rift between Kurds, Baghdad heats up over oilfield takeover -- Al Bawaba
Iraq's top diplomat replaced, sources say -- CNN
My Comment: The fracturing of Iraq is now almost complete.
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