MESOP : BAGDAD VIA TEHRAN = INDISPOSED ! – Baghdad indisposed Peshmerga develop into a commanding force: Barzani’s advisor
9 July 2015 – Media advisor to Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani says Iraqi central government in Baghdad is indisposed to see the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga develop into a powerful and equipped force. Kafah Mahmoud told al-Sumeriya news that the federal government suspects Peshmerga forces and thinks Kurdistan Region will secede Iraq if the Kurdish forces are armed with advanced weapons. Therefore Baghdad does not like the forces develop into a powerful force while the region is still a part of Iraq, he said.Calling the suspicion unjustifiable, Mahmoud noted Peshmerga are capable and undefeatable forces who are fighting with Iraqi forces against the militants of the Islamic State (IS).