MESOP NEWS SCANDAL : US WEAPONS AGAINST KURDS ! – Peshmerga Calls for Clarification on Use of US Weapons by PMF – New interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Friday, President Barzani

Basnews English   11/11/2017 – Kurdistan – ERBIL — A Peshmerga official stated that the use of the US-provided weapons by the Iranian-backed militias (known as PMF) against Kurds has raised great concern, and the US needs to provide clarification on that.

“The use of Abrams Tanks and how they have ended up in the hands of Hashd al-Shaabi have raised significant concerns,” Halgurd Hikmat, Director of Media, Culture and National Awareness at the Peshmerga Ministry told BasNews on Saturday. The US has been called on to give clarification on the issue, Hikmat said.“We have called on the relevant US parties, particularly the US Consulate (in Erbil) and its military representatives to provide us with an explanation (on the use of US weapons by Hashd al-Shaabi against Kurdistan,” said the Peshmerga official.

In his latest interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Friday, President Barzani also stated that it was shocking to Kurds that the people designated by US as terrorists attacked Kurdistan, Hikmat said.“What surprised me a great deal was the people whom America listed them as terrorists attacked us with American weapons under the eyes of the American officers and officials,” Barzani said in the interview.“Hashd al-Shaabi has deployed large forces to Pirde town in southeast of Erbil and other front lines,” Hikmat said, asking the US to be aware of the use of the US-provided weapons against Peshmerga. www.mesop.de