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Kurdistan forms government as President calls veterans to arms

As Kurdistan inaugurated its new Cabinet, President Barzani called retired Peshmerga to re-enlist and help defend the region's southern border against insurgents.
KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani at a press conference in Erbil on May 1, 2013. (SOURCE: krg.org)

ERBIL - The Cabinet of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was inaugurated in Parliament on Wednesday, as the region’s President called up veterans to bolster the region’s border against a rise of insurgent violence to the south.

"Today we announce the formation of the government in complicated circumstances," said KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.

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