Talabani accuses Barzani critics of war-mongering
Media accusations were renewed between the Baghdad-based Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed his discontent with the statement of a prominent leader in the State of Law Coalition headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The coalition MP described KRG President Masoud Barzani as a “real danger […]Hussein Ali Dawed reports for Al-Monitor:
Media accusations were renewed between the Baghdad-based Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed his discontent with the statement of a prominent leader in the State of Law Coalition headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The coalition MP described KRG President Masoud Barzani as a “real danger to Iraq.”
Talabani said he considered these statements a “call to war.”
