"Honestly, we cannot be silent over this and we cannot be silent over Arbil being a headquarters for ISIS, and Baath, and al-Qaeda and terrorist operations," Maliki said in his weekly televised address.
Maliki's relationship with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani has deteriorated amid the sectarian insurgency that has threatened to split the country. Many Sunni Muslims who fled the northern city of Mosul during the militants' offensive have ended up in Arbil.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/09/Iraq-s-Maliki-accuses-Kurds-of-hosting-ISIS.html
8/7/14
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- Iraq: ISIS seizes ex-chemical weapons facility...
- Washington had played down the threat from ISIS’ takeover of the site, saying no intact chemical weapons were there and it is impossible to use the material left there for military purposes.
The letter said the Iraqi government was thus unable to “fulfill its obligations to destroy chemical weapons,” adding that “remnants of the (country's) former chemical weapons program” are kept at the site.
“The government will resume its efforts with regards to its obligations as soon as the security situation has improved and control of the facility has been regained,” the letter said............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/09/Iraq-says-terrorists-seize-ex-chemical-arms-site.html
8/9/14
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Maliki: We Can’t Remain Silent over Kurds’ Exploiting of Crisis ...
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Maliki warned the Kurds their decision to burn bridges with Baghdad would backfire. "They (militant groups) will lose and so will their hosts, because they failed to provide an example of patriotic partnership," he said..................http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=160367&cid=23&fromval=1