Iraqi MP Hanan al-Fatlawi, a member of the State of Law Coalition, demanded that the peshmerga forces hand over the weapons they had seized.
Yawar replied, “We did not seize any of the Iraqi army’s weapons. The Iraqi army left them for the terrorists after it fled and abandoned its positions. Thus, terrorists have seized them. In fact, there are no large camps for the Iraqi army next to us to take over their military equipment.”
Regarding the military equipment owned by the peshmerga forces, Yawar said, “We have the same weapons as the Iraqi army; we have light, medium and heavy weapons, with the exception of the air force equipment.” He said, “We do not have any air support as the region does not have an air force,” adding, “Since the formation of the government in Iraq in 2004, we have not received any amounts that the peshmerga forces are entitled to from the federal government, and we did not receive any salaries, arming or training equipment, or any other equipment. There is no support not only for the peshmerga forces, but also for all the security forces in the region, compared with the equipment received by the Iraqi military forces.”
The State of Law Coalition led by Maliki had accused the Kurdish forces of controlling the disputed territories following the Mosul crisis. State of Law Coalition MP Mohammed al-Sayhoud said in an interview with the Iraq News Network, “Kurdish peshmerga seized control over the disputed territories.”
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