Barzani, in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya's Rima Maktabi, expressed Kurdish readiness to liberate Mosul from ISIS forces. (Al Arabiya)
Exclusive: Barzani Blames Maliki For Iraq Army Collapse -- Al Arabiya
The president of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani, blamed on Monday former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the collapse of the Iraqi army in the face of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier this year.
In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya's Rima Maktabi, Barzani also said the swift collapse of the Iraqi army came after substantial years of international support to train and equip the military.
During the interview, he also said that were it not for the Peshmerga forces, the northern, oil-rich city of Kirkuk would have fallen to ISIS, which occupies almost a third of Iraq.
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My Comment: There is a lot of blame to pass around .... but yes .... Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki deserves a good chunk of it.
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