Iraq: Maliki, KRG and the Peshmerga forces in Kirkuknote

The new military reinforcements of the Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk in northern Iraq are said to have not received the approval of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki, as the Kurds tell. The following 384-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the reaction of Al-Maliki. It also tells whether the Kurdish move will affect the agreement on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) oil contracts or not.