Iraq: KRG, Sunni Arabs and the Kirkuk issuenote

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is said to have plans to keep a 15000-strong US force in the disputed areas between the Kurds and the Sunni Arabs in northern Iraq, notably in the provinces of Kirkuk and Diyala. The following 352-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the reaction of the Sunni Arab tribes. It also tells what about the mediation of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr in this regard.