Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee: The percentage of Kurds in the Iraqi army is less than

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[size=52]Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee: The percentage of Kurds in the Iraqi army is less than 2%[/size]

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The deputy head of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Skfan Youssef, announced that the percentage of Kurds in the Iraqi army is less than 2%, while the percentage of Kurdish officers is less than that, noting that this percentage is 1% in the security services.[/size]
[size=45]On Wednesday (January 11, 2023), the deputy head of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Skfan Youssef, said that “the percentage of Kurds in the Iraqi army is very small,” stressing the need to “work towards rebalancing by increasing the percentage of Kurds in particular, especially since The percentage of Kurdish officers in the Iraqi army is less than that.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the percentage of Kurds in the Iraqi intelligence and security services, Skafan Youssef explained that “the percentage of Kurds in the other intelligence and security agencies is 1%.”[/size]
[size=45]He noted the need to work to raise the percentage of Kurds in the Iraqi army to 14% to fit the percentage of the population of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, which is 14%.[/size]
[size=45]Skafan Youssef, stated that “work was carried out in the past to systematically reduce the percentage of Kurds in the army and security institutions, and the positions of the Kurds in the army and security institutions were taken away from them,” adding: “A good number of Kurds can be seen in camps and training and rehabilitation centers in different places From Iraq, especially in Baghdad, recently.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the positions of the Kurds in Iraq in general, the deputy head of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee said, “There are about 380 positions of the share of the Kurds in Iraq, including military positions,” noting that “200 of them are still vacant, including the position of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior and other positions.” In the security and intelligence services, and the position of chief of staff of the army should be for the Kurds as well.[/size]
[size=45]Babiker Zebari held the position of Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army until the end of 2014, but the former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi decided to refer him to retirement, and the position has not returned to the Kurds since then.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan participated in the government of Muhammad Shia al-Sudani on several conditions, including resolving budget and salary issues and arming the Peshmerga forces, which are part of the Iraqi defense system after 2003, without the Iraqi government paying any attention to them.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, here on (January 6, 2023), celebrated the Iraqi army on the anniversary of its founding, stressing that his government will continue to work to strengthen the role of the armed forces of all kinds, and to achieve technological and field development for its combat weapons.[/size]
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