Continued presence of US combat troops in Kerkuk is illegal and unconstitutional

Tahsin Mohammed Kahiya, who represents the Turkman Islamic Alliance in the Kirkuk governing council said that the continued presence of US combat troops in the city past 2011 would violate the terms of the US-Iraqi agreement covering the continued US presence in the country.

'The US commander's (reported) suggestion of maintaining a US combat brigade in Kirkuk after the US withdrawal from other areas is illegal and unconstitutional,' he told dpa.
'Keeping US troops in the city is not under his authority, but under that of the parliament and the elected government,' Kahiya said, adding that he believed Iraqi security forces were up to the job.

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