eNCA | Kurdish VP: Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face "Iraqi threat" CNBC Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront "threats" from Iraq's central government, the vice president of the autonomous Kurdistan region said on Friday. Tens of thousands of Kurdish soldiers were ... Kurds ready to defend oil city against Iraq Kurdistan Accuses Baghdad Of Planning Oil Field Seizure Kurds reinforce oil-rich Kirkuk amid tension with Iraq government |