First of all, Tactical report is bs.
I follow Iraqs military programs and that website makes up news which makes no sense, deals which never come to the light and useless information, from Iraq buying Rafales, Mirage 2000 to Mirage F1. Posts from 2009 even while Iraqs Minister of Defence was not even going to France to dicuss these sales. Leave that website.
That report is not BS. It's true. The same requirement applies to most European states expect for Russia. Even when Iraq bought training planes, the requirement was that a certain amount of the pilots be Kurds. In fact, the Iraqi air force commander is a Kurd, and his son is an f16 pilot, including many other Kurds. These are facts you can't hide from.
KRG waiting on the pipeline, Ive heard this from many Kurds though you realize this makes you 100% dependent on Turkey for Economic lifeline, not something you would want. Even if it finishes you really want to go independent from Iraq, say bye to 23% of central gov budget share and be dependent on Turkey for your economy ? We are talking about Turkey.. not Kurds best friend historically. its even more benefit for KRG then for Iraq to stay part of Iraq, if they leave Iraq gets much more of the central government money
First of all, Turkey needs to buy our oil/gas as much as we need to sell it. It's called a mutual understanding and off course as a landlocked region we understand these facts. We do not receive 23% of the national budget, it's supposed to be 17% but we actually received 11-13% the last time.
If we leave Iraq, Iraq will fail completely. The Shia and Sunni are way too divided, and we leave the rest will follow. There is no issue with staying in Iraq if Iraq sticks to the constitution.
About Kurds in Syria, I believe their stronghold is northeast, they control some cities here and there but that does not mean they control the route aswell, neither could we know what happens if FSA or SAA attacks them.
They control a vast region which includes borders with Turkey and Iraq and are on the offensive to increase it. So far the PYD is beating the terrorists on every turn.
If Assad retreats to Latakia region then there is still a huge way to go northeast to border the Kurdish controlled land, that suggestion does not work.
Assad and the PYD are aware of this potentials which explains why the PYD and SAA do not clash much. Off course no one can predict the outcome of this war, but this is just one of the possibilities.
KRG sells oil/gas with a large share, therefor these contracts are much more interesting to oil companies, whereas Iraq offers little to them. The reason of this was said by Barzani himself, so this company is more functioning as defence, they are selling the oil with a low price.
No that's BS spread by Shahristani to undermine the KRG. The KRG probably ends up paying the companies around 15 dollars as the companies also have to pay infrastructure tax, and the more they extract, the less they get. It's not just about security, it's also got to do with the fact that the fields in Kurdistan need exploring, they need heavy infrastructure investments and are harder to reach than the oil in Basrah. Besides Iraqs investment policy is a failure, you saw the past oil/gas bids and how low the amount of bids were, also, the oil in Basrah is all set in place, it's proven, it has the infrastructure read, which is why there is a difference in the fees being paid.