The Assyrian International News Agency reports that Kurdish pesh merga fighters are occupying hundreds of Assyrian villages overtaken on their way to the cities of Kirkuk and Mosul after the fall of the Baghdad regime. AINA also reports that acts of violence against Assyrian individuals have been committed by armed Kurds in Kirkuk. United States forces are reportedly attempting to disarm Kurdish soldiers that have tried to take control of Kirkuk, Mosul and other towns. Assyrians are calling for the complete withdrawal of Kurdish factions from these towns, as the first step toward the establishment of a
