baghdad kurdish peshmerga fighters reject warn iraqi paramilitary force withdraw strategic junction south oil-rich city kirkuk kurdish security official tell reuters sunday popular mobilisation form mainly iranian-trained shi ite group give peshmerga midnight local time 2100 gmt saturday leave position north maktab khalid junction official kurdistan regional government krg security council say position control access airbase oilfields locate region kirkuk official say city immediate surround include oilfields kurdish control clash report hour deadline resident say dozens young kurds deploy around kirkuk machine gun news warn spread krg shi ite-led central government baghdad loggerheads since kurdish independence referendum hold last month northern iraq kurdish authorities say friday send thousands troop kirkuk confront iraqi threats iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi repeatedly deny plan attack kurds popular mobilisation separate force regular army officially report abadi deploy alongside army south west kirkuk kirkuk city one million people lie outside krg territory peshmerga force deploy 2014 iraqi security force collapse face islamic state onslaught peshmerga deployment prevent kirkuk oilfields fall jihadist hand baghdad central government take series step isolate autonomous kurdish region since overwhelm vote independence referendum include ban international flight go kurds say reject iraqi warn withdraw key junction south kirkuk