Asked to comment on an earlier statement by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that ''they did not want any Turkish soldiers in Iraq'', Kanbar said the minister's words perhaps referred to the country's Kurdish north.
Zamoljen da prokomentariše raniju izjavu iračkog ministra inostranih poslova Hosijara Zebarija da «oni ne žele bilo kakve turske vojnike u Iraku», Kanbar je rekao da se njegova izjava verovatno odnosila na severni deo zemlje u kojem žive Kurdi.