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COPENHAGEN, Nov
28 (AFP) - A Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament
has been awarded the Freedom Prize bestowed by
Denmark's ruling Liberal Party, organizers said on
Monday.
Samia Aziz Mohammad, 58, a former refugee in Denmark
and a holder of a Danish passport, won the prize for
her "freedom ideals" and for having "chosen to leave
her very safe life in Denmark to return to a life of
uncertainty in Iraq", according to head of the jury
Carl Holst.
In her speech at the prize ceremony on Saturday, the
laureate, who has been a member of the Iraqi
parliament since the country's January elections,
thanked "the Danish troops who are supporting us and
contributing to the establishment of peace and
democracy".
Denmark, one of Washington's staunchest supporters
in Iraq, has some 530 troops stationed in the
country, mainly in the south under British command.
Last year's Freedom Prize went to Dutch member of
parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who wrote the screenplay
for slain filmmaker Theo Van Gogh's film
"Submission".
AFP
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