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London - Abdel Rahman Mustafa Fattah has been
strongly-worded in his criticism of the Iraqi
government, as it did not settle the issue of Kirkuk,
including the return of the Kurds, who were deported
from the city and deporting the Arab families
brought by Saddam Hussein's regime to Kirkuk within
the operation of changing it to an Arab province.
This legal criticism has been supported by Nouri
Talebani, member of the Kurdish parliament, who
confirmed that the interim state administration code
has set a solution for the problems confronting
Kirkuk, but the "issue has not been solved due to
the delay on behalf of the government in executing
the law."
In the British capital of London, politicians and
academics have met in a conference on the history of
Kirkuk and its future to discuss the available means
for solving the problems regarding the identity of
Kirkuk, the destiny of the deported Kurdish and
Turkmen and the Arab comers.
The major pivot of the conference has been the means
of applying Article 58 of the Iraqi interim state
administration code, which stated the return of the
coming families, which are not originally from the
city, to their former cities and the return those
deported from Kirkuk. Kirkuk governor has apologized
fro not attending the conference. Nevertheless, his
speech was delivered on his behalf. He said, "No
practical steps have been taken for the execution of
this article, despite the urgent demands of Kirkuk
residents, in this regard. The execution of the
article has entered a crucial stage."
Kirkuk Support Organization, which was founded two
years ago, has organized a conference (Historical
Facts and Best Solution for Kirkuk Issue), which
aims at sending recommendations to the Iraqi
government and Kurdistan regional government for the
execution of the provisions of article 58, which was
included in the Iraqi constitution draft (Article
149).
The two major Kurdish parties (the National
Kurdistani Party and the Kurdistani Democratic
Party) have delivered two speeches in the
conference, stressing their adherence to the Kurdism
of Kirkuk, which is considered as a mini-Iraq, as it
includes all the races and religions that exist in
Iraq.
Al Sharq Al Awsat
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