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Turkmen trouble in Kirkuk
12.10.2006
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, Journalist, Netherlands
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Five committee members, who are responsible for to
execute article 140, came to governorship hall in
Kirkuk for checking application process of the
article on Tuesday, October 10, 2006.
The delegation was protested by a Turcoman MP Ali
Mahdi who claimed that they were trying to genocide
against Turcoman.
Article 140 sketches a three-step plan to remove
traces of the Arabization policy of the regime of
former president Saddam Hussein.
The constitution now provides for a census followed
by a referendum on the fate of the province, after
normalizing the situation. This referendum will take
place in 2007. |
Vladimir van Wilgenburg, Journalist, Netherlands |
The Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITC), a Turkmen group with
close ties to the Turkish government, has reported
that Kirkuk council member Ali Mehdi was physically
attacked by security personnel when he tried to
raise a sign at the Kirkuk governorate building that
condemned the Normalization Commission of Kirkuk,
the government body established to address the
aftermath of past Arabisation campaigns in the
province.
The Kurdish website, peyamner.com, on Tuesday stated
that Mehdi attempted to create chaos and not
allowing the meeting of the Normalisation Committee
to go ahead.
Mehdi, a Turkmen member of the Kirkuk council, was
escorted out of the governorate building and denied
his request to speak to Iraqi Justice Minister,
Hashim al-Shibli, who was visiting Kirkuk in his
capacity as Chairman of the Normalization Commission
of Kirkuk. Footage of this incident was broadcast on
the ITC’s satellite channel, Turkmeneli TV.
The footage can also be found on Youtube. Today
Turkmens protested against the removal of the
Turkmen politician.
Some representatives of non-Kurdish groups in Kirkuk
believe that Article 140 supports only Kurdish
interests. Kurds don't agree with this claim.
http://vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com
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