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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
13.10.2006
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Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq), October
11-12,
2006
The Turkish Army attacks on Zakho: military
sources
The Turkish army attacked a group of shepherds on
the border near Zakho on October 9th.
The source, who did not want to be named, said to
the Independent News agency, "following another
attack by the Turkish Army, the shepherds in the
area had to leave". Sleman Osman, 35 years old, said
"on Friday we were tipped off about the Turkish
army's attack, which was near the village of
Tribransh on the boarder."
"We lost 10-20 Lambs and goats and fearing another
attack, we left the area," he added.
Muhammmed Salih Khalil, another shepherd said "the
Turkish army bombarded our area without any reason."
However, Turkey claims that it is pursing militants
from the outlawed PKK, a Kurdish political
organization from Turkey. Last month according to
orders from the Iraqi government all branches of the
PKK, in Iraq, were closed down.
Immigrant wave continues
From the start of 2006 until now, 103 families have
been homeless in the town of Kifri, south of
Sulaimaniyah.
Over 1,393 Kurd, Arab and Turkman families from the
middle and the south of Iraq have become refugees in
the Garmiyan region, south of Sulaimaniyah, due to
the lack of security in their areas, local media
reported.
According to statistics, in 1,290 families came to
the districts of Kalar and Rzgari; 68 Arab families
settled in Kalar and 19 families settled in Rzgari.
Also, 1,176 families are Kurdish, and 293 of them
are from Iran. They come from Altash refugee camp iN
Rumadi built by the former regime of Saddam Hussein
for the Kurds who fled Iran after the 1979 Islamic
revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini.
From the start of 2006 until now, 103 families have
been homeless in the town of Kifri, south of
Sulaimaniyah, 17 of them Arab and five of them
Turkman, with the Kurdish refugee families being
originally from Kifri. Many Arabs came to the area
without any families to find jobs as laborers.
The families have all been registered with the
government office. They have been given
accommodation dossiers and bond. Some have been
assisted by non-profit organizations.
The Iraqi parliament to create supervising
committee for Kirkuk
Article 140 in the Iraqi constitution sets a
three-step sketch to "normalize the situation in
disputed areas" that underwent Arabization policy by
the former regime of Saddam Hussein.
Muhsin Saadun, a member of the Iraqi parliament for
the Kurdistan Alliance list announced that "on
Saturday the Iraqi parliament considered the
possibility of creating a parliamentary committee
for supervising the stability of Kirkuk and the
implementation of article 140 of the Iraqi
constitution." "The committee will consist of 20
members and will be a temporary one," Saadun said.
Concerning security in Kirkuk he added, "The
committee have not yet begun its work."
Article 140 in the Iraqi constitution sets a
three-step sketch to "normalize the situation in
disputed areas" that underwent Arabization policy by
the former regime of Saddam Hussein.
However, despite the adoption of the new
constitution last year, the implementation of
article 140 has been a point of conflict between
Kurdish and Arab lawmakers. Kurds seek to undo the
Arabization policy.
Arab lawmakers fear the control of Kirkuk will lead
to the division of Iraq while Kurdish figures argue
that the Arabs are attempting to maintain the
Arabization program.
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