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Kurds promote Kurdistan in America
27.7.2006
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, Journalist, Netherlands |
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The Kurdistan
Development Corporation has just launched a public
relations and advertising campaign – thanking the
United States and Coalition Partners for the
military effort that liberated the people of
South-Kurdistan from the ravages of Saddam Hussein.
The campaign includes a significant purchase of
national TV advertisements, print advertising in
addition to public appearances and news conferences
in major American cities.
The campaign is titled, “The Other Iraq,” and is
named such to distinguish the public perception of
Iraq (*Kurdistan) as a violent and dangerous place
with the more prosperous and peaceful Kurdistan
Region in Iraq.
The Kurdish region of Iraq has been peaceful and
prosperous since Coalition forces liberated the
region in the first Gulf War and established the
“no-fly zone” to protect the Kurds from further
assaults by Saddam Hussein. Not one American or
Coalition soldier has been kidnapped or killed in
the Iraqi Kurdistan region since Operation Iraqi
Freedom began.
Travelling to the United States to spearhead the
campaign is Ms. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan
Regional Government High Representative to the UK
and Chairman of Kurdistan Development Corporation.
Ms. Rahman will be travelling to Washington DC,
California, and other states to thank the American
people, and speak to them about the favourable
conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan, and to encourage
American businesses to invest in Iraqi Kurdistan –
the role model for a brighter future for all of
Iraq.
On Thursday, July 27th, representatives from Iraqi
Kurdistan will meet with a delegation of "Gold Star
Families" - family members who lost a son or
daughter fighting the war against terrorism. The
message from the Iraqi Kurds to these American
families: "THANK YOU"
This important event will take place at the historic
Fior d'Italia restaurant in San Francisco and is
part of the national tour by the Iraqi Kurdistan
delegation to send the message to the people of the
United States that they wish to say, “Thank You
America” for the liberation of their region from the
oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein.
Attending the luncheon will be family members who
lost a child in the war in Iraq as well as members
of the news media. Today, the Washington Post
reported on the efforts by the Iraqi Kurds in a news
article titled, "The
Iraq We Haven't Seen.".
The Kurdistan Development Corporation hopes to build
stronger bonds between the people of the United
States and Iraqi Kurdistan to encourage greater
levels of trade & commerce.
The TV ads and other information on South-Kurdistan
and “The Other Iraq” campaign are available on the
website:
www.TheOtherIraq.com . At the website you can
view the three TV ads that have been produced, in
addition to a documentary about the Kurdistan Region
that will be distributed throughout the United
States and Europe.
http://vladimirkurdistan blogspot.com
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