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Kurdish Prisons. Letter to the NY Times
Editor
10.1.2007 |
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January 10, 2007
I strongly object to “Hundreds Disappear Into the
Black Hole of the Kurdish Prison System in Iraq” (news
article, Dec. 26).
The prisoners being held in these facilities are
terrorists who have known affiliations with Al
Qaeda, Ansar al-Islam and other groups committed to
killing Americans, Kurds and Iraqis.
The rule of law is what guides our treatment of
prisoners, whatever their crimes. The article even
notes that the International Committee for the Red
Cross regularly visits the inmates and is in contact
with the Kurdish authorities.
There is no “intractable problem” accompanying
Kurdish cooperation with the United States. The
Kurds have displayed a historic and unparalleled
commitment to a democratic Iraq. Nowhere else in the
Middle East are Americans received with more warmth
and appreciation than in the Kurdistan region.
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Falah Mustafa Bakir, Kurdistan Regional Government
Director of Foreign Relations
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The United States relationship with the Kurds of
Iraq is a cornerstone for stability and democracy in
Iraq and throughout the Middle East.
Falah Mustafa Bakir
Minister and Director of
Office of Foreign Relations
Kurdistan Regional Government
Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2007
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