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Defending Iraq's Religious Minorities
6.9.2007
By Qubad Talabani - Letter to the editor
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September 6, 2007
Regarding Nina Shea's Aug. 27 op-ed, "Iraq's
Endangered Minorities":
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (KRG)
strongly condemned the bombings last month of
two Kurdish Yazidi villages.
It is important to note, however, that these
bombings took place in an area of the country
administered by the central government of Iraq, not
by the KRG.
Furthermore, the Kurdish leadership in Baghdad has
long been a champion of the rights of non-Muslim
minorities in Iraq.
That is why that leadership ensured the protection
of those rights in Iraq's permanent constitution.
However, as a result of religious persecution in
many parts of Iraq, Christians have fled their homes
and have sought safety in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Iraq's Christians deserve a secure home, which is
why Kurds have opened their towns and cities to
ensure their protection. |
Qubad Talabani is representative of the Kurdistan
Regional Government (KRG) to the United States |
Moreover, the KRG, a
pluralist government in which Christians head key
ministries, does not oppose the creation of a
"Nineveh province," as Ms. Shea claimed.
The KRG has a deep moral commitment to preventing a
"cleansing campaign" against any Iraqis. Before
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Kurds were victims of
ethnic cleansing, a crime of genocide carried out by
Saddam Hussein's regime with the awareness of the
rest of the world.
Qubad Talabani, KRG Representative to the United
States, Washington
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