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Barzani charges Michael Rubin with Libel
24.1.2008
By Juan Cole - The contents of this article reflect
the author's personal opinions
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January
24, 2008
The USG Open Source Center translates a letter from
Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani
slamming the Hawlati newspaper for having published
in Kurdish an article by Neoconservative operative
Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute,
which had accused Barzani and Iraqi president Jalal
Talabani of embezzling large sums of money.
Barzani offers to give half of the money Rubin
charged him with squirreling away to Rubin if the
latter can give proof of his charges. There had been
reports that Jalal Talabani was suing Hawlati for
libel over the Rubin piece. |
Juan Cole is President of the Global Americana
Institute |
Rubin is very close to the Turkish generals in
Ankara, as part of his zeal for ensuring Turkey
remains a close ally of Israel. The Richard Perle
faction of Neoconservatives to which Rubin belongs
has had lucrative consultancy deals with Turkey.
By the way,www.ekurd.net
Rubin served in Doug
Feith's "Office of Special Plans" that played a role
in generating the 935 falsehoods on the basis of
which we went to war. The FBI has never properly
investigated his activities in that regard.
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Iraqi Kurdistan President's Office responds to
article on his wealth Hawlati
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Document Type: OSC Translated Text . . .
Iraqi Kurdistan President's Office responds to
article on his wealth
Text of report entitled: "Text of message from
President Barzani's office"; published by
independent Iraqi Kurdish newspaper Hawlati on 20
January
To the editor in-chief of Hawlati newspaper,
Honourable Kak (honorific) Abd Arif:
Greetings and regards,
Hawlati newspaper published, on 13 January 2008, in
issue No 378, a report by Michael Rubin in which he
says that (Kurdistan Region President Mas'ud)
Barzani possesses 2bn dollars and (the Iraqi
President Jalal) Talabani possesses 400m dollars.
For your information, supported and financed by the
enemies of Kurds, Michael Rubin's job in Washington
is simply to give bad image of the Kurds. Therefore,
what can you expect from somebody whose job is only
to be in opposition to the Kurds?
The publication of the report, and in such a
poisonous way, proves that you have good ties with
Rubin. Therefore, we would like you to contact him
again, in order for him to show us where the money
is and then we are ready to give you and Michael
Rubin half of the sum (1bn dollars) (original
parenthesis as published).
It is not strange when Michael Rubin attacks the
Kurdish leadership. The strange thing is your
publication of the poison he has poured out. Whom do
you serve by doing this?
(Issued by) The spokesman of President Barzani's
office
(Description of Source: Al-Sulaymaniyah Hawlati in
Sorani Kurdish -- weekly independent newspaper)
Juan Cole is President of the Global Americana
Institute
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See also
Michael Rubin’s Anti-Kurd
Polemic. By Sabah Salih 20.1.2008
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