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Kurdistan government dispatches relief
assistance to Mosul
28.1.2008
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January 28, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq', --
Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) sent
humanitarian assistance to Mosul city, where a
powerful blast on Wednesday left scores of
casualties, Erbil governor said.
"This morning, the regional government sent
humanitarian assistance, including medicines and
necessary household requirements to Ninewa province
to be distributed to the victims of the terrorist
attack that tore through the city a few days ago,"
Governor Nozad Hadi, who supervised the dispatch of
the assistance, said in a press release on Sunday.
"The assistance sends a message to the terrorists
that the region is standing by Mosul residents in
their fight against terror," Hadi added.
Kurdistan Prime Minister
condemns Mosul
terrorist attack, "We strongly condemn these
terrorist attacks and reiterate our offer of
assistance to the citizens and administration of
Mosul,www.ekurd.net
which is outside the
Kurdistan Region, to combat the terrorist threat and
ensure stability and security" he said.
The Ninewa provincial council chief said on Thursday
that the Zanjili bombing, which ripped through
western Mosul on Wednesday afternoon, left 36
civilians killed and 169 others wounded.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405
km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
VOI
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