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Lawmaker invites humanitarian
organizations to Kurdistan's border with Turkey
16.3.2008
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March 16, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq, --
Member of the Iraqi Slate parliamentary bloc called
on international organizations on Saturday to
maintain a presence at the borders with Turkey, to
remove explosive devices and other military
attributes left by the Turkish army that
invaded Kurdistan
area last month, under the pretext of following
Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) elements.
Safia Al-Sehail told Voices of Iraq VOI, "There is a
necessity for the Red Cross, FAO (Food and
Agriculture Organization – UN), and other
organizations that care about nature to have a
presence at the Iraqi side of the border with
Turkey."
"Animals at the protected Merga-Sor reserve went
extinct, because of the Turkish operation," Al-Sehail
said.
As the head of a parliamentary committee that has
been sent to the area to investigate the facts on
the ground, Al-Sehail said that the committee's
report,www.ekurd.net
which will be submitted
to the Iraqi parliament, government and Presidency
Council, "will include recommendations for the
government, international agencies, United Nations,
and European Union (EU) to aid those areas that have
been bombarded."
She added "We saw destroyed bridges, gardens, and
farmers that have been attacked on their lands, and
we met hundreds of displaced people due to the
Turkish invasion to some villages at Erbil and Duhok
provinces in Kurdistan region, the northern and
northeastern parts of Iraq."
"We met people who now cannot breathe easily, with
tearing up red-eyes, severe flu cases for children
and the elderly, in addition to abortion cases, all
because of the Turkish military operations," Al-Sehail
asserted.
"Samples from the area have been gathered and sent
to Iraqi laboratories for checking," Al-Sehail
noted, asserting "a report in this respect will be
issued within the coming days."
VOI
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