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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
23.3.2008
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March 23, 2008 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
PUK Politburo Condemns Qamashli Incident
The official Spokesman of the PUK Politburo, Mala
Bakhtiyar, released a statement regarding the
Qamashli incident; the following is the full text:
Unfortunately once again Qamashli became a scene of
an unrighteous bloodshed against a nation that even
has not the right to celebrate its national Day,
while we were expecting that the perpetrators who
were behind the killings of the previous year’s be
brought to justice and the President of Syria
Republic not to let such incidents to occur,
unfortunately the Nawroz ceremony this year also
became a bloody celebration.
The PUK Politburo while condemning this crime
committed against the innocent people of Qamashli,
at the same time asks to bring perpetrators to
justice. The public opinion all over the world, UN,
Human Rights Organizations to play their role so
that this crime as the previous crimes which were
committed against the innocent Kurdish people of
Syria might not to be repeated.
The PUK Politburo directs salutations and glory to
the resting place of those martyrs who became the
victims of Nawroz and liberty, also hopes the
wounded to recover soon.
20th Anniversary of Bombarding Sewsenan Area
Commemorated
On Saturday, the 20th anniversary of bombarding
Sewsenan area with chemical weapons by the ousted
Baath regime was commemorated during a ceremony in
Karadagh district near Sulaimani sin attendance of
Iraq’s first lady, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, and other
senior officials.
The chemical attack against the area in 1988
resulted in 70 casualties.
Speeches of Kurdistan national assembly, PUK, KDP
and KCP, were read during the ceremony.
President Barzani: We Strongly Support Iraqi-US
Agreement
In an exclusive statement to al-Hayat newspaper,
Massoud Barzani, the president of Kurdistan Region,
said that it’s important for Iraqis to do their best
to achieve National Reconciliation in order to widen
public participation which leads to completion of
building the Unified Democratic State in all its
military, security and political aspects.
“US Forces quick withdrawal decision or redeployment
is a US will and reflects its interests, according
to this, I think that taking such a decision before
securing Iraq against any threats may have bad
effects on the US interests and the US
administration should consider that. We strongly
support signing a strategic agreement between Iraq
and US to set the collaboration bases between them”,
Barzani said concerning US Forces deployed in Iraq.
Massoud Barzani also said” The stability of
Kurdistan Region, from an Iraqi Patriotic point of
view is a victory for the democratic political
process and a motive to accomplish what have not
done yet.”
Presidency of Kurdistan Region Condemn Qameshli
Incident
Reports from the Kurdish city of Qameshli, near the
Turkish border about 700km north of Damascus, say
the Syrian security forces have shot dead three
Kurds celebrating the Nawroz celebration, the
Kurdish New Year.
Regarding that the Presidency of the Kurdistan
Region issued a statement, the following is the full
text:
News reported from Qameshli confirm that the Syrian
security forces fired Kurdish people who were
calibrating the Nawroz ceremony and consequently
three Kurds martyred and several others wounded, we
severely condemn the crime that innocent civilians
to be shot while calibrating the Kurdish New Year.
Those celebrating people did not commit any guilt
other than they are celebrating their national day.
But we cannot be remain silent against that savage
action against Human Rights and killing over their
national identity, we ask Mr. Basher al-Assad,
President of the Arabic Republic of Syria, to
interfere so that the crime not to be repeated and
investigations to be carried out to identify the
perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
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