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January 30, 2010 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Kurdish politician says
2003 war served Iraqis’ interests
A Kurdish politician on Saturday said that all the
justifications to unseat the former regime in Iraq
have existed, noting “the 2003 war was in the
interest of the Iraqi people”. “The war mainly aimed
to liberate Iraq from this despotic dictatorial
regime (of Saddam Hussein) for the good of the Iraqi
people,” Khalid Shawani, a member of parliament from
the Kurdish Alliance (KA) bloc, told Aswat al-Iraq
news agency. Shawani’s statements came one day after
an inquiry of former British Prime Minister Tony
Blair on the involvement of his country in the 2003
Iraq war. “It was impossible to topple Saddam’s
bloody regime and the Baath Party by internal
opposition. Accordingly, the help offered by the
United States and Britain to the Iraqi people to
remove the regime should be considered as one of the
gains of democracy and a victory over autocracy and
dictatorship,” Shawani said.
President Barzani arrives
in Austria
Following his official trip of the United States,
the Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani
arrived in Austria on Friday, January 29, 2010.
During his visit, President Barzani met the
President of the United States Barack Obama, the
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, the Secretary of
Defense Robert Gates and several Congressmen in
which he discussed with them consolidation of ties
between the United States and Kurdistan Region. PUK
Media
Barzani:Iraq neighbors
interference ongoing
Iraq’s Kurdistan leader Massoud Barzani affirmed
that neighboring countries’ interference in Iraq’s
internal affairs is ongoing, noting that Iran’s
interference is almost the broadest one. In a speech
at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Barzani
said the process of excluding candidates from Iraq
Parliamentary elections is being exaggerated.
Constitution Article 7 stipulates to ban those
involved in killings and promoting Baathist ideas
from participating in the political process, Barzani
clarified. Barzani affirmed that he was not aware of
the decision to exclude candidates from elections.
"I haven't heard that Salih Mutlak has been involved
in killing people”, he added. Kurdistan leader
refused to set an alternative for Constitution
Article 140 affirming that rows with Baghdad over
oil export does not concern the Constitution but the
revenues law. alsumaria tv
Seminar on re-phrasing
Kurdish Political Rhetoric
Aiming at re-phrasing the Kurdish Political Speech
as a preparation to the Iraqi Parliamentary
Elections and to set firm mechanisms to deal with
the elections, Srinj Centre for referendums and
researches held a seminar in Chwarchra Hall in the
City of Erbil on Saturday, January 30. The KRG
minister of culture, former ministers and lawmakers,
representatives of civil society organizations, Head
of Kurdistan Journalists Union, Academics and
University teachers attended the seminar.
Norwegian delegation
concludes visit to Kurdistan
Following its visit to Kurdistan region, the
Norwegian delegation affirmed that they will do
their best to recognize Halabja Chemical bombardment
as genocide. In this regard, a member of the
delegation expressed his solidarity with Kurdish
issue said that he and other members of the
delegation did not know the scale of the devastation
, till they visited some of the places that were
subjected to chemical bombardment, and Anfal
campaigns. Bearing in mind, the Norwegian delegation
consists of several lawyers, were in Kurdistan
region at the invitation of Kurdistan ministry of
martyrs and Anfal affairs.
Asiacell sponsors concert
for National Iraqi Symphony Orchestra in Erbil
Erbil: Under its agreement with the National Iraqi
Symphony Orchestra, and in line with its commitment
to enabling Iraq to maintain the advanced artistic
standing that it has been renowned for, Asiacell,
one of the largest private Iraqi companies and the
first and only mobile telecommunications company to
provide coverage for all of Iraq, announced its
sponsorship of a classical concert performed by the
National Iraqi Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, the
9th of January, at the Peshawa Stage in the capital
city of Kurdistan, Erbil. The concert was attended
by a number of Iraqi artists, government
representatives and organizations working in Iraq,
in addition to a large crowd of music lovers and
foreign guests. Asiacell's support of the concert
confirms its interest in supporting authentic Iraqi
music, which is a symbol of Iraqi culture and
heritage, in spite of the economic and security
challenges faced by the company on a daily basis...Ameinfo
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