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March
17, 2010 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
22 Kurdish refugees rend
protest letter to KRG
London: Twenty two Kurdish refugees have sent a
letter of protest on their deportation from the UK
to both the President of Kurdistan and the President
of Iraq. In their letter they have criticised the
response and the position of the KRG on their
deportation from the UK. In addition, they have
asked the KRG if they, or the Iraqi authorities,
have any hidden agenda with the UK on these issues
and have asked for a response from the two main
leaders, both of whom are Kurds. They urged the KRG
not facilitate such a move and operation and not to
cooperate with the British government. kurdmedia com
Barzani urges UAE companies
to invest in Kurdistan
Erbil: President of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Massoud
Barzani, urged UAE companies to invest in the
Kurdistan region, a presidential statement said on
Tuesday. “Barzani received on Tuesday (March 16) at
the Salah el-Din resort in Arbil the Ambassador of
the UAE to Iraq, Sheikh Abdullah Ibrahim,” said the
statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The president asserted that the Kurdistan’s
government supports boosting political and economic
relations with the UAE,” the statement added. He
called upon the UAE to come and invest in the
region. The ambassador said that his country is keen
to boost relations with the region, conveying a
message from his foreign minister on ways of
bolstering bilateral ties, the statement said.
aswataliraq info
PUK prepared to talk with
opposition
Sulaimaniyah: PUK-member Imad Ahmed told Hawlati
that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is prepared to
talk with its rival Change list for forming an
alliance in the Iraqi parliament. Ahmed says that
the Kurdistan Alliance is prepared for a possible
alliance with the Change list movement in the Iraqi
parliament. "The Kurdistan Alliance is open to
understanding and an alliance with all Kurdish
political parties and groups. We are also prepared
to cooperate with the Change list." Imad Ahmed
thinks that cooperation in Baghdad is in the benefit
of the common interests of the Kurdish people.
"That’s how we think about it as the PUK." rudaw net
Kurdish MPs will visit UK
parliament
Erbil: A delegation left on Monday evening to the
UK, to learn more from the British parliament. The
Kurdish delegation will include MPs of both the
Kurdish opposition and the ruling parties KDP and
PUK. Change list MP, Nariman Abdullah, said that 'we
have been officially invited by the British
parliament. The visit is meant to get more knowledge
about parliamentary affairs in the UK." The
delegation will include 9 Kurdish MPs and officials
who work at the parliament. rudaw net
Iran bans Halabja
commemoration
On March 16th Kurds will come together to
commemorate the anniversary of the Halabja poison
gas attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, in which 5,000 people
were killed. Iran banned the commemoration in the
city of Sardast. The local Security Council in
Qelatereshe in Serdesht banned a Halabja
commemoration on 15 March. The authorities said that
everybody who participated in the memorial would be
arrested. Halabja remains the largest chemical
weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated
area in history. In January 2010, Ali Hassan al
Majid, or "Chemical Ali", was executed based on
being found guilty of orchestrating the atrocities
against the Kurdish people. More than 180.000 Kurds
were killed between 1986-1989, in the genocidal
Anfal campaign. The Kurdish PM Barham Salih laid a
foundation stone for the Halabja University
yesterday. rudaw net
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