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Baathist tactics against the Kurds in
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The governor of Mosul Asil Nujefi is trying to
Arabize the Kurdish villages in Mosul province. Some
350,000 Kurds live in villages around Mosul near
Kurdistan autonomous region border.
September 3, 2010
MOSUL, northwest Iraq, — The governor of
Mosul Asil Nujefi who is acting like the former
Baathist regime is trying to Arabize the Kurdish
villages in Mosul province. It is reported that the
governor has ordered resettling 160 ethnic Arab
families in the villages where Shabak Kurds live.
Shabak Kurds challenged the decision given by the
governor applied both international missions and
Kurdistan Regional Government.
President of Shabak Advisory Council Mela Selim said
that the governor Nujefi has based his decision on
Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution. "The Article
140 aims at returning the displaced people back
their homes and receive compensation for their
losses. However, these Arab families originate from
Shergan and Geyare regions and resettling them in
the Shabak Kurdish villages and granting them free
land is illegal." added Selim.
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The governor of Mosul Asil Nujefi who is acting like
the former Baathist regime is trying to Arabize the
Kurdish villages in Mosul province. |
The decision is
unacceptable
Mela Selim also stated
that as the Committee of Wisemen and the Advisory
Council they are against such a decision and it is
obvious that such a decision will rise the tension
in the region and threaten the security in the
region which may cause conflict in future.
Selim further stated that they have asked the
Kurdistan Regional Government to sent pashmargas in
the region in order to prevent this resettlement and
protect the Shabak Kurds. He added that they have
also applied UN in Baghdad and American and British
representatives.
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province in Iraq, near
the border with Kurdistan region, lies 405 km north
of Baghdad. The Kurdish Yazidis are primarily ethnic Kurds located
near Mosul. Some 350,000 Yazidi Kurds live
in villages around Mosul near Kurdistan autonomous region border.
Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution states that
there will be a referendum in the areas bordering the Kurdistan autonomous
region,www.ekurd.netincluding the northern oil city of Kirkuk, so that people can choose
whether to be ruled by the central government or the Kurds.
On November 1, 2008, hundreds of Iraq’s Shabak
people took to the streets in Mosul-Ninewa calling for
including them in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, according
to a local official.
Kurds living near by Mosul are under continuous
attacks by Insurgents.
Kurdish Yazidis have been frequent targets of Sunni
attacks.
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On September 10, 2009,
a
suicide truck bomber triggered a massive blast in
a Kurdish village of Wardak, southeast
of the restive city of Mosul in northern Iraq
flattening homes and killing at least 20 Kurdish
Yazidis.
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On August 13, 2009
a double suicide bombing attack rocked a café in
Kurdish town of Sinjar,
southeast of Mosul, killing 23
and wounding 30 others.
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On August 14, 2007
Four massive truck bombs killed at least
500 Kurds in two Kurdish villages of Qahataniya in a
Kurdish-speaking area near the Syrian border in the
province of Nineveh.
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On April 23, 2007 A 23 Yazidis were slain by gunmen
who apparently targeted them among passengers on a
bus in northern Iraq near Mosul.
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