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KDP's covert role in " Badinan vandalism
case
5.12.2011
By Rezqar Badini - ekurd.net |
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December 5, 2011
KDP's camouflaged role in Badinan vandalism case
Most political pundits extrapolate that Kurdistan
Democratic Party KDP officials conspired to
deliberately trigger recent
riots
in Badinan regions.
With provincial election verging, Kurdistan Islamic
Union (KIU) growing influence had turned into a
great source of menace for KDP headship in the
districts of Zakho and Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan
region. In a bid to curb KIU alarming expansion, KDP
senior leadership cooked up the scheme to further
isolate KIU by using the libel and religious
extremism card, a slander that KIU officials have
overtly refuted. |
The office of the Kurdistan Islamic Union KIU in
Duhok after Friday's attacks. Photo: Hawlati |
KDP's credibility had been
seriously scathed due to its violent clampdown on
peaceful
demonstrators
of Feb.2011 in Sulaimaniyah as well as its typical
resorting to excessive force in coping with
opposition forces. Another factor for KDP stirring
up recent unrests in " Zakho" was trying to divert
public opinion from the widespread corruption in
government branches. KDP has also been severely
criticized by various Human Right bodies for
infringement on citizens right to Freedom of
Expression.
For almost a decade, KIU had turned a blind eye to
the vending of liquor. No cases of religious
intolerance were ever reported to law enforcement
agencies in territories under its influence.
Timing of the incidence, which was corresponding
with US Vice president Joe Biden visit, also raises
cynicism and deep speculation.
US today in a
rubric titled:
Sermonsspark riots in Iraqi Kurdish city,
characterizes KDP as a secular-leaning political
party in Iraqi Kurdistan. However, what it fails to
cite is KDP's militaristic and totalitarian
disposition and approach to solving issues.
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