OP/ED

Criticism and Civic Pursuit

Dr. Sabah Salih. May 27, 2006


Views About The Politics Of Kurdistan

Hilmi Muhammad. April13, 2006


Abused Asylum Seekers

Aram.  May 27, 2006


An analysis of Ahamdinejad's letter to Bush!

Hataw Sarkawt . May 19, 2006


Kurdistan Iran policy

Prof Goran Nowicki. May 14, 2006


 


 

May 30, 2006

• Iraq PM Says Peshmerga Must Be Disband

• Two Wanted Saudis Held in Southern Kurdistan: Report

• Residents In Kurdistan Unite Against Sectarian Conflict

• News Snapshot

The terrorist state of Turkey said that the Mayor of Amed, Osman Baydemir risks up to one year in jail for allocating a public ambulance to transport the body of a Kurdish freedom fighter killed in fighting with the Turkish army, reported AFP. Three senior aides face the same charges. The indictment said a municipality-owned ambulance was allowed to take the slain fighter's body from Amed to Gaziantep, 320 kilometers (198 miles) to the west, where the funeral took place, and that the driver was paid travel allowances.

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Two Turkish soldiers and two Kurdish freedom fighters were killed Tuesday in fresh violence in Northern Kurdistan, reported AFP today.

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May 29, 2006

• Turkey Sleepwalking Towards Crisis With EU

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May 28, 2006

• News Snapshot

Two top leaders of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) are headed to Southern Kurdistan on Saturday to attend a meeting organized by the Socialist International. Ahmet Tork and Aysel Tugluk will represent the people of  Northern Kurdistan at the meeting held by the Socialist International Working Group in the city of Sulaimani May 29.  Barzani and Talabani are expected to participate in the meeting

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May 27, 2006

• This Girl Is Only 15, And she Wants To Fight For Her Nation

“No parents would like their children to go and get involved in clashes,” she said. “But my head is upwards, as we say here. As soon as she went there was a risk she would die. But we lose martyrs every day.”  More...

• Talabani Frustrated With Turkish Troop Deployment

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May 24, 2006

• Kurdish Group Says It Caused Huge Istanbul Airport Fire

• News Snapshot

The new Iraqi passport will have the Kurdish script along with Arabic and English, Sulaimani passports and residency director general Muhssin Osman told Hawlati. General Osman said, "We don’t want Kurds to go to Baghdad to get new passports. We want them to issue it in our free Kurdistan." The new Iraqi passport is due to be printed in Germany and be available in the next few months.

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Kurdish demonstrations erupted in Orumieh, Eastern Kurdistan last Tuesday afternoon and continued until late hours in the evening. On Tuesday afternoon, people came out onto the streets and chanted anti-government slogans. They were met with the State Security Forces (SSF). Many government buildings and centers were torched in the demonstration, reported National Council of Resistance of Iran

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May 23, 2006

• 'Good News' From Southern Kurdistan

• Iraq Faces Clash With Kurds Over Oil Deals

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May 22, 2006

• Barzani: Positive Developments In Iraq Will Positively Affect Kurdistan

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May 21, 2006

Click Here to watch a video that shows the mentality of the gray wolves, a gang of criminals, sponsored by the  terrorist regime of Turkey.  To their shame, the European Union and United States, are asking the Kurds to be quiet and submit to the atrocities of the Turks who rape, oppress, kill, and maim the people of Northern Kurdistan.

• A Solution Without The PKK And Ocalan Is Impossible

Jemil Bayik: The EU knows very well that the Kurdish Question in Turkey can not be resolved without the involvement of the PKK and Ocalan. Thus through these statements the EU is strengthening Turkey's policy of denial and annihilation. The EU's attitude is feeding Turkey's violence and the continuation of war. If the EU wanted to resolve the Question it would not have supported Turkey, then Turkey would have been forced to take steps to resolve the Question. More...

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May 18, 2006

• Turkey Ordered To Speed Up Reforms

BRUSSELS has warned Turkey that it will suspend EU membership talks unless it stops backsliding on reforms needed to meet European standards. There is concern in European capitals that Turkey has been giving up on human rights and democracy reforms as growing nationalism and disillusion with Europe sweep the country. More...

• University Of Kurdistan Close To Agreement With Bradford University

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May 18, 2006

• Greek President Warns Turkey To Respect Kurdish Rights

• Syrian Regime Detains Prominent Rights Lawyer

• President Jalal Talabani Talks To Asharq Al-Awsat

• Iraq's Impending Fracture to Produce Political Earthquake In Turkey

• News Snapshot

An official of the Kurdistan regional government accused Turkish regime of artillery shelling of a village close to  Kanimasi town in Southern Kurdistan yesterday.  Khaled Salih, a senior official of the Southern Kurdistan government said that there were no PKK fighters in the area where the shells landed, reported Reuters

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Internal security forces foiled a planned terrorist attack and arrested a terrorist in Sulaimani. A source in Sulaimani security told Kurdistani Nwe that security forces, acting on intelligence, arrested a terrorist carrying a bag full of TNT near Azadi Park

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May 17, 2006

• Talabani Slams Iran, Turkey Interference

• Barzani Chastised by Arabs for Moderate Statement on Israel

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May 16, 2006

• Kurdish TV Station Begins Broadcasting From Sweden

• Sweden Agrees To Receive Kurdish Asylum Seekers

• As The Bombs Fall,  Kurds Have 'No Friends But The Mountains'

• Kurdistan Prime Minister Inaugurates Oil Drilling Operation

• Kurds See Tide Turning Back Toward Repression

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May 11, 2006

• RWB Calls For Release Of Two Women Journalists Jailed By Turkish Regime 

• Kurds Overtake The Rest 

• Ankara To Talabani: Turkey Sovereign State, Doesn't Need US!!

• Kurd Leaders Must Maintain Unified Front

• Five Iraqis Escape US Military Prison

• Turkish, Iranian Armies Build Up Forces Along Iraq's Only Quiet Area

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May 10, 2006

• Ankara Has Difficulty Accepting Kurdish Reality

• Turkey Takes On The PKK

• News Snapshot

The number of people charged in last month's uprising in Northern Kurdistan has reached 301, of whom 116 are minors, and if convicted face penalties of nine and a half to 24 years in prison. Charges had already been brought against 80 teenagers.

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Military agents of the terrorist state of Turkey attacked Kurdish students near Istanbul Technical University, where the students were attending spring celebrations yesterday. Many students have sustained serious injuries.

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May 8, 2006

• Lagendijk: End Military operations In Southeast (Northern Kurdistan)

• Minors On trial in Turkey Over Kurdish Uprising

• Ministers Of The New Kurdistan Unified Cabinet

• Seven Hurt By bombs In Iranian Kurd City

• Reconciliatory Tone In Diyarbakir Speech, But ...

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May 7, 2006

• Southern Kurdistan PM's Speech On Announcement Of  Unified Administration

• EU Deputy Urges Turkey's Kurds To Give Up Violence

• Kurdish MPs Vote To Unify Provincial Government

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May 5, 2006

• Kurdish Official Warns Guerrillas Over Turkey, Iran Conflict

• Kurds Caught Between Rebels, Foreign Forces

• Kurdish Activists With Swedish Citizenship Arrested In Turkey

• News Snapshot

A Turkish court on Friday rejected a petition by  Abdullah Ocalan to be retried, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that his 1999 trial was unfair, the Anatolia news agency reported. "It is no surprise. We were expecting this decision," one of Ocalan's lawyers, Hatice Korkut, told AFP.

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May 3, 2006

• Kurdish Rebels Warn Of 'Mass War' Against Turkey

• Talabani: Syria Terror Source, Iran Danger

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May 2, 2006

• White House Rejects Idea Of Splitting Iraq 

• KRG To Announce Position On Iranian Shelling Of Province: Official

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May 1, 2006

• Kurdistan: Dangerous Passage

• Biden proposes partitioning Iraq into Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni

• Families Flee Iranian Shelling Of Kurdish Rebels In Southern Kurdistan

• Uncover Turkish Violations Of Convention On The Rights Of The Child

 

 

 

 


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