Reports And Opinions

Barzani
A Commemoration
On this day 23 years ago, General Barzani, soldier, statesman, founder of the 
Kurdistan Democratic Party and above all standard bearer for Kurdistan, against tremendous odds, passed away

1903-1979

*The Iraqi-Kurdistan and the conditions of Peace in the Middle East
Hadi Elis - Mar 31, 2002

*The Big Picture.
Ali Ezzatyar- Mar 27, 2002

*Iraqi Kurds must start a United......
Dr.N.Hawramany.  Mar 26, 2002

*Is Kurdish Independence an “ American Plan” ?  Rashid Karadaghi. Mar 19, 2002

*Is it objectivity or ignorance?
Sherzad Al-Khalifa. Mar 15, 2002

*Is Iraq Really “ Indivisible” ?
Rashid Karadaghi.  Mar 3, 2002
*Open Letter to Kurdistan "De Facto state
And government"   Hadi Elis. Mar 3, 2002

*The Last  Commemoration,
On the 23rd Anniversary of Barzani’s Passing. Serbest  Qeradaghi. Mar 1, 2002
 
 
 

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March 31, 2002
*Kurds to chase goal peacefully
*Noam Chomsky’s Diyarbakir speech
Mar 29, 2002
*Turkey Considers Kurdish Broadcasts
*Local TV taken off air for playing 200-year-old Kurdish song

Mar 28, 2002
*Breaking Kurdish Silence on the Airwaves
*MGK to discuss politicization of PKK 
Mar 27, 2002
*Kurds Ready to be Next N. Alliance
*Saddam And Bin Laden Help Fanatics,Say Kurds
*Turkish Police Detain Some 100 People in Kurdish Language Demo
Mar 26, 2002
*Nationalist Says No Kurdish Education in Turkey
*Iraq Pursues Ethnic Cleansing of Kurds
Mar 24, 2002
*Troops Dig Trenches Along Kurdish Enclave
*Turkey Bombs PKK Fighters While Celebrating Newroz
*Popular Kurdish singer accused of supporting rebels
 

Mar 21, 2002
*2 Dead in Clash Between Kurds, Police
Thousands of Kurdish youths put up barricades and battled police Thursday in a southern Turkish city after authorities banned Kurds from celebrating their New Year. Two demonstrators were killed.  `They have tried governing this country with bans and repression,'' Bozlak said. ``But this country belongs to all of us, and we want to live in freedom.'' 		  

Mar 20, 2002 
*Kurds Prepare to Celebrate Their New Year
*US hides "real policy" towards Iraq , Iraqi Kurdish leader says
*Kurds protest after being blocked from reaching Turkey
Mar 19, 2002

* Welcome to Kurdistan
“We are not in a secure situation,” says Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party, or KDP, which controls two thirds of Iraqi Kurdistan. “Our future lies with Iraq—but a democratic, federal Iraq where we are not second-class citizens.” In some ways, Kurdistan is just a declaration away from independence—it has its own army, flag, TV stations, school curriculum and language, plus a WELCOME TO KURDISTAN sign on the border.		  

*Italian President Urges Tolerance After Kurdish Migrant Influx

Mar 18, 2002
*Rift between the Turkomans and the KDP
*Turkish police clear Kurdish southeast of tyres
*Refugees in Their Own Country
*In Saddam's Shadow
*U.S. Uncertain About Al-Qaida Ties
*Kurdish Mayors' Job Is a High-Wire Act
Mar 17, 2002
*Talabani: US Will Replace Saddam By Next September
Mar 16, 2002
*WKI commemorates Halabja attacks on 14th anniversary
*Remembering Halabja – Fourteen years since the massacre
*Kurds say US has not contacted them on campaign to oust Saddam
Mar 15, 2002
*Kurdish-language TV "probably" on agenda soon: Ecevit
*Kurdish issue in The Norwegian Parliament
*Second UK firm abandons Turkey dam project 
Mar 13, 2002
*Jalal talabani Meets Syria's Vice President 
*Sourchi: US Military Action Won’t Benefit Kurds
*PUK and KDP Officials in Damascus to Gain Support
Mar 12, 2002

*Saddam renews Kurdish threats
In a speech on the 32nd anniversary of an historic agreement setting out the rights of the Iraqi Kurds, he said Kurds should not be deceived by "the foreigner", and should postpone their aspiration in the face of threats facing Baghdad. 

*EU bid has forced Turks to focus on ‘Kurdish Question’
*PUK denies reported US military mission inS Kurdistan
*Paper Reports Five Execution Style Killings in Sirnak

Mar 11, 2002
*PUK Official Claims Talabani's Statement Distorted by Al-Hayat
Mar 9, 2002
*Iran Encourages PKK to Sustain Armed Struggle
*Turksih President: Education In Kurdish Is Out Of Question 
*Turkey coalition party opposes EU entry reforms 

Mar 8, 2002
*Talabani: Plan For Meeting in washington Failed
The plan was a two stage-one which included meetings first to take place in Ankara and then in Washington with the participation of the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and Turkey. 
*Kurdish writer faces prison term in Turkey
*Kurds mark post-Gulf War uprising

Mar 7, 2002
*Kaddafi: Kurds Have Right to Form Independent State
*The ongoing Arabization campaign in South Kurdistan
*Support the campaign for the plight of the Kurds

*Nichervan Barzani's Remarks on the Current Situation in Southern Kurdistan
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG-Erbil), Mr. Nechirwan Barzani, in an interview with the Sharq al-Awash last week touched on several regional and international issues related to Southern Kurdistan.   The Kurdistan Observer has translated a brief portion of that interview.

Mar 6, 2002
*Talabani: PUK And KDP Are For a Democratic Iraq 
*Kurd to face murder trial over "honour killing" of daughter
*Lawyers of Kurdish leader risk up to seven years in jail
Mar 4, 2002
*PUK Leader Talabani Arrives in Ankara For Talks With Officials
*PUK Spokesman Rebuts Russian Disinformation Story 
*Seven Families Charged For Giving Their Children Kurdish Names
*US in Discussions With Kurds on 'Radio Free Iraq'
Mar 3, 2002
*Turkey Bans Award-Winning Film on Kurdish Issue
*CIA Plans Uprising In Iraq
Mar 2, 2002

*Jalal Talabani Expected in Ankara With Saddam on Agenda 
Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was expected to meet with Turkish officials either on Monday or Tuesday to discuss recent developments in the region.

*Russia Claims US Military Personnel are in Kurdistan

Mar 1, 2002
*British-Kurdish Friendship Society is launched
*200 Arab Afghans Resettle in Iraqi Kurdistan
*Turkey charge groom with propaganda for Kurdish love poem
*HADEP leader in court to argue against possible ban on party
*The military would have hanged Apo long ago if they wanted to