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, not polemics, the right way to safeguard the interests of people of Kurdistan
by:Dr.N.Hawramany Kurdistan
Observer
It seems that the 11 years of self-administration in the de facto government of south Kurdistan ( Synonym: Iraqi Kurdistan), have brought some political experience and maturity, to the way the Kurdish leaders brace themselves for the ultimate change-of-regime in Iraq. On
the internal level, the two major Kurdish parties KDP and PUK, besides
the other political parties which represents the interests of different
ethnic and religious communities that live in Kurdistan with Kurds ( with
the nominal exception of the so-called Turkuman front, an controversial
organization with direct links to foreign powers, namely the Turkish military
and secret service, this Organization does not hesitate to show its hate
of the successes that Kurds have achieved and its animosity to the
aspirations of all people of Kurdistan, including Turkomans, and also a
fundamentalist militia linked to Al-Kaida, called Ansar-Al-Islam,
which operates on the border to Iran)), these parties have been striving
to build the cornerstones of a democratic and civic society unforeseen
in the region, with unprecedented freedom of expression, freedom of political
organization, the freedom to educate and broadcast and
On the regional level there is undoubtedly feverish attempts by the regional powers to meddle in he internal affairs of Kurdistan and sow the seeds of conflict between the political forces of Kurdistan ( Intimidation by Ansar-Al-Islam and allegations by Turkuman Front), these regional powers either threatening the Kurdish administration directly with military intervention , in case the People of Kurdistan get their legitimate rights in the post-Saddam Iraq, or are trying to create hate and mistrust between the different ethnic groups in Kurdistan. The most successful way to thwart these attempts is to continue the democratic process in Kurdistan, continue the peaceful dialogue between political forces in Iraqi Kurdistan and to continue active dialogue with Iraqi intellectuals and opposition forces about the future of Iraq and the establishment of a democratic, pluralistic, federalist and constitutional administration in Iraq with guarantees for all ethnic and religious factions and above all equality and protection of all the people before the law. again here is the calculated political effort and not polemics or succumbing to the provocation of hostile neighbours should be the rule. On
the international level, and especially the relation with the American
administration, one can only praise the conjoint diplomatic efforts of
both KDP and PUK to present a unified approach in dealing with Europe and
USA, This approach which has concentrated on the political and democratic
achievements in Iraqi Kurdistan, the rightful request of iron-clad guarantees
from the American administration to safeguard the current situation of
self-government in Kurdistan without jeopardizing the territorial integrity
of the state of Iraq, and to insure that the future Iraq will be a federalistic
Dr.N.Hawramany
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