KRG - Sliced off areas (disputed areas)

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Amar Hakim a Shiite leader: "Kirkuk is Kurdish majority, arabs and turkmen ask unrealistic demands"

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The components of Kirkuk are remaining insistent about their previous notions regarding the Kirkuk Provincial Council elections, while the attempts of the speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and UN envoy to convince them reach a common goal have not yet yielded the desired results.

Martin Copler, the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iraq, arrived in Kirkuk on October 16 and met with the representatives from each of the components of the province privately. He took all their ideas and opinions regarding the provincial election, which were all the same as they had stated before.

Those meetings were concomitant with the attempts of Usama al-Nujaifi, the speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives during his stay in Kirkuk on September 24, in which he stated that he had tried to write down a specific set of laws for the election in the province and addressed the fact that the parties and ethnic groups should avoid conflicts and disputes and try to reach a point of common interest.

He stated that he will focus on the proposals of the Arabs confirmed by the other components while trying to discuss the disputed articles later on in an attempt to reach a conclusion.

Those attempts were to make the components of Kirkuk reach a conclusion, but were expected to prove rather ineffective.

The Kurds are holding to the same concept of demanding elections without any conditions, the Arabs are demanding that the number of Kurdish voters be decreased by 100 thousand votes as they claim “Those voters are already registered to vote in the provinces of Kurdistan region,” while the Turkmen are demanding that the Arab settlers (the Arab families transferred to Kirkuk from the middle and south of Iraq as part of the Ba’ath regime attempt to change the demography of the province) be returned to their original locations and the resettled Kurds not be permitted to participate in the election at all.

The provincial elections have not been conducted in Kirkuk since the last one in 2005 due to conflicts and disputes among the components from which most of the issues still do persist. As al-Nujaifi stated in a press conference during his visit to the city, “We currently are attempting to bring the different opinions regarding Kirkuk together in the Council of the Representatives.”

Khalid Shwani, a member of the ICR on behalf of the Kurdish Coalition Bloc and head of the committee of the legal affairs of the Iraqi Parliament stated that the Kurds do not have any conditions regarding the election and will not accept any conditions saying “If conditions are set upon us, then we will have our conditions as well.”

According to his statement, the Arabs and Turkmen demanded that the elections should be carried out on the same day of the provincial elections in the provinces of Kurdistan, and that “We accepted that only if the Kurdish identity of Kirkuk is recognized throughout the Laws of the Provincial Elections, therefore we couldn’t reach a conclusion yet again.”

Omer Khalaf al-Jburi, a member of the Iraqi Parliament on behalf of the al-Iraqia list and representative of Kirkuk in the parliament said “We do not accept frauds and changes of demography of the province,” pointing to the Kurds accused of doing so.

He added “After 2003, the Kurds have changed the demography of the city in their favour and therefore we demand the elections be based upon the voters’ registration before 2003.”

He revealed that one of their conditions for the election is depriving 100 thousand Kurdish voters from taking part in the election adding “We reject the idea of Kurdish Kirkuk in the laws of the provincial elections.”

Muhammad al-Jburi, a member of the KPC on behalf of the Arabic bloc said they have submitted a request to the Iraqi Parliament demanding the election be based on the census of the year 1977 and not the 1957 census as has been demanded by the Turkmen.

Najat Hussein, a member of the KPC on behalf of the Turkmen Front said “After 1957, the Arab settlers had been settled in Kirkuk until 2003 and the demography of the province had been changed while after 2003, the Kurds repeated the same with this time bringing Kurdish families from Kurdistan, thus the best solution is to depend on the 1957 census.”

While Fuad Hussein, a member of the KPC on behalf of the Brotherhood List rejected all the above opinions and stated that the Kurds do not accept any conditions being imposed upon the election.

Despite all the disputes and the conflicts, all the components of Kirkuk still believe that the best solution to end the political issues in the province is in the election.

Zanyar Daquqi and Shallaw Muhammad – Kirkuk Now

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Amar Hakim a Shiite leader: "Kirkuk is Kurdish majority, arabs and turkmen ask unrealistic demands"

Hakim family has always been supportive of Kurds.

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Kurdistan alliance rejects the legislation of special law for the provincial elections in Kirkuk

Shafaq News / Kurdistan Alliance rejected on Saturday, legislating a special law for the provincial , districts and sub-districts elections in Kirkuk province, demanding to conduct the elections in Kirkuk with the rest of the provinces of the country.

The MP of Kurdistan Alliance bloc, Muhsin al-Sadoun said in an interview for "Shafaq News" that "nothing has changed in Kirkuk situation to demand to have a special condition for the provincial elections in Kirkuk”.

Sadoun, the head of Article 140 Commission added that "the UN and international organizations will supervise the elections in Kirkuk," and wondered "why this fear of Kirkuk and the attempt to deprive its voters from their right of a true representation for them."

The government spokesman , Ali al-Dabbagh said last Tuesday in a statement in which "Shafaq News" received copy of it, that the Council of Ministers decided to determine Saturday , the 20th of April 2013 as the date for conducting the provincial elections that are not linked to a region based on the proposal of the Election Commission.

The parliament speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi had announced at the beginning of last August, the council’s seek to enact the Kirkuk elections law.

Kirkuk has not witness provincial elections since the elections that took place in 2009 due to disagreements among its components, as the provincial council was formed after the fall of the former regime in April 2003 from representatives of the four main nationalities, taking into consideration the status of compliance for regulating the affairs of the province and filling the administrative and legislative void therein.

Kirkuk province, 250 km north of Baghdad of a mixed population of Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and Christians and Sabians is one of the most disputed areas addressed by Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution.

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PLEASE correct me if I am wrong BUT did not Saddam push Kurds out of Kirkuk and give their property, lands and businesses, plus money, to encourage Arabs to move to Kirkuk?

I know that over the years Kurds have managed to get back parts of Kirkuk but to me it seems a little unfair that Arabs have any say in Kirkuk at all

It would be rather like lots of English people pushing the Scottish people out of Edinburgh then having a say in whether Edinburgh belongs to England or not

INFO: Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, the seat of the Scottish parliament and government.

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they dont have much say, Kurds basically run Kirkuk in every aspect but they are paid by Baghdad not Hawlêr, and Kirkuk is to be officially part of KRG but im sure KRG will not wait for ever it will just declare the long awaited state\ with the unofficial"areas that is the only 2 differences.

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interview with Najmaddin Kerim about the so called dijla operation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clTAkJdNVYY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

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kurds breaking saddam statue 2003

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Salahaddin acting governor: Dijla Operations Command formed to oppose article 140 of Iraqi constitution



Acting governor of Salahaddin said Saturday that they basically did not believe in the formation of Dijla Operations Command as they think it is to oppose the implementation of the article 140 of Iraqi permanent constitution.

Ameen Aziz Salahaddin acting governor said that the formation of the Dijla Operations Command is meant to oppose Kirkuk and the implementation of article 140 of Iraqi constitution which calls for the restoration of the demography of the disputed territories.

The Kurdish political blocs see the attempt as contradictory to the country’s constitution as those provinces are identified as “disputed territories”. Those parties voiced their support for the decision Kirkuk’s provincial council made in September to oppose any attempt to form Dijla Operations Command.

“We are in the province’s administration and the Kurdish Front in the Provincial Council stand against the Command,” said Aziz, adding that the Command’s authority has been increasingly expanded to the disputed Diyala and Salahaddin provinces as well.

“It is obvious that there is a political motivation behind the formation of the Dijla Operations Command,” he noted.

He called for a unified cooperation from the three provinces to work for the dissolution of the Dijla Command.

Kurdish leadership and the presidency of KRG and parliament should play an active role in cancelling the formation, as they sent Peshmerga forces to Khanaqin in Diyala to respond to the central government’s plots, he added.

PUKmedia

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PUK: Dijla operations recruit 3,000 Arab soldiers and urge them to move to Kirkuk

Shafaq News / The official website of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by President, Jalal Talabani revealed on Sunday that the leadership of Dijla operations recruited more than 3000 soldiers to its staff, as he emphasized that the volunteered soldiers are from Arab nationalism exclusively and noted that Dijla "urges" those soldiers to move to Kirkuk.

The website quoted a security source as it was briefed by "Shafaq News” that "the Defense ministry seeks to promote and strengthen the capacity of Dijla Operations Command by recruiting more than 3,000 people at the rank of a volunteer soldier"

The source added that "all soldiers are of Arab nationalism and are the inhabitants of Diyala, Salah al-Din and Baghdad provinces as well as areas from Hawija district," noting that "the volunteers were recruited according to the recommendations from members of the parliament from those provinces."

An informed source with squad 12 of the army had said during earlier in a press statement that the leadership “Dijla operations sent 41 military vehicles to Kirkuk province," noting that "35 of these vehicles are loaded with munitions ".

The source added that this "ammunition is artillery shells and mortar shells estimated at 350 tons," adding that "these vehicles had been sent to Kirkuk by an intelligence officer in Dijla operations command."

Dijla Operations Command that was ordered to be formed by Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, the commander in chief of the armed forces has sparked controversy among the blocs and political parties as some rejected it while others welcomed the order, which added new tension to the crisis that already exists between the Kurdish leadership and Kirkuk Provincial Council from one hand and its supporting parties in Baghdad, on the other hand.

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نه‌وشیروان مسته‌فا له‌كه‌ركوك: هێزی‌ دیجله‌و پڕچه‌ككردنی‌ سوپا ره‌تده‌كه‌ینه‌وه‌

Nawshirwan Mustafa, the general coordinator of the Change movement, has arrived in Kirkuk and met with the governor and members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council. In the meetings, he showed the movement’s support for rejecting the Tigris operation.

Nawhirwan Mustafa Amin and Najmadin Karim - Photo: Sbeiy website

On the morning of November 6, Nawshirwan Mustafa Amin, the general coordinator of the Change movement arrived in Kirkuk and later held a press conference clarifying the reasons behind his visit to the city.

The Sbeiy website, the official website of the Change movement, published the response of Nawshirwan Mustafa when asked about the Tigris operation stating “The reaction of the Change movement is quite similar with those of the governor and the people of Kirkuk: to reject the formation of the Tigris operation and we are against enforcing the Iraqi army and militarizing the cities of Iraq.”

“We, the Change movement, are for returning Kirkuk province to the Kurdistan region but with some conditions,” he commented when asked about the future of Kirkuk.

Najamdin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk stated during the press conference, “The support of the Change movement for the administrators and people of Kirkuk is really important and praise-worthy.”

The Change movement is currently the largest opposition movement in the Kurdistan region winning 23 seats in the Kurdistan parliament. The movement was formed at the time of the parliament member’s election back in 2009 and most of the leaders were ex-members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan including Nawshirwan Mustafa, the former vice general secretary of the PUK. The movement has 8 seats in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and possesses opposition notions in the council as well.

This is the second visit of Nawshirwan Mustafa to the city, with his first visit dating back to the time of the Iraqi Council of Representatives election in 2010.

Kirkuk Now
http://www.knewsdaily.org/Direje.aspx?Jimare=3383
http://www.nrttv.com/dreje.aspx?jimare=22766

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All kurds reject formation of terrorist arab dijla command, whose sole intention is anti-kurdish operations, killing of kurds and raping women just like in the rest of Iraq.

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Good translation into Kurdish

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