tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605616.post6821314433910545554..comments2023-09-28T05:52:52.110-04:00Comments on The Ground Truth in Iraq: The New Dispute In Kirkuk – The National CensusErik K. Gustafsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870861092770458296noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605616.post-36899789382258123422009-08-14T21:39:01.095-04:002009-08-14T21:39:01.095-04:00The « Fait accompli » imposed by the Kurds in Kerk...The « Fait accompli » imposed by the Kurds in Kerkuk is inadmissible! <br /><br />Please see : http://turkmenfriendship.blogspot.com/2008/11/fait-accompli-imposed-by-kurds-in.html<br /><br /><br />Looking at the maps of Kerkuk shown on Kerkuk Provincial Council website, http://kirkukpc.net/kirkuk%20design/Phase%202.pdf it is clear that important infrastructures will be built to accommodate the thousands of Kurdish settlers who were brought to Kerkuk by the parties of the Kurdish warlords Barzani and Talabani (PDK and PUK) after 10th April 2003. These Kurdish settlers were settled in Kerkuk to alter the city’s demography.<br /><br />Indeed, taking advantage of the chaos which prevailed in Iraq after the US-UK invasion the Kurdish militias invaded and occupied Kerkuk on 10th April 2008. <br />Subsequently the Kurdish parties brought over 600.000 Kurds from the Kurdish autonomous region as well as from neighbouring countries (Syria, Iran and Turkey) and settled them in Kerkuk and its surroundings. These newly arrived Kurds occupied Iraqi government buildings, sports stadium, military camps, military personnel housing and compounds in and around Kerkuk and the remaining are now living in makeshift houses and slums established on the lands belonging to the Turkmens.<br /><br /><br />KURDS APPOINTED IN IRAQI EMBASSIES ISSUE PASSPORTS TO NON -IRAQI KURDS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THESE FOREIGNERS TO REGISTER IN KERKUK:<br /><br />http://turkmenfriendship.blogspot.com/2007/05/kurds-appointed-in-iraqi-embassies.html<br /><br />http://turkmenfriendship.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post_04.htmlBLUE WOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231533052707487769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605616.post-18005983435513057272009-08-14T20:51:59.466-04:002009-08-14T20:51:59.466-04:00Hereunder is the message addressed by Dr. Hassan A...Hereunder is the message addressed by Dr. Hassan AYDINLI, ITF E.U. Representative to Journalist TIMOTHY WILLIAMS , further to his article published in the NY Times “Turkmens in Contested Oil-Rich Province vow to Boycott Iraq’s National Census“:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/middleeast/24turkmen.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print<br /><br />To read comment please click on: <br /><br />http://merryabla64.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/iraqi-turkmens-in-contested-oil-rich-province-vow-to-boycott-iraqs-national-census/<br /><br />Dear Mr. Timothy Williams,<br /><br />I read your article entitled “Turkmens in Contested Oil-Rich Province vow to Boycott Iraq’s National Census“ with great interest.<br /><br />However, I would like to point out that there has been some confusion regarding the interpretation of the 2% mentioned in the last paragraph of the ITF Statement released on Thursday 23rd July 2009.<br /> <br />In order to clarify the contents of their statement and avoid any further misquoting, ITF Information Office has issued a communiqué on 25th July 2009 (please see hereunder).<br /> <br />I would be grateful if you could convey this important clarification to your readers.<br /> <br />Regards,<br />Dr Hassan Aydinli<br />ITF Europe Representative (Belgium)<br /><br />QUOTE :<br /> <br />THE IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT<br />(Head Quarter)<br />Information Office<br />25th July 2009 <br /><br />IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION<br />Regarding ITF communiqué dated 23rd July 2009<br /> <br />We would like to clarify the contents of our statement of 23rd July 2009 – regarding the possible boycotting by the Turkmens of the general census in Iraq which is supposed to take place in October 2009 – which have been misquoted in some Western media.<br /> <br />In our statement we wrote: “Turkmens announce boycotting the census unless the concerned authorities respond to their demands” “the boycotting of the census by 12% of the Iraqi people will certainly make it loose its credibility”.<br /> <br />Census is a very important matter for a nation, it must be carried out with great care and precision, there should be no errors and all Iraqis must be counted. Even a margin of error of 1%-2% is unacceptable. Therefore, if the Turkmens who represent almost 13% of the Iraqi people were to boycott the general census it would certainly make it null and void.<br /> <br /> Iraqi Turkmen Front<br /> Information office<br /> 25/7/2009 <br /> Itc_media@yahoo.comBLUE WOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231533052707487769noreply@blogger.com