KRG - Sliced off areas (disputed areas)

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PUKmedia 2012-01-04 16:21:40

Kurdistan Alliance and Al Iraqiya bloc formed a joint committee in Kirkuk province.

Lawmaker Harbu, member of Iraqi parliament of al Iraqiya bloc, told PUKmedia on Wednesday that Kurdistan Alliance and Al Iraqiya bloc formed a joint committee in Kirkuk province in a bid to keep political and security situation in Kirkuk.

He also said that they are working together with Kurdistan alliance in a bid to find a suitable way to address the problems in Kirkuk.

http://www.pukmedia.com/english/index.p ... Itemid=385

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15/01/2012 15:03

ERBIL, Jan. 15 (AKnews) – The Iraqi Council of Ministers is expected to decide whether or not to cancel agricultural contracts with the Arabs of Kirkuk under which the former Iraqi regime gave land to Arabs in an attempt to increase the Arab population in the oil-rich province.

The Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein evicted Kurds and Turkmen from Kirkuk giving their land in the province to Arab families as part of what came known as the Arabization Policy – an attempt at engineer the demographics of the province.

The cabinet is expected to meet on Tuesday to discuss among other issue the agricultural contracts.

This is not the first time the cabinet has tried to cancel these agricultural contracts but previous efforts failed after Iraqiya List, the mainly Sunni bloc that represents the Arabs of Kirkuk and other Sunni provinces, opposed the attempt in September last year.

But Iraqiya has boycotted Council of Representatives and cabinet sessions after recent disputes widened the schism between Iraqiya and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki following attempts by the authorities to put top Sunni leader Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on trial for terror charges.

Iraqiya's boycott could be exploited by the Kurdish and Shiite ministers to pass the motion to cancel the agricultural contracts.

Trade Minister Khairullah Hasan said the meeting on Tuesday will prove who really is a friend of the Kurds. “Because even Iraqi ministers from other blocs did not support the Kurds’ bid to cancel those contracts on the grounds that Iraqiya ministers are against it."

But he also said that Iraqiya ministers might attend the meeting on Tuesday only for the vote on the issue of the contracts.


http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/284406/

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The Kurdish members of the Salahadin Provincial Council (SPC) support an independent region for Salahadin under the condition of ‘returning’ the Duz Khurmatu district to Kirkuk province. They have not yet received any formal response.

Rashid Khurshid, a Kurdish member of the SPC said, “Kurdish members of the SPC announced their support for an independent region for Salahadin again, under the condition that Duz Khurmatu would return to Kirkuk province.” According to Khurshid, the Arab members of the SPC have shown their agreement on the cause, but they have said that the district should return under the mechanisms of Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution.

Article 140 is part of the Iraqi constitution and aims to solve the issue of the disputed areas and decide on their fate, and whether to become part of the central government or be incorporated into the Kurdistan region. The Duzkhurmatu district, currently under the Salahadin province administration, is also one of the disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil.

In October of 2011, the majority of the SPC members announced a new region in Iraq accusing the central government of ‘neglecting the province’. The decision was followed by various reactions.

Duz Khurmatu is one of the biggest districts in the Salahadin province. It was part of Kirkuk province, but incorporated into Salahadin through a decision of the former Baath regime. The district is located 74 km south of Kirkuk city.


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The Arab Political Council (APC) is calling for a delay in putting the issue of the disputed areas on the table, while the Iraqi Minister of Councils wants to discuss it.

The APC issued a statement on Monday saying, “While we are witnessing a political dispute and a large part of government is absent in the process, the issue of the disputed areas, and Article 140 are on the agenda of the Council of Ministers.”

The statement complains, “We were expecting the government to involve all the factions in such a discussion in order to make a suitable political environment far from autocracy and exploitation.”

The statement comes when the Iraqi Council of Ministers is going to discuss the issue of the disputed areas and Article 140 in its session.

The APC urges the factions of the State of Law, which is Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki’s list, Ahrar, the High Islamic Council, Fazila and Independent to play their role in ‘protecting the unity in Iraq’ and press everyone to ‘return stability to Iraq’.

The APC consists of tribal chiefs, and some district council members and towns of the Kirkuk province. They define themselves as the representative of the Arabs in Kirkuk. However, other Arab factions reject their claims as the representatives of the Kirkuk Arabs.

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[alan131210]

few hours ago the iraqi parliament cancelled the entire land agreements that were given to Arab settlers in kirkuk to the original owners who are mainly kurds and some turkmens .... i will post update soon .

kirkuk is well on its way for annexation

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Council of Ministers cancels all decisions of the Committee on northern dissolved Arabization of Kirkuk

PUKmedia 2012-01-24 13:59:51

Iraq's cabinet decided at its meeting today, Tuesday, 01/24, cancel all resolutions issued by the defunct North and Arabization of the Kirkuk province.

We will provide you with details of the meeting for later

http://www.pukmedia.com/iraq/25275-2012-01-24-11-00-14



i am also reading the news on opposition party websites

[Zert]

Kerkuk, land of the Gutians, return to us!

No but, seriously, this has taken long enough, it would be cool if Article 140 would be implemented before the end of the year. Although I'm afraid it will take longer than that, with these undemocratic rats doing everything to delay it.

[alan131210]

Kerkuk, land of the Gutians, return to us!

No but, seriously, this has taken long enough, it would be cool if Article 140 would be implemented before the end of the year. Although I'm afraid it will take longer than that, with these undemocratic rats doing everything to delay it.

all they can do is delay , but we are getting closer on them , once Talabani's project is passed then only referendum and census remains , at the same time we are progressing and bringing supermajors like Exxon Mobil .

[alan131210]

The Kurdistan Region Presidency says the abolition of the decisions made by former regime’s North Affairs Committee is ‘a big step’ toward removing the remnants of the former regime.

Fouad Hussein, chief of the KRG presidency staff said the KRG welcomes the decision of the Iraqi Council of Ministers to abolish the North Affairs decision on January 24th. “The KRG Presidency highly praises this step, and similar steps should be taken toward the same direction,” Hussein said.

“Making such decisions is admitting what’s right, which is a big step toward abolishing the remnants of the former regime and compensating those who were suffering from its injustice,” Hussein said. The Council of Ministers decided to abolish the former regime’s North Affairs Committee on the Kirkuk province. The decision would take thousands acres of lands from Arabs and abolishes several agricultural contracts.


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Abolishing the Baath’s North Affairs decisions has created a controversy in Kirkuk. Unlike pleased Kurds and Turkmens, the Arabs are unhappy about the decision.

Sherzad Adil Khurshid, a member of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) on the Brayati (Kurdish list) praised the decision in a statement to Aswat al-Iraq, stating “The Iraqi Council of Minister’s step to abolish the decisions of North Affairs committee (former regime) was a courageous step in the interest of Kurds and Turkmens of Kirkuk, as to remove the remnants of the former regime’s policies.”

Khurshid claims that the former regime distributed the lands of the original people to the ‘imported Arabs’. He also urged the central government to make such duties as removing the former regime’s policies a priority.

Haj Cengiz Allawerdi is a Turkmen citizen of Kirkuk who was also pleased with the decision, saying that “The decision gave our rights back after 35 years.” He urged the abolition all the decisions made by the Saddam regime’s Revolutionary Leadership. “Turkmens generally, Shitte Turkmens especially were suffering from negligence and land occupation, as in the areas of Taza, Leilan, Ts’een, and Hamzali.”

However, Sheikh Abdulla Sami Asi who is a member of the Arab factions of the KPC urged revision, stated that “There should be an accurate revision of the decision by forming a special committee to evaluate the advantages and losses of this decision. The experts should evaluate the technical aspects too.” He added, “Arabs are with solution not the problem, but it should be a logical and proper solution without hurting any side.”
Arabs are unhappy about the decision...Photo Kirkuk Now

Arabs are unhappy about the decision...Photo Kirkuk Now

Tahseen Kahiya was a Turkmen member of the KPC and believes the decision is not enough, as he told Aswat al-Iraqiya, “The abolition does not solve the problem of the Turkmens since the lands of Turkmens were not taken by the decision of the North Affairs Committee, but by the Revolutionary Leadership.” He also urged to abolish all the decisions made by Saddam’s Revolutionary Leadership.

A Kurdish citizen also praised the decision as a ‘good start’. Qasim Abdulrahman Ali said, “Abolishing the decision is a good start to solve the hanging problems between Baghdad and Erbil.” He also said, “The decision means taking half of the occupied lands.”

The Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to abolish the decisions made by the North Affairs Committee of the Baath regime concerning Kirkuk. The decisions made by the North Affairs were granting the right of agricultural bonds only to Arabs, the others were all abolished.


Short URL: http://kirkuknow.com/english/?p=7372

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04/02/2012 14:43

GARMIYAN, Feb. 4 (AKnews) - The Iraqi Kurdistan regional government has allocated more than 545 Million IQD ($468,000) to provide a water network in the disputed area of Koks parish.

The parish is located 100 km southeast of Kirkuk and lies between Kalar and Jalawla. The ownership of all these areas is disputed between Kurdistan and Baghdad.

Salar Aziz, press secretary for Garmiyan Water Directorate, said the construction of the project will launch as soon as possible.

This is not the first project that the regional government has funded in Koks. In 2009 the Kurdish government allocated land and money for the construction of 600 houses for Koks residents.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/288085/

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Erbil, February 6 (PNA) - called on the Mandali Committee the implementation of Article 140 of the constitution to open a branch office in hand to complete the transactions covered by the compensation material due to the distance from the Office of Khanaqin, in order to ease the burdens and costs of the material lies with the reviewers, and covered by the article.

The deputy chairman of the local council for the area Raed Khalil Mandalawi demanding that the people of Mandali and Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri, who heads the Committee on the implementation of Article 140 of the Commission opened an office in which to facilitate the completion of transactions covered and speed up access to their rights of financial compensation.

He explained that Mandalawi 15 000 for the treatment of compensation covered by Article 140 has been referred to the Office of Khanaqin, in 3000 were distributed to a special form of compensation, praising the cooperation of the said officer with the people of Mandali in completing transactions.

He said the former regime has deported the population point of the Kurds in 1975 and in accordance with the decisions "of the Committee on the North" in the scheme of Arabization that followed at the time, as well as the deportation of the population area of ​​the eighties of the last century to areas of the role of Mandali, built in the district of Balad Ruz and the terms of Canaan to house evacuees.

He told the Kurdish news agency that the municipalities of Diyala began to distribute plots of land covered by the Article 140 and who received compensation in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, which amounted to 10 million dinars.

The Mandali of the disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil, and consists of four stores is a castle and Boyakyi Bali and the market small and large market. Which is adjacent to the Iranian border and keep track of Baquba, capital of Diyala province and away from 93 km east and 160 km east of Baghdad, located in a series of Hamrin Mountains.

Mandali and turned to hand to spend in 1987 at the request of President Taha Yassin Ramadan, the Committee on the north by the former regime.

http://www.peyamner.com/Arabic/PNAnews.aspx?ID=265580

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A decision from the Iraqi Council of Ministers will turn 328 Sahwa Council members into mosque guards, while the Sunni Waqf (Religious Affairs) confirms the news.

The decision is directed from PM Nouri al-Maliki to the Sunni Waqf in the Hawija district to turn 328 members of Sahwa Councils into mosque guards. Hajj Junaidi Fakhradin, director of the Sunni Waqf in Hawija said, “We received a formal document from the Council of Ministers to turn 328 Sahwa members into mosque guards in Hawija, Riyadh, Zab, Abbasi, and some surrounding villages.”

The members would be chosen by drawing straws and distributed to mosques. “The members will undertake the security of the mosques later,” Fakhradin said.

The US forces formed Sahwa councils in most of the Sunni areas in 2008, and Kirkuk was one of them. Sahwa forces have the responsibility of undertaking the security of the Arab residences, from Kirkuk’s south to Hamrin. The forces were integrated to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense last year and currently gain salary as Iraqi army members.

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A decision from the Iraqi Council of Ministers will turn 328 Sahwa Council members into mosque guards, while the Sunni Waqf (Religious Affairs) confirms the news.

The decision is directed from PM Nouri al-Maliki to the Sunni Waqf in the Hawija district to turn 328 members of Sahwa Councils into mosque guards. Hajj Junaidi Fakhradin, director of the Sunni Waqf in Hawija said, “We received a formal document from the Council of Ministers to turn 328 Sahwa members into mosque guards in Hawija, Riyadh, Zab, Abbasi, and some surrounding villages.”

The members would be chosen by drawing straws and distributed to mosques. “The members will undertake the security of the mosques later,” Fakhradin said.

The US forces formed Sahwa councils in most of the Sunni areas in 2008, and Kirkuk was one of them. Sahwa forces have the responsibility of undertaking the security of the Arab residences, from Kirkuk’s south to Hamrin. The forces were integrated to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense last year and currently gain salary as Iraqi army members.

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good for them but what has this to do with article 140?

[alan131210]

good for them but what has this to do with article 140?

alot. these are called Sahwa in other word Sunni army and the American made them they are located in the Arab region south of kirkuk province "hawija " but now Malik is making them guards which is basically nothing and have no power against Kurds or shia in case of 140 implementation ... and it's a good step for severing the Kurdish region of kirkuk and let go of the Arab region of hawija.