Roj Bash Kurdistan

3. (C) According to Samia, many Faylis are again leaving
Baghdad - they and the Turkomen are oppressed by both Shia
and Sunni. By way of example, she related an incident in
which some Sadrists sent a note to a wealthy Fayli man living
in the Jumila neighborhood of Baghdad, threatening to kill
him if he did not vacate his house or provide a bribe. The
Fayli man went to the local Sadrist office and explained that
he too was Shia, and wondered why they were threatening him.
The Sadrists told him he was different, not a "real" Shia.
They also denied that anyone in their office would send such
a note. Later he received another note asking why he had
gone to the office to report the first note. He then opted
to flee to the Kurdistan Region. Samia said she took this up
with Sadrist CoR member Nasar al-Rubaie who admitted that
many Sadrist offices were penetrated by criminals. Samia
opined that the Sadrists are using the Fayli excuse to
justify their theft

alan131210 wrote:JJ

I think you should get your family out of Baghdad , and when in KRG make sure you ask if they will be paid an amount as one returning from iran and EK do get payments.

burnsss wrote:They can just kick the arabs out and give the houses to kurds. There is no room for being nice to racist and chauvinist-nazi arabs.

One female Fayli victim described being brought for questioning into a metal room with a floor soaked in blood. Later, she was packed into a room with naked women of all ages and a few children. Some of them were bruised and bloodied, and many, she said, had been raped. She was then taken to a different holding facility and placed in a large hall filled with hundreds of people. There was no sanitation, people were dying and bodies were left to rot for days before being removed. She was eventually transported to near the Iranian border and ordered at gunpoint to walk into Iran without food or water. These Fayli women, children and elderly were made to walk for days through wild terrain. Some were killed by land mines, some by crossfire from the Iran–Iraq fighting. Many others died from exposure.

jjmuneer wrote:

alan131210 wrote:JJ

I think you should get your family out of Baghdad , and when in KRG make sure you ask if they will be paid an amount as one returning from iran and EK do get payments.

When I go I will tell them about that idea. I will also ask about that, is there a particular office or department for that in SK?

talsor wrote:I have been to Baghdad many time and frankly I would not settle there or any arab region even if they pay me . I think being homeless is more dignifying that living with these animals .