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Mother of all disputes.(KIRKUK)
The city of Kirkuk has the dubious distinction of being the most hotly contested city in Iraq, a city accustomed to violence on a daily basis. Kurds are determined to annex the city; Arabs and Turkmen want it to remain under the control of the central government.
In late July Kurdish MPs walked out of the Iraqi parliament to protest a UNAMI proposal for power sharing in Kirkuk. The bill passed, reducing Kurdish representation on the provincial council and providing for the transfer of security authority for the region from Kurdish Peshmerga already there to the Iraqi Army. "What happened in the parliament is like a coup against Kurds," cried Aso Raheem Sarwi. "It ...
- Kirkuk: Iraq's northern tinderbox; 12,000 Turkish soldiers are poised to...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor January 13, 2003 700+ words
...that any attempt by Iraqi Kurds to seize control of Kirkuk - as they did briefly during...Turkey's warnings about Kirkuk, the Kurds aren't backing down...Turkmen with a plurality in Kirkuk city, and Kurds with a plurality in the wider...
- Kurds win majority in Iraq's oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 11, 2005 700+ words
...could inflame tensions between Kurds and Kirkuk's Arab and Turkmen residents...to grant the right to vote in Kirkuk to Kurds who had been driven out of their...day, he said, thousands of Kurds traveled to Kirkuk from neighboring Kurdish provinces...
- Kurds' strong showing in Kirkuk threatens to inflame tensions.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 10, 2005 700+ words
...could inflame tensions between Kurds and Kirkuk's Arab and Turkmen residents...to grant the right to vote in Kirkuk to Kurds who had been driven out of their...day, he said, thousands of Kurds traveled to Kirkuk from neighboring Kurdish provinces...
- IRAQ: KURDS SIGNAL WILLINGNESS TO COMPROMISE OVER KIRKUK.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service June 5, 2008 700+ words
...could be defused. "In Kirkuk, as Kurds, we are ready for power...referendum. Because Kurds' numbers have grown hugely in Kirkuk since the end of 2003...council for months. Like Kurds, Turkomans claim ownership of Kirkuk and some of their major...
- Leader warns Kurds must be allowed to re-establish majority in Kirkuk, Iraq.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 10, 2004 700+ words
...ethnic majority in the strategic city of Kirkuk. The Kurds, an estimated 4 million people, would...elections held as scheduled on Jan. 30. Kurds in Kirkuk could boycott the elections; Kurds in Kirkuk could vote for only national leaders and...
- Leader warns Kurds must be allowed to re-establish majority in Kirkuk.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 9, 2004 700+ words
...ethnic majority in the strategic city of Kirkuk. The Kurds, an estimated 4 million people, would...elections held as scheduled on Jan. 30. Kurds in Kirkuk could boycott the elections; Kurds in Kirkuk could vote for only national leaders and...
- Kurd leader demands control of oil-rich Kirkuk
- News wire article from: AP Worldstream QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA October 28, 2009 700+ words
...list will be used in Kirkuk _ one favoring Kurds or one favoring Arabs...over the city. The Kurds see Kirkuk as historically theirs...tens of thousands of Kurds were displaced under a forced plan to make Kirkuk predominantly Arab...
- Kurds fleeing Kirkuk amid reports of Iraq crackdown.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Landay, Jonathan S. March 14, 2003 700+ words
...the oil city of Kirkuk to rebel Kurd-held northern...rounding up minority Kurds to forestall...Baghdad allows Kurds from the areas...into the rebel Kurd-held enclave...thousands of Kurds, Turkmen and...expelled from the Kirkuk region. The...
Source: HighBeam Research, Mother of all disputes.(KIRKUK)