MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: US State Departement 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iraq
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 13.4.22 KURDISTAN
Iraq is a constitutional parliamentary republic. The October 10 parliamentary elections were generally considered free and fair. The elections were observed by the European Union and domestic civil society organizations and monitored by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. Domestic and international elections observers cited procedural and transparency improvements to the electoral process over the 2018 elections.
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Will renewed interest in Iraqi Kurdish gas fuel Turkey-Iran rivalry?
Western capitals are seeking alternative natural gas resources to reduce their dependence on Russia, which creates a possible opportunity for Iraqi Kurdish gas exports.A gas flare burns in a field close to the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk,
Fehim Tastekin April 8, 2022 AL MONITOR-
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH : THE FINAL DAYS OF KURDISH PKK -Birtan Sarya: Iraq supports KDP to exterminate Kurds
Journalist Birtan Sarya indicated that Iraq joined the plan to exterminate the Kurds led by the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, by building the wall between Shengal and Rojava. She explained that there are new schemes to create strife and hostility between the peoples of Shengal.ANHA NEWS 10 Apr 2022, “The Turkish state funds the construction of the wall”
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: HISTORY KURDS & IRAQ & SADDAM HUSSEIN
Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition
From February to September 1988 Saddam Hussein launched the most repressive campaign of his rule. This was the time of the Anfal, when the government temporarily destroyed the two main Kurdish opposition parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). This was accomplished through the leveling of thousands of villages by conventional and chemical weapons. The survivors were put into camps, where many were killed and the others dispersed into government controlled areas. This was a much more vicious and systematic offensive than previous ones against the Kurds.#
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: THE FAT CATS OF KURDISTAN = THE BARZANI CLAN &Co. – Nechirvan Barzani – How oligarchs stash money in foreign real estate
Kurdistan president Nechirvan Barzani (R) with his cousin and Kurdistan prime minister Masrour Barzani (C), February 2022. The ‘laranja’ business, as seen in Iraqi Kurdistan By Zack Kopplin and Basma Humadi | The American Prospect 10-4-22
On his website, Virginia property lawyer Dan Withers boasts that he can make your money invisible. From offshore companies to private trusts, he offers “innovative legal strategies” to his mega-rich clients “for whom anonymity and protection from liability are of paramount concern.”
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: THE FAT CATS & OLIGARCHS OF KURDISTAN – THE BARZANI’S
How Oligarchs Stash Money in Foreign Real Estate
The ‘laranja’ business, as seen in Iraqi Kurdistan – by Basma Humadi April 6, 2022 THE AMERICAN PROSPECT
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Kurdish infighting could undermine a sovereign Iraqi government
BY DAVID SCHENKER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 04/05/22 THE HILL
For Washington and other supporters of a sovereign and prosperous Iraq, the October 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections were a success.
MESOP MIDEAST Report: oil production, profits stable in Iraqi Kurdistan
There have been a series of notable energy developments in Iraq recently.
Al-Monitor StaffApril 1, 2022 The American consultancy firm Deloitte has released its quarterly assessment of the oil sector in Iraqi Kurdistan.
MESOP WATCH NEWS: FINISH FOR KURDISTAN – Bagdad will Ölexporte aus Südkurdistan kontrollieren
Die irakische Zentralregierung will den Ölexport aus der Region Kurdistan künftig selbst kontrollieren. Das hat ein irakisches Gericht entschieden, das Ölministerium in Bagdad will dafür eine Firma mit Sitz in Hewlêr gründen.
- ANFMittwoch, 30 März 2022,
- – Das irakische Ölministerium fordert in einer Stellungnahme zu einer Gerichtsentscheidung hinsichtlich der Ölvorkommen in Südkurdistan die Gründung einer neuen Firma mit Sitz in Hewlêr (Erbil). Die Firma soll der irakischen Zentralregierung unterstellt sein.
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH : Der Niedergang Kurdistans – Iraks Leuchtturm strahlt nicht mehr (RETOUR NACH DEUTSCHLAND)
Die Kurden laufen weg aus Kurdistan. Die Fluchtwelle an der Grenze zwischen Belarus und Polen ist dabei nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Birgit Svensson berichtet aus Erbil und Dohuk über den Niedergang einer einst hoffnungsvollen Region. QANTARA 30-3-22
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