Identifier
Created
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09BAGHDAD1922
2009-07-16 03:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President
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UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001922
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SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President
of the United States
UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001922
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For S
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL OPDC IZ
SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President
of the United States
1. Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following
letter for transmittal to President Obama Hard copy will be
pouched.
Begin text:
Salahaddin
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
29 June 2009
His Excellency President Barack Obama
President of the United States
Department of State (NSC)
Washington, DC
USA
Dear President Obama,
On behalf of the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and myself,
I would like to congratulate you on the 213th anniversary of the
American Independence. We Kurds like to think we share with
Americans the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence:
"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Many Americans have given their lives so that we Kurds and Iraqis
might enjoy unalienable rights. Policies often change over time but
we Kurds are loyal to our friends and we will never forget the
American efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan.
We wish you and all Americans a very happy and safe Fourth of July
Holiday weekend.
Yours very sincerely,
Signed
Masoud Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
End text. Hill
SIPDIS
For S
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL OPDC IZ
SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President
of the United States
1. Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following
letter for transmittal to President Obama Hard copy will be
pouched.
Begin text:
Salahaddin
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
29 June 2009
His Excellency President Barack Obama
President of the United States
Department of State (NSC)
Washington, DC
USA
Dear President Obama,
On behalf of the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and myself,
I would like to congratulate you on the 213th anniversary of the
American Independence. We Kurds like to think we share with
Americans the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence:
"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Many Americans have given their lives so that we Kurds and Iraqis
might enjoy unalienable rights. Policies often change over time but
we Kurds are loyal to our friends and we will never forget the
American efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan.
We wish you and all Americans a very happy and safe Fourth of July
Holiday weekend.
Yours very sincerely,
Signed
Masoud Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
End text. Hill