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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05KIRKUK270 |
(C) WASHINGTON TRIP HELPS BOOST KURDISH SUPPORT FOR STAYING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. KRG (Erbil) PM Nechirvan Barzani lauded President Bush for hosting his uncle, KRG President Masud Barzani. PM Barzani said that -- while the U.S. had been careful on protocol -- he felt as if the U.S. had received President Barzani as a head of state. PM Barza [...] |
2005-12-08 14:01:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL EINV IZ IR SY KRG |
| 05KIRKUK285 |
(U) KURDS ANTICIPATE AGAIN FIELDING SECOND-LARGEST BLOC IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad met December 2-3 with KRG Regional President Masud Barzani and then with Iraqi President Talabani. The KDP is trying to woo Faili Kurds to drop their support for their own lists or the Shia Islamist lists and support the Kurdish Alliance slate instead. Bar [...] |
2005-12-13 18:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ KDP |
| 05KIRKUK287 |
(C) SAMARRA: IECI REPORTS INTIMIDATION BY IA [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On 10 and 11 October, IECI employees in the Samarra area were victims of flagrant intimidation by Iraqi Army. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) On 12 December, the Salah Ad Din IECI director, Mr. Salah Salih made a complaint to SET officer about intim [...] |
2005-12-14 08:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER IZ |
| 05KIRKUK288 |
(SBU) ELECTORAL COMPLAINTS HEAT UP IN KIRKUK [...] (SBU)SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. RC and PolOff heard differing electoral complaints in meetings with Kirkuk Provincial Council Chairman Rizgar Ali and several Turcoman council members plus one Arab member on December 12, 2005. The Kurdish Chairman (affiliated with PUK) expressed frustration and [...] |
2005-12-14 08:23:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 05KIRKUK289 |
(C) TURCOMANS: USG MUST PREVENT KURDS STEALING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) believes the Kurds are making a massive, flagrant effort to steal the election in Kirkuk with IECI connivance. ITF leaders made a number of specific complaints to us and repeatedly threatened to take to the streets if their concer [...] |
2005-12-14 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
| 05KIRKUK290 |
(C) DIYALA ELECTION PREP: MINOR LOGISTICAL AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'quba cable. 2. SUMMARY: Three days before the election, the IECI and ISF appear to be well prepared for the polling on December 15. With CF support, the involved organizations have repeatedly drilled for the election day operations, and a December 10 "dress rehearsal" [...] |
2005-12-14 19:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 05KIRKUK292 |
AMBASSADOR LAYS CORNERSTONE FOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad joined President Talabani and Planning Minister Dr. Barham Salih on December 11 in laying the cornerstone of the future American University in Iraq - Sulaymaniyah (AUI-S). The Kurdistan Regional Government is contributing $10 million to the project. In private m [...] |
2005-12-17 05:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL EAID PGOV SOCI IZ |
| 05KIRKUK293 |
(U) SULAYMANIYAH AIRPORT GOES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Sulaymaniyah airport has begun international operations, with weekly flights to Amman and Dubai via Baghdad on Iraqi Airways. On December 10, the Turkish private airline Fly Air inaugurated its service to Istanbul. Other destinations are to be added shortly after [...] |
2005-12-18 13:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV IZ IRMO |
| 05KIRKUK300 |
(U) CHINA WOOS IRAQI KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China seeks better relations and trade with Iraq's Kurdistan Region, including oil. Kurdistan is officially autonomous, but foreign relations remain the prerogative of the Iraqi national government, so the Kurds' dealings with China are handled through the dominant political p [...] |
2005-12-22 12:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD CH IZ |
| 05KIRKUK302 |
(S) FUEL TRUCK DRIVERS MAY CRIPPLE OIL FLOW IN CENTRAL IRAQ [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. A truckers' strike at the Bayji Refinery may cripple the oil flow throughout central Iraq. This strike, which appears to be unnoticed in other parts of Iraq, is in response to the recent fuel price increase. END SUMMARY. 3. (S) As a res [...] |
2005-12-23 17:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | EPET ECON PGOV PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK10 |
WASHINGTON POST FABRICATED STORY, ACCORDING TO SALAH AD DIN [...] This is a SET Tikrit telegram. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A January 12 Washington Post news article describes the Iraqi presidential palaces in Tikrit, formally known as FOB Danger. The article claims to quote the Salah Ad Din provincial Governor as accusing his deputy and the ISF of [...] |
2006-01-26 21:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IZ |
| 06KIRKUK100 |
SADRISTS SEEK TO BLOCK KURDISH DESIGNS FOR KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sadr group is searching for ways to impede progress on the Kurdification of Kirkuk. A Sadr representative in Kirkuk said the Sadrists, who represented about 75 percent of the Shia Arab population in Kirkuk, were at odds ideologically with the Badr Organization on Kirkuk iss [...] |
2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK101 |
IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...] |
2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
| 06KIRKUK102 |
HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them participated in the demonstrations. The PUK thwarted more student demonstrations in Kalar through beefed-up security and intimidation. PRT finds these disturb [...] |
2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK103 |
KIRKUK PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Arab council members boycott and Turcoman council members threaten to boycott the Kirkuk Provincial Council if the Kurdish bloc does not meet their demands. Boycott Threatened ------------------ 2. (SBU) On April 18, Turcoman and Arab council members finally submitted [...] |
2006-04-29 11:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK104 |
KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...] |
2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK105 |
PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK [...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...] |
2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK106 |
KIRKUK NGO PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CITY PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 18, Fathal Uthman Rasul, founder and director of the Rozh Foundation for Women's Rights, discussed the organization's work with IPAO. The Rozh Foundation is an NGO in Kirkuk that promotes women's liberties, civil society projects and educational opportunities. The Dir [...] |
2006-04-30 18:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK107 |
(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...] |
2006-05-02 07:14:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR |
| 06KIRKUK11 |
(SBU) KURDS EXPECT SHIITES WILL AGREE KIRKUK CAN JOIN KRG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) leaders complained to RC and DRC January 26 that the December elections had cheated the Kurds out of seats, though this would not prevent the Kurdish alliance from participating in the government. PUK Dep GenSe [...] |
2006-01-28 19:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT EFIN PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK112 |
KRG WOOING "COWARDLY CAPITAL" WITH NEW INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] Summary: The KRG is attempting to win-over hesitant foreign investors with a combination of new airports, trade shows, and investment incentives. In a meeting April 22 with KRG Deputy Finance Minister Abdullah Abdulrahim, Abdulrahim told Emboffs that he welcomed input and U.S. technical assist [...] |
2006-05-10 07:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK113 |
KRG SWEARS IN UNIFIED CABINET [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government swore in its new unified cabinet May 7, the major step in its path towards full unification. Until now, the KRG had rival cabinets in Erbil (dominated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party) and in Sulaymaniyah (dominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdista [...] |
2006-05-14 14:47:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM EPET KWMN IZ |
| 06KIRKUK115 |
SULAY STUDENTS VIEW ELECTION THROUGH KURDISH EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Students from Sulaymaniyah University met on May 24 with IPAO to share reactions to the formation of the national government. The twenty-six students equally represented men, women, and both younger students from a variety of departments and older students attending graduate l [...] |
2006-06-04 14:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06KIRKUK116 |
SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared with IPAO their reactions to the formation of the newly formed governments in Erbil and Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana said it would be difficult for Prime [...] |
2006-06-04 14:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ENRG IZ |
| 06KIRKUK117 |
PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...] |
2006-06-13 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN |
| 06KIRKUK119 |
OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...] |
2006-06-20 14:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK12 |
(C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...] |
2006-01-28 20:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL |
| 06KIRKUK120 |
DISPLACED ARAB FARMERS IN KIRKUK UNHAPPY OVER DISPLACEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A farmers' union in Kirkuk province - claiming to represent 5,000 displaced families - said that one of the United States' key mistakes in Iraq was not taking more initiative to help solve the internally displaced persons (IDP) problem. The farmers claimed that following Oper [...] |
2006-06-20 14:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM KIDE IZ |
| 06KIRKUK121 |
ASSYRIAN LEADERS ON ARTICLE 140, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: PRT team leader met with Assyrian Democratic Movement Kirkuk Chairman Sargon Lazar on June 20 and Assyrian Archbishop Louis Sako on June 21 to discuss implementation of Article 140. Lazar said there were rumors of a falling out between President Talabani and PM Maliki over Artic [...] |
2006-06-29 16:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF |
| 06KIRKUK122 |
KIRKUK SUNNI ARABS ON KIDNAPPINGS AND ARTICLE 140 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 22, Iraqi Republican Gathering's Kirkuk office head detailed a series of kidnappings between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk. He used the incidents as an example of how organized the Sunni Arab population would be against the annexation of Kirkuk. He warned that Isl [...] |
2006-06-29 16:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK123 |
(U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...] |
2006-07-15 14:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ |
| 06KIRKUK124 |
(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...] |
2006-07-15 14:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK125 |
(C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...] |
2006-07-15 14:33:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK126 |
(C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...] |
2006-07-15 14:38:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK127 |
(C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...] |
2006-07-15 14:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK128 |
(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...] |
2006-07-15 14:45:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK129 |
(U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...] |
2006-07-19 16:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK130 |
KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...] |
2006-07-20 13:57:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU |
| 06KIRKUK131 |
(C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS' [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...] |
2006-07-25 09:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK132 |
(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...] |
2006-07-25 10:52:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IZ |
| 06KIRKUK133 |
(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...] |
2006-07-25 11:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK134 |
(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-25 12:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK135 |
(C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...] |
2006-07-31 10:23:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK136 |
(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...] |
2006-08-02 17:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK137 |
(C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...] |
2006-08-02 17:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK138 |
(C) KIRKUK ROAD CONSTRUCTION HEADING NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) member and Director of Roads and Bridges, Qasim Hamza, said on August 1 that poor security in southern Kirkuk was diverting road reconstruction projects to safer areas north of the city. He said that badly needed road and brid [...] |
2006-08-15 11:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF ECON EIND ELTN |
| 06KIRKUK139 |
KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...] |
2006-08-15 11:31:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
| 06KIRKUK140 |
KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...] |
2006-08-15 11:35:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
| 06KIRKUK141 |
READOUT OF RECENT PROTESTS IN KURDISTAN SULAYMANIYAH REGION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several participants and organizers of the recent protests in the Chamchamal sub-districts of Sulaymaniyah Province said on August 17 poor services in the water, electricity, and fuel sectors had prompted growing calls for government reform in the Kurdistan [...] |
2006-08-20 17:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM |
| 06KIRKUK142 |
(C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...] |
2006-08-22 06:47:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK143 |
(C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...] |
2006-08-22 07:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK144 |
(C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...] |
2006-08-22 07:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK145 |
(C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-22 07:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK146 |
(C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...] |
2006-08-22 08:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK147 |
(C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...] |
2006-08-22 09:00:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM |
| 06KIRKUK148 |
(C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...] |
2006-08-22 09:09:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK16 |
(SBU) POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Several political parties in Salah Ad Din Province meet weekly to develop political cohesiveness in the province. The group is showing an amazing unity of purpose during its first two months in existence. END SUMMARY. -------------- (U [...] |
2006-01-29 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK17 |
(SBU) PUK FACILITATES ARAB DEPARTURE FROM KIRKUK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Dr. Farhad Omar works in a new PUK-funded group assisting Arabization Arabs who want to return voluntarily to southern Iraq. He and a Kurdish member of the Kirkuk provincial council told DRC and IPAO on January 25 that "Kurdistan Unity and Brotherhood (KUB)" a [...] |
2006-01-29 19:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK173 |
KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...] |
2006-11-29 14:13:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ |
| 06KIRKUK174 |
KIRKUK RULING COALITION AGAINST BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10 key representatives of the ruling PUK/KDP-dominated local government demarched the REO, and on October 11 affiliated NGO's held a demonstration in front of our gate, about the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report. In the PUK/KDP's view, the ISG report was biased in favor [...] |
2006-12-14 09:55:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK179 |
ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK [...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...] |
2006-12-21 14:20:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ |
| 06KIRKUK18 |
(SBU) SALAH AD DIN GOVERNOR WINS KRG LARGESSE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah Ad Din, a predominantly Sunni Arab province, is making inroads with Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani. Governor Hamad met with Barzani in January; he came away with a commitment for the KRG to fund medical s [...] |
2006-01-29 19:15:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM IZ TU JO SA |
| 06KIRKUK19 |
(SBU) TURCOMAN FRONT FEELS CHEATED, BUT SAYS ELECTION A STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader Sadettin Ergech called on Regional Coordinator (RC) and UK Consul General January 28. Ergech was the only person running as a Turcoman who won a seat in the December national legislative elections (some Turcomans running with [...] |
2006-01-30 18:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK20 |
(U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED [...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...] |
2006-01-31 06:37:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ |
| 06KIRKUK21 |
(SBU) KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION TALKS THE TALK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, RC, DRC and IPAO met Abdulrahman Siddiq Karim, the smooth-talking head of public affairs for the Kurdistan Islamic Union. Abdulrahman was upbeat on the KRG investigation into the Dahuk incidents in which several KIU members were killed, includin [...] |
2006-01-31 19:51:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK22 |
(SBU) KAMAL SAYID QADIR KARIM: CONVICTION OVERTURNED, LOWER [...] (SBU) On January 19, the Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) Court of Cassation struck down the lower court's December 19 conviction of Austrian citizen and native Iraqi Kurd journalist and political activist Kamal Qadir Karim, aka Kamal Sayid Qadir (KSQ). The lower court had senten [...] |
2006-01-31 19:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK23 |
(U) RC FAREWELL VISIT TO ERBIL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, Regional Coordinator (RC), accompanied by Deputy RC and IPAO, held farewell meetings in Erbil with senior Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) leaders affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), including Karim Sinjari, the Minis [...] |
2006-02-01 13:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK24 |
KRG UNIFICATION: AWAITING A DEPUTY PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 2, KNA Speaker Mufti, Deputy Speaker Kirkuki and Kirkhi Alti Barmakh, the leader of the KNA's Turcoman bloc, all expected the PUK to nominate KRG-Sulaymaniyah PM Omar Fattah, PUK Erbil office director Arsalan Baiz or KRG-S Deputy PM Emad Ahmed to be Deputy PM for a u [...] |
2006-02-04 08:54:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK25 |
(SBU) KRG DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...] |
2006-02-04 17:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK26 |
KRG CONSTITUTION: KURDS HOPE TO ENTICE MINORITIES [...] (C) The KNA's Constitutional Committee continues to work on a KRG Constitution. Members expect further changes. In the next few weeks, the committee is supposed to send the draft to party leaders. Once they have blessed it, the committee will issue it for public comment. KNA Deputy Speake [...] |
2006-02-04 17:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PHUM KDEM KISL IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK27 |
(S) KURDISH IA UNIT SPLITS OVER DEPLOYING OUT OF KIRKUK [...] (S) The 101st tells REO that the MOD ordered the 4th BN, 2nd BDE, 4th Iraqi Army DIV to deploy from Kirkuk outside of Kirkuk province to Bayji. We understand this IA unit is composed of Kurds, but was not a former Peshmerga unit. After the order was given, about half (50%) of the unit deser [...] |
2006-02-05 06:40:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PGOV KDEM PINS IZ |
| 06KIRKUK29 |
(SBU) KIRKUK LEADERS CALMING TENSIONS OVER DANISH CARTOONS [...] (SBU) Kirkuk's Muslim community remains angry about the negative portrayals of Muhammad in a Danish journal. However, there has been widespread public condemnation by leaders of virtually all of Kirkuk's ethnic and religious groups of the recent church bombings in Kirkuk. END SUMMARY. (U) [...] |
2006-02-06 12:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | BAGHDAD FOR POL AND NCT |
| 06KIRKUK30 |
02/07/06 EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/07/06 acting Regional Coordinator (RC(A)) convened a meeting of post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at RSO's request. The following members were present: RC(A), PRT Leader (A), RSO, ARSO, MGTO. The purpose of this meeting was to assess the threat environment a [...] |
2006-02-07 19:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | ASEC PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK31 |
TRAIN TO WORK PROPOSAL [...] This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. In Salah Ad Din Province, a group of men is trying to tackle part of the employment problem. They have devised a program very similar to the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps, and hope to present it to the PRDC this month. Funding [...] |
2006-02-08 16:52:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV IZ |
| 06KIRKUK32 |
(U) SENIOR PUK LDR ON UNIFICATION, BAGHDAD TALKS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 7, RC(A) met with Kosrat Rasul, the Executive Secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK's) politburo. Rasul discussed the unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs) and national political developments in Baghdad. He sa [...] |
2006-02-09 19:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK33 |
(U) KURD TOILERS PARTY SEEKS USG INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 7, RC(A) met with Qadr Aziz, the General Secretary of the Kurdistan Toilers Party, a secular, left-leaning Kurdish party that participated in the December legislative elections as a member of the Kurdish Alliance with the dominant Kurdistan Democra [...] |
2006-02-11 17:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV IZ |
| 06KIRKUK34 |
(U) PUK DEMONSTRATION AT REO KIRKUK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 12, PRT Kirkuk Deputy Team Leader, IPAO and RSO met with Provincial Council Chairman and Kirkuk PUK leader Rizgar Ali at the REO. The subject was the February 7 shooting incident in which a REO PSD shot and killed a taxi driver and one of his passe [...] |
2006-02-12 18:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ |
| 06KIRKUK35 |
(C) SUNNIS ASCENDANT IN DIYALA [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The announcement of the results of the December 15 Council of Representatives elections has punctuated a scramble by the IIP to put together a coalition of Sunni Arab leaders in Diyala that can claim to represent the interests of the majori [...] |
2006-02-13 16:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK36 |
MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...] |
2006-02-13 16:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK37 |
(U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corruption flourish. Corruption relies on family-clan and/or peshmerga ties. Kurdish corruption starts at the top with a few political "godfathers" who quietly di [...] |
2006-02-16 19:39:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK38 |
(SBU) SALAH AD DIN LEADERS SPLIT OVER PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SET and IRMO Tikrit discussed Salah Ad Din province economic development planning with provincial leadership. Although the discussion was candid, it brought to light concerns the provincial council chairman had about extend [...] |
2006-02-18 16:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID IZ |
| 06KIRKUK39 |
KRG-E JUSTICE MINISTRY FACES POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The RC(A) met February 16 with Hadi Ali, the Justice Minister in the Erbil Kurdistan Regional Government, and the ministry's Director General, Judge 'Abdulbassit 'Abdullah Farhad. Ali is from the Kurdistan Islamic Union and has been the KRG-E Justice Minister f [...] |
2006-02-19 18:43:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PINR KWMN IZ |
| 06KIRKUK4 |
(U) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO UNITE [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced January 7 that they had reached agreement on uniting the two Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) administrations in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. The announcement was made by KRG [...] |
2006-01-09 14:56:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ KDP |
| 06KIRKUK40 |
(U) BA'QUBAH CARTOON DEMONSTRATION LARGEST IN OVER A YEAR [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A February 19 demonstration in Ba'qubah protesting Danish cartoons and the alleged 2004 British beating of students in al-Amarah amassed one of the largest crowds Ba'qubah has seen in a demonstration to date. The numbers may imply a cons [...] |
2006-02-22 09:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM PINS IZ |
| 06KIRKUK41 |
OUTGOING TNA MEMBER ON IRAQ'S FUTURE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Tikrit SET Officer and 101 AASLT Deputy G-9 met with outgoing Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member, Hatem Mukhls, on 9 February. Mukhls said few candidates in the December elections understood voters. He sees ri [...] |
2006-02-22 09:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK42 |
(U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-23 11:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR |
| 06KIRKUK43 |
(U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-24 07:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR |
| 06KIRKUK44 |
(S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...] |
2006-02-24 10:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK45 |
(C) SAMARRA UPDATE, 1900 2-23-06 [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Mostly peaceful protests occurred in Samarra on the first day after the Golden Mosque was bombed. The entire province was calm. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) At approximately 9:20 AM, the Iraqi Police (IP) guarding the ruins of the Golden Mosque o [...] |
2006-02-24 10:26:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PTER KISL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK46 |
(C) ORGANIZED, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: A highly organized corruption ring is running a black market for fuel in Kirkuk, manipulating fuel prices, and siphoning fuel to Iran and Turkey for profit. The organization parallels KDP and PUK party, Peshmerga and Asayish structures. Attempts to cover up its [...] |
2006-02-26 19:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR EPET ECON PINS IZ |
| 06KIRKUK47 |
(C) TOZKHURMATO TO JOIN KIRKUK PROVINCE? [...] (U) This is a joint Kirkuk and SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Governor Hamad of Salah ad Din Province says he would not object to Tozkhurmato's rejoining Kirkuk province, were residents to favor that in a referendum. By contrast, a Tozkhurmato Turcoman strongly oppose [...] |
2006-02-27 14:35:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS EAID PHUM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK48 |
SALAH AD DIN WANTS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Salah Ad Din contacts are pushing to elect the next provincial council by district. The January 2005 elections brought 15 Provincial Council members from a single district because of the Sunni boycott. District elections w [...] |
2006-02-28 19:45:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK49 |
(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...] |
2006-03-01 19:13:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK50 |
(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...] |
2006-03-02 05:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK51 |
KURDISH ECONOMY: OIL, IRAN AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Sarkis Aghajan Mamendu, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, told RC February 28 that the two KRG finance ministries would have a unified KRG budget by the end of 2006. The KRG would not fire any employees i [...] |
2006-03-02 19:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET ETRD IZ |
| 06KIRKUK52 |
NDI SUPPORTS IRAQI WOMEN'S POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) Program Manager for women's issues told IPAO's in late February that Iraqi women had not yet obtained an independent voice in political parties. NDI works with women from all Iraqi political parties to implement constitutional provisions adv [...] |
2006-03-02 20:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK53 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KDP GRIPING ABOUT TALABANI [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. RC met separately on February 28 with Falah Bakir, a close aide to the KRG-E PM (and future unified KRG) PM Barzani, and with Fadil Mirani, Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Politburo. On Baghdad government formation, Bakir downplayed Talabani's rol [...] |
2006-03-05 19:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK55 |
KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION MAINTAINS A MODERATE, INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Party (KIU) hopes to be a viable option for Kurdish voters that are not satisfied with what they perceive to be the corrupt, self-serving policies of the KDP and PUK. KIU officials reputedly reject violence in the name of Islam and argued that the Iraqi Go [...] |
2006-03-07 19:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK56 |
KURDS' PUSH ON TAL ARTICLE 58 SPARKS TEMPORARY PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kurds sprung a surprise proposal at the March 1 Kirkuk Provincial Council meeting to implement TAL article 58 at the provincial level. Turcoman and Arab PC members staged a walkout to show their displeasure, but both sides sidestepped a long-term boycott. END SUMMARY. (SBU) [...] |
2006-03-09 11:54:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK57 |
KRG UNIFICATION: CABINET FORMATION NEXT [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On February 28, RC met separately with Falah Bakir, a close aide to Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil PM Barzani, and with Kurdistan Democratic Party Politburo Secretary Fadil Mirani on the unification of the two KRG's. The next step is for KRG President Masu [...] |
2006-03-09 16:57:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK58 |
KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...] |
2006-03-09 17:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK59 |
SUNNI POLITICIANS SAY HAWIJAH PRIME FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two members of the Iraqi Republican Gathering separately stressed the need to expand Coalition outreach to Sunni Arabs in Hawijah - a Sunni Arab city southwest of Kirkuk. They admitted the city was a Ba'athist stronghold, but claimed it had few foreign fighters, and recommended [...] |
2006-03-10 14:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK61 |
TRIBAL LEADER WARNS OF FUNDAMENTALISM, CORRUPTION IN KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the second largest Kurdish tribe in Iraq, the Harki, identified corruption, nepotism and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism fueled by economic instability as the major threats to democracy in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Shaykh Mahmud Asad Fattah Harki said that th [...] |
2006-03-14 12:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL |
| 06KIRKUK62 |
(U) DIYALA REPRESENTATIVES' BIOS [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SET has collected background information on nine of the ten representatives elected from Diyala province in the December 2005 elections. These representatives-elect share virtually no common characteristics, but their backgrounds reveal a l [...] |
2006-03-15 11:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK63 |
PROVINCIAL GOVT STRUGGLES FOR POWER, BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. Sulaymaniyah provincial leaders stressed the need for the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) to grant them legal authority and practical power to carry out projects. Provincial Governor Dana Ahmad Majid requested U.S. technical assistance for urban planning and taking a census of [...] |
2006-03-17 14:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK64 |
(S) OPERATION SWARMER UPDATE 0600 BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. OPERATION SWARMER began on March 16, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq to kill or capture AIF, to disrupt AI operations, and to capture weapons caches. The Governor of Salah Ad Din Province gave a news conference, and will give a second on March 17 [...] |
2006-03-17 14:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK65 |
KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...] |
2006-03-18 19:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK66 |
SULAY GOVERNOR: IRAN'S INFLUENCE INCREASING [...] (C) Sulaymaniyah Provincial Governor Dana Ahmed Majid complained on 13 March to RC(A) and IPAO about Iran's growing influence on Iraq's energy, oil refineries, and imports and exports. Majid said Iran was heavily invested in a new railway route from Basrah to China, which would cross Iranian [...] |
2006-03-19 20:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KISL PINS IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK67 |
TURCOMAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary. The Turcoman are frustrated with the Kurds' domination of Kirkuk politics. An Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader warned that the Turcoman and Arabs might unite against Kurdish injustices. The Turcoman reject the national Normalization Committee on Kirkuk and believe that the IP [...] |
2006-03-20 18:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK68 |
(C) PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP LOSING SUPPORT, LOSING INTEREST [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The citizens of Salah Ad Din province by and large support neither the Provincial Council Chairman nor the Governor. Instead, they are calling for a strong leader who will find jobs, improve the security situation, reduce corruption, and imp [...] |
2006-03-23 12:14:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 06KIRKUK69 |
HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical weapons attack there. Locals believe the PUK has largely used the Halabjah museum to extract foreign assistance, but failed to spend the funds on Halabjah. [...] |
2006-03-24 13:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK70 |
(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...] |
2006-03-27 18:43:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK71 |
TURCOMAN - UNIFIED IN KIRKUK, DIVIDED IN BAGHDAD -REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Islamic Turcoman Union represents most Shia Turcoman in Kirkuk. The party works with other Turcoman parties on issues locally but is aligned with the Unified Iraqi Alliance in Baghdad. The Shia Turcoman remain frustrated with the perceived bias and indecision in the land [...] |
2006-03-29 04:37:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK72 |
IRAQI ARMY RAID ON TURCOMAN VILLAGE - TWO DEAD, SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. A mid-march Iraqi Army (IA) raid in predominately Turcoman village near the At Tamim - Salah ad Din provincial border results in two deaths, several injuries, and alleged widespread destruction of property. Turcoman frustration increases to what they perceive as an excessive mil [...] |
2006-03-29 04:39:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK73 |
KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...] |
2006-03-31 07:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK74 |
(C) PM BARZANI TO PARDON KAMAL QADR KARIM IN NEXT FEW DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that he would pardon Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim "in the next three to four days." We suspect they will deport him. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) While discussing human rights with RC(A) March 29 in relation to the riot in Halabja [...] |
2006-03-31 10:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK75 |
KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...] |
2006-03-31 15:29:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK76 |
HALABJAH: PM BARZANI BLAMES THE PUK [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. With RC(A) March 29, KRG-Erbil PM Barzani blamed the PUK for the heavy-handed response by the KRG-Sulaymaniyah to the Halabjah riot. Barzani said the PUK had known about the growing tension, but had done nothing to stem it. The PUK had undertaken many projects [...] |
2006-03-31 15:30:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK78 |
STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest organizers' demands the night before, but was too late to prevent the violent March 16 Halabjah protests. Protestors were mostly male students from Halabjah, and [...] |
2006-04-07 14:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK79 |
PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...] |
2006-04-07 14:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK8 |
(U) KURDISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES KRG UNIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Ambassador Khalilzad attended the January 21 special session of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA), which unanimously approved reftel agreement on unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs). Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (leader of the Patri [...] |
2006-01-23 12:24:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ KDP |
| 06KIRKUK80 |
MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...] |
2006-04-07 14:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK81 |
SUNNIS IN HAWIJAH MAY PREFER POLITICIANS TO TRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sunni community in the Kirkuk province wanted to benefit from U.S. outreach efforts, but the U.S. needed to work with the right Sunni leaders. A Sunni Arab politician from Kirkuk argued that the people of Hawijah were fed up with the tribes' inability to deliver security to [...] |
2006-04-10 05:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK82 |
GAS/OIL REFINERY TO BE BUILT IN KURDISH REGION [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi KAR Group CEO Baz Karim discussed bids for two new oil refineries, including the first in the Kurdistan region, slated for Koia, Sulaymaniyah Province. Karim also requested advocacy from the United States for KAR's bid on the proposed $1.3 billion Al- Nahrian Refinery, in c [...] |
2006-04-10 05:47:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK83 |
ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...] |
2006-04-10 13:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK85 |
DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CIVIL SOCIETY STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a visit by DRL to Northern Iraq, civil society funding recipients said they struggled to maintain independence against strong opposition, and in some cases persecution, from political parties. Media sources said they faced detainment and abuse from government authorities f [...] |
2006-04-12 10:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ |
| 06KIRKUK86 |
DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: TREATMENT AT LAST FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: A DRL site visit to Northern Iraq revealed that implementing partners are providing Iraqis for the first time with treatment for the mentally ill, legal services for women in jail, and a major effort to record the stories of victims of torture, imprisonment, and the genocide campa [...] |
2006-04-12 10:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ |
| 06KIRKUK87 |
IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...] |
2006-04-12 10:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA |
| 06KIRKUK88 |
YOUNG KURDS WARN OF IMMINENT PROTESTS IN KALAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students and recent graduates from Kalar concurred that demonstrations would likely ignite there, but they disagreed on when those demonstrations might occur or how violent they would be. One student was adamant about protesting on April 14 - the commemoration of the Anfal atta [...] |
2006-04-12 13:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK9 |
(C) KRG-E INTERIOR MINISTER OFFERS POLICE HELP [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Regional Coordinator (RC), Karim Sinjari, Minister of Interior for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil (KRG-E), said he agreed with the USG decision to make 2006 "the year of the police." He said Iraq's police force suffered f [...] |
2006-01-23 12:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL MARR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK92 |
STREET TALKS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN A KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On a visit to Ankawa District in Erbil City, business owners told IPAO an influx of migrants was pushing up real estate prices. The owners complained about inflation, fuel prices, and how winning contracts required party membership. Ankawa is a middle-class, pre [...] |
2006-04-14 09:10:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK93 |
BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...] |
2006-04-16 08:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK94 |
KRG OIL REP SAYS DOORS ARE OPEN TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: KRG Erbil Oil & Gas Establishment General Director Serwan Aziz said that the Iraqi National Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, as if it were already in place. Aziz also said that when t [...] |
2006-04-21 13:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV ENRG PREL IZ NO |
| 06KIRKUK95 |
STUDENT UNIONS MAKE DEMANDS TO KRG ON HALABJAH DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students from Halabjah and As Sulaymaniyah issued a list of demands to the KRG following the violent protests in Halabjah (REFTELS), because detained protestors were being denied fundamental rights. They told REO April 8 that they might go on strike or organize peaceful demonst [...] |
2006-04-21 13:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK96 |
KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP SEEKS U.S. RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) supported U.S. invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but has been disappointed with some U.S. actions toward it. The party seeks to uphold the holiness of Islam and advocates Sharia law as the main source of guidance on Iraqi law. The KIG and the [...] |
2006-04-21 13:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL |
| 06KIRKUK97 |
IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES [...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...] |
2006-04-22 17:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK98 |
BADR ORGANIZATION IN KIRKUK COOPERATING ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Badr Organization claims to be a multiethnic group in northern Iraq. Badr representatives claim most Shia Arabs in Kirkuk are Ba'ath loyalists. The Badr representatives claimed to defer security responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and police. The Badr Organization is postp [...] |
2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK99 |
KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...] |
2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |