Friday, 16 October 2009
Turkish Minister of Energy & Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said on Thursday that Turkey would make technical and training assistance to Iraq on natural gas.
Yildiz said, "talks in Baghdad regarding energy area were discussed under three main topics; oil, natural gas and electricity". Yildiz said, "a study will be carried out to direct private sector, building natural gas power plants, to Iraq. Pumping of 8 billion cubic meters natural gas from Iraq to Turkey is planned at the first stage." Yildiz said, "Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline has 70 million tone capacity. It currently works with 18 percent capacity.
We will make a 15-year agreement about this. Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline is a departure gate for Iraq. We want this pipeline to work in full capacity."
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samedi 17 octobre 2009
vendredi 16 octobre 2009
Turkish company to build dam in Kerkuk
14 October 2009
KERKUK : The Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday said it has signed a contract with a Turkish firm to build a dam in Kirkuk to overcome water shortage in the province.
"The cost of the project, located near Kajk village across Khassa Jay River (10 northeast of Kirkuk), is 84.9 billion Iraqi dinars (ID)," according to a ministry statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The dam will ensure the continuous flow of water through Khassa Jay River during all seasons and the irrigation of 3,000 donums (1 donum eq; 2,500 square meters) of land in Taza area, according to the statement.
"The estimated completion period of the project is 40 months," the statement added.
KERKUK : The Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday said it has signed a contract with a Turkish firm to build a dam in Kirkuk to overcome water shortage in the province.
"The cost of the project, located near Kajk village across Khassa Jay River (10 northeast of Kirkuk), is 84.9 billion Iraqi dinars (ID)," according to a ministry statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The dam will ensure the continuous flow of water through Khassa Jay River during all seasons and the irrigation of 3,000 donums (1 donum eq; 2,500 square meters) of land in Taza area, according to the statement.
"The estimated completion period of the project is 40 months," the statement added.
mercredi 14 octobre 2009
Iraqi Turkmens, their History and their Struggle
The Struggle of the Turkmens in Iraq
By Orhan Ketene
Please click on the link below:
British MPs Call for Investigation of Kurdish Militia in Assyrian Assassinations
GMT 10-14-2009
Assyrian International News Agency
London (AINA) -- A motion in the British parliament was put forth today calling for an investigation of the targeted assassinations of Assyrians in Iraq's Kurdish north (AINA 10-17-2008, 10-17-2008).
The motion, introduced by Edward Leigh and signed by five others, reads as follows:
That this House is deeply concerned by the targeted assassinations of Christians in Mosul, northern Iraq, in September and October 2008, which killed at least 14 Iraqi Christians and displaced over 2,000 Christian families from that city; notes that a Washington Times news report dated 26 October 2008, stated that on 17 October 2008 Iraqi security forces arrested six men in connection with the killings of Christians in Mosul and found that four of them had links to the Kurdish Regional Government militia, not Al Qaeda; further notes that the Kurdish Regional Government and its militia are dominated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party and that on 29 October 2008 Gulf News reported that investigations had been completed, and proved the involvement of Kurdish militias in the displacement and killing of Christians, a claim which was re-stated by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki during a discussion with Iraqi lawmakers, according to Osama Al Nojaifi, a deputy in the Iraqi parliament; and, in view of such serious and widespread allegations, urges Her Majesty's Government to press the Iraqi government to fully investigate these allegations and publicly to announce all the investigation's conclusions.
Leigh, Edward Farron,
Timothy Brown,
Russell Drew,
David Russell,
Bob Pound, Stephen
15,000 Assyrians, about 2500 families, were driven out of Mosul in October, 2008. Threats, intimidation and murder by unidentified groups instilled fear and panic in the Assyrian community, and caused a massive exodus into the Assyrian villages in the Nineveh Plain. Thirteen Assyrians were killed in a period of four weeks. At least three Assyrian homes were bombed. Notes were left instructing the Assyrians to leave the city immediately or face reprisal (AINA 10-16-2008, 10-17-2008).
The following video report on the Assyrians of Mosul is from Al-Jazeera.
Click here to view the report.
Assyrian International News Agency
London (AINA) -- A motion in the British parliament was put forth today calling for an investigation of the targeted assassinations of Assyrians in Iraq's Kurdish north (AINA 10-17-2008, 10-17-2008).
The motion, introduced by Edward Leigh and signed by five others, reads as follows:
That this House is deeply concerned by the targeted assassinations of Christians in Mosul, northern Iraq, in September and October 2008, which killed at least 14 Iraqi Christians and displaced over 2,000 Christian families from that city; notes that a Washington Times news report dated 26 October 2008, stated that on 17 October 2008 Iraqi security forces arrested six men in connection with the killings of Christians in Mosul and found that four of them had links to the Kurdish Regional Government militia, not Al Qaeda; further notes that the Kurdish Regional Government and its militia are dominated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party and that on 29 October 2008 Gulf News reported that investigations had been completed, and proved the involvement of Kurdish militias in the displacement and killing of Christians, a claim which was re-stated by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki during a discussion with Iraqi lawmakers, according to Osama Al Nojaifi, a deputy in the Iraqi parliament; and, in view of such serious and widespread allegations, urges Her Majesty's Government to press the Iraqi government to fully investigate these allegations and publicly to announce all the investigation's conclusions.
Leigh, Edward Farron,
Timothy Brown,
Russell Drew,
David Russell,
Bob Pound, Stephen
15,000 Assyrians, about 2500 families, were driven out of Mosul in October, 2008. Threats, intimidation and murder by unidentified groups instilled fear and panic in the Assyrian community, and caused a massive exodus into the Assyrian villages in the Nineveh Plain. Thirteen Assyrians were killed in a period of four weeks. At least three Assyrian homes were bombed. Notes were left instructing the Assyrians to leave the city immediately or face reprisal (AINA 10-16-2008, 10-17-2008).
The following video report on the Assyrians of Mosul is from Al-Jazeera.
Click here to view the report.
mardi 13 octobre 2009
UNPO Condemns Chinese Death Sentences without Fair Trial
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) strongly condemns the decision of the Chinese court to sentence six Uyghur men to death without fair trial.
The men were not permitted any form of legal aid and suffered as a result of discriminatory decisions and a complete lack of transparency throughout the process. The death sentences are further proof of China’s unwillingness to abide by the United Nations Global Moratorium on the Death Penalty, adopted in 2007, which establishes a suspension on executions with the view to abolish the death penalty.
“This goes against all international standards of human rights, most notably the universal right to equality before the law”, Marino Busdachin, Secretary General of UNPO, stated in immediate response to the Chinese decision.Dolkun Isa, Secretary General of the World Uyghur Congress and prominent human rights activist, expressed the need for the international community to respond. “An independent investigation must be carried out, to impartially determine what has truly taken place”, he said. “These men were neither granted their right to a lawyer, nor to a fair legal process, thereby violating both international law and the Chinese constitution.” He continued by stating that “[t]his was not a legal, but merely a political decision”. Immediate involvement of the international community and an independent investigation are urgently needed. “If no response comes”, Mr. Isa said, “the Chinese government has no reason to stop the discriminatory sentencing of the Uyghurs still up for trial.”
http://www.unpo.org/content/view/10191/236/
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) strongly condemns the decision of the Chinese court to sentence six Uyghur men to death without fair trial.
The men were not permitted any form of legal aid and suffered as a result of discriminatory decisions and a complete lack of transparency throughout the process. The death sentences are further proof of China’s unwillingness to abide by the United Nations Global Moratorium on the Death Penalty, adopted in 2007, which establishes a suspension on executions with the view to abolish the death penalty.
“This goes against all international standards of human rights, most notably the universal right to equality before the law”, Marino Busdachin, Secretary General of UNPO, stated in immediate response to the Chinese decision.Dolkun Isa, Secretary General of the World Uyghur Congress and prominent human rights activist, expressed the need for the international community to respond. “An independent investigation must be carried out, to impartially determine what has truly taken place”, he said. “These men were neither granted their right to a lawyer, nor to a fair legal process, thereby violating both international law and the Chinese constitution.” He continued by stating that “[t]his was not a legal, but merely a political decision”. Immediate involvement of the international community and an independent investigation are urgently needed. “If no response comes”, Mr. Isa said, “the Chinese government has no reason to stop the discriminatory sentencing of the Uyghurs still up for trial.”
http://www.unpo.org/content/view/10191/236/
British have covered up hundreds of Iraqi casualties, ex-officer says
By John Byrne
Monday, October 12th, 2009
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/british-have-covered-up-hundreds-of-iraqi-casualties-ex-officer-says/
The British military's chain of command has instructed the country's top investigators not to examine hundreds of incidents involving Iraqi deaths and serious injury, a former British military police officer told the BBC Sunday.
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/british-have-covered-up-hundreds-of-iraqi-casualties-ex-officer-says/
The British military's chain of command has instructed the country's top investigators not to examine hundreds of incidents involving Iraqi deaths and serious injury, a former British military police officer told the BBC Sunday.
"I've seen documentary evidence that there were incidents running into the hundreds involving death and serious injury to Iraqis where the chain of command of the Army had decided that the circumstances did not warrant a Royal Military Police investigation," the former British Army officer, whose face was obscured, told a BBC interviewer. "And if you look at the general picture that the media says, Afghanistan seems a lot quieter in terms of alleged misconduct of British troops, that to me is quite concerning, because it tells me that the Army hasn't suddenly gotten a lot better. It tells me that the Royal Military Police are very efficiently toeing the party line for the Army."
The BBC interview has received scant attention, meriting only a brief mention in the UK Guardian and little coverage by outlets cataloged in Google News. Video of the interview is available here.
"It is an extremely dark and sorry situation," the officer added. "I think that the vast majority of soldiers have served the country well and with distinction. It is the actions of a few that have been shown to be bad apples. But it is very fair to say that because the system is so structurally flawed, and some of the decision making has been so perverse, that I is fair to say that the barrel is probably rotten."
The Royal Military Police is charged with policing military personnel, service property and military operations.
In the interview, the officer said that he and others had brought their concerns to the military, but that few come forward because of the consequences to their careers. He didn't specifically spell out what the incidents that weren't investigated entailed.
"As soon as you raise concerns... life can be very easily made very difficult for anybody not toeing the party line," he said. "It's well known that if you don't toe the official party line... you won't get promoted."
Part of the problem, the officer suggested, was likely due to the fact that the police weren't used to such a magnitude of serious inquiries.
"The Iraq War... catapulted the Royal Military Police onto the world stage and took them out of a comfort zone where they'd previously be investigating quite routine lower level type crimes to investigating very serious allegations of alleged torture and murder," he remarked. "And if you look back at all the serious allegations arising out of all the operations in Iraq there's a catalog of blunders, mistakes, ineptitutde and the course of investigations being bent to serve the real or perceived interests of the chain of command of the army."
The military can stymie investigations without directly covering them up, he said -- pointing out that because the conflict zones remain dangerous, investigators need only be denied access to the scene.
"If its a hot operation environment," the officer said, "the chain of command can deny the use of helicopters, they can deny protection for the investigators to go to scenes... They can make it very difficult."
"I would say that it is definitely the case that the public and indeed international partners do not have any trust and confidence in the investigation of incidents involving alleged misconduct by British troops," he added.
لقاء ممثلة الجبهةالتركمانية في لندن مع النائب البريطاني السيد نك راينسفورد
ضمن مساعي ممثلية الجبهة التركمانية العراقية في لندن لإيصال صوت التركمان إلى أعضاء البرلمان البريطاني إلتقت المهندسة سندس عباس السيد نك راينسفورد النائب البريطاني عن حزب العمال الحاكم وقد تركزت الحديث حول وضع الجالية التركمانية في بريطانيا ووضع التركمان في العراق التي أكدت فها السيدة سندس أن التركمان كانوا وما زالوا من دعاة وحدة العراق أرضآ وشعبآ وتواقون للديمقراطية كما شمل الحديث أيضآ الأنتخابات ألتي من المزمع إجرائها في شهر كانون الثاني المقبل وحول هذا الموضوع أوضحت ممثلةالجبهة أن إستئثار بعض الجهات بالسلطة والأمن وخصوصآ في المناطق التركمانية وعدم السماح لهم المشاركة بالحكم كان من أهم ألاسباب عدم إجراء إلانتخابات بصورة نزيهة وشابتها كثير من أعمال تزوير وقد فقد التركمان كثيرا من إستحقاقاتهم متمنيآ دورآ أكبر للحكومة البريطانية في مساعدة الحكومة العراقية أثناء إلانتخابات وإرسال مراقبين دوليين ومراقبة سير ها مما يحول دون وقوع مثل هذه الأعمال .بدوره أشاد السيد نك بدور التركمان في العراق وأضاف أن المملكةالمتحدة مع حلفائها قد خاضت الحرب من أجل تغيير نظام الديكتاتوري في العراق بنظام ديمقراطي يشارك فيها جميع في السلطة دون تهميش أي طرف وسوف يسعى جاهدآ لحث الحكومة للعب دورآ أكبر لمساعدة الحكومة العراقية أثناء الأنتخابات لضمان سيرها بصورة نزيهة .وفي نهاية اللقاء شكرت السيدة سندس السيد النائب وأهدته كتبآ عن تأريخ التركمان و مدينة كركوك وبدوره شكر السيد نك على الهدية القيمة وتمنى لتركمان العراق الموفقية ووصولهم الى إستحقاقاتهم الوطنية
المكتب الاعلامي
للممثلية الجبهة التركمانية العراقية/لندن
samedi 10 octobre 2009
New DNO Revelations: While He was Influencing the Shape of the Iraqi Constitution, Peter Galbraith Held Stakes in an Oilfield in Dahuk
By Reidar Visser (www.historiae.org)
10 October 2009
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http://historiae.org/galbraith.asp
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10 October 2009
To read the article please click on:
http://historiae.org/galbraith.asp
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