Al-Talibani calls on the Arabs to evacuate Karkouk
Iraq, Politics, 10/3/2002

The chairman of the Kurdistani National Federation Jalila al-Talibani has called on the Arabs who live in the Kurdish areas, which are still under the control of the Iraqi government, to evacuate these areas.

A Kurdish sources from Kurdistan News center in al-Suleimaneyah said that al-Talibani stressed during a meeting with several Kurdish forces officers "Bishmarkah" on Tuesday that Karkouk is a "Kurdish city" and that the Turkmans and the Assurs ethnic groups are brothers for the Kurds as well as the Arabs who used to live in the area before introducing "the Arabization policy and they have the right to stay in their homes." Al-Talibani called on the leaders of the Kurdish forces to develop their fighting skills by training on advanced weapons. He stressed the importance of the current phase in the history of the Kurds and the developments expected on the Iraqi arena which requires the "re- arrangement of the Kurdish house." This is, however, the first time in which a Kurdish leader calls directly on the Arabs who were resettled in the Kurdish areas to evacuate and leave.

Al-Talibani signed with the leader of the Kurdistani Democratic Party, Masoud al-Barazani, in Dukan to the north of al-Suleimaneyah several agreements of normalization of relations before a meeting for the united parliament to be held next Friday in Irbil.

Both al-Talibani and al-Barazani signed the agreements they have reached during the two past weeks. Kurdish officials said that the agreements will be "enforced" immediately.

This is, however, the first meeting between the two Kurdish leaders since signing their agreement on September 8 in Salah Eddine city, which falls under the control of the Kurdistani Democratic party, by trying to settle their differences through reviving the united parliament.

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