{"id":1082,"date":"2010-12-14T14:45:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2010-12-14T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T14:45:25","slug":"kurdish-self-determination-call-sparks-iraqi-ire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/12\/14\/1082\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurdish \u2018self-determination\u2019 call sparks Iraqi ire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"barezani\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/barezani.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"178\" \/>BAGHDAD: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani\u2019s recent call for self-determination for his people has drawn the ire of the country\u2019s Arab leaders, who argue that it presages a break-up of Iraq.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe right of self-determination is something that concerns people living under occupation, but this is not the case for Kurdistan, which has a special status in Iraq,\u201d said Alia Nusayaf, an MP with the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc.<br \/> \u201cIt makes me wonder if the Kurds asked for federalism (in Iraq\u2019s constitution) to first form a region and then to separate from Iraq.\u201d Barzani said at the opening of a week-long congress of his Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Saturday that self-determination was \u201ca right.\u201d He said it would be presented at the meeting \u201cto be studied and discussed.\u201d<br \/>His comments mark the first time Barzani has officially presented the issue to the KDP\u2019s congress, with the proposal set for a vote during the meeting. His comments come at a time when Iraqi prime minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki is forming his cabinet. Barzani\u2019s party is expected to get several ministerial posts, and Kurdish authorities are mired in a dispute with Baghdad over land and oil.<br \/>Among those at the meeting in the Kurdish capital Arbil were Maliki, parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi and Iyad Allawi, the leader of Iraqiya. \u201cIt\u2019s shameful that with all the politicians present, not one of them spoke up\u201d over Barzani\u2019s remarks, Nusayaf said.<br \/>There is also consternation among MPs loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose backing for Maliki largely ensured that the incumbent would stay on as premier. \u201cThese declarations (by Barzani) are not in the best interests of Iraq, and they only serve to raise tensions,\u201d said Jawad al-Hasnawi, a Sadrist lawmaker.<br \/> \u201cI think an Iraq that extends from Zakho to Basra is much better than an Iraq that is divided,\u201d he added, referring to the country\u2019s northern and southernmost cities. Hasnawi noted, however, that the politicians at the Arbil meeting probably declined to respond to Barzani\u2019s remarks to avoid \u201cinflaming the situation.\u201d<br \/>Barzani\u2019s KDP is a key member of Maliki\u2019s governing coalition, and the Kurdish leader played a major role in bringing Iraq\u2019s divided political factions together to agree a power-sharing deal.<br \/>The party, part of a joint slate with Talabani\u2019s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, controls a substantial majority of seats in the Kurdish parliament and jointly holds 43 seats in Baghdad\u2019s assembly with the PUK.<br \/>Iraq\u2019s Kurdish north, made up of three provinces, exercises control over all policy making, except in national defence and foreign affairs. On Sunday, Kurdish regional Prime Minister Barham Salih, a PUK leader, pressed the issue again, telling reporters: \u201cThere is a consensus among Kurds over the fact that it is legal and legitimate to have the right to self-determination.<br \/> \u201cWhen we pushed for a federal Iraq, we said that it was a form of expression of self-determination, and we have never abandoned this right.\u201d<br \/>The 1920 Treaty of Sevres following the destruction of the Ottoman Empire included provisions for land for a separate Kurdish state.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: TheNews.com.pk<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani\u2019s recent call for self-determination for his people has drawn the ire of the country\u2019s Arab leaders, who argue that it presages a break-up of Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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