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June 13, 2005
Barzani Named President of Kurdish Region of Iraq
The Journal of Turkish Weekly noted June 13, 2005 that, "the Kurdish parliament in northern Iraq said on Sunday [June 12, 2005] it elected veteran Masoud Barzani as president of the region, giving the group greater autonomy after decades of oppression under Saddam Hussein.
"Some experts argue that the step is a vital initiative for a separate Kurdish state," The Journal said, adding: "Adnan al-Mufti, speaker of the Kurdish parliament, told a news conference that parliament unanimously elected Barzani, whose long-time rival Jalal Talabani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) became Iraq's president earlier this year." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at June 13, 2005 08:02 AM
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