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Faliha Ahmed Hassan
Faliha Ahmed Hassan was the head of a women's rights group in Hawija, a Sunni Arab town near Kirkuk, Iraq. On October 27, 2006, Faliha was shot to death by gunmen who stormed her home in Kirkuk. The local police are investigating her... [more]
Faliha Ahmed Hassan was the head of a women's rights group in Hawija, a Sunni Arab town near Kirkuk, Iraq. On October 27, 2006, Faliha was shot to death by gunmen who stormed her home in Kirkuk. The local police are investigating her murder.
Note: some reports spell her name as Halima Ahmed Hussein Juburi. We'll confirm the proper spelling.
Ongoing rows over Kirkuk has reflected in political tension and intensified security measures to preserve stability. Arab tribal leaders in Kirkuk Province have warned to use force to defend the Arab attribute of the province. Head of Hawija provincial council and head of unified Arab bloc Sheikh...
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Arab tribal leaders in Kirkuk have threatened to launch armed hostilities against Peshmerga forces to defend the Arabness of the city.
The threat came in response to a Kurdish demand to annex Kirkuk to the Kurdistan region and to Peshmerga ... August 7, 2008, 11:18 am
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The United Nations has warned of Kirkuk crisis outbreak that might not affect the provincial election law only but the political process in Iraq as well.
U.N. undersecretary-general for political affairs Lynn Pascoe warned of the ongoing Kirkuk crisis and its impact on local elections and the ...
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Two brigades of Peshmerga Forces were deployed in regions along the borders of Kurdistan with Kirkuk province cordoning off the region and closing off roads to Arab regions in Baiji or Turkmen regions in Daquq and Taza. Defense Minister Abdul Qader Mohammed Al Ubaidi arrived to Kirkuk to check...
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The chances of key local polls taking place in Iraq this year all but vanished yesterday after Parliament failed to pass an law on elections because of a ...
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Iraq's parliament has adjourned for a monthlong break after adopting a supplementary budget of US$21 billion but failing to reach agreement on a provincial elections law.
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The Arab-Kurdish conflict over Kirkuk took a new turn yesterday, with Kurdish leader Mas'ud al-Bazrzani ordering Peshmerga units to "encircle" the contested city of Kirkuk (which lies outside the Kurdistan Region,) threatening to "annex" the oil-rich city, al-Hayat said.
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Kurds welcomed a new UN backed plan, unveiled in negotiations overnight, that authorizes elections to be carried out in the rest of the country but leaves the future of Kirkuk for a separate law to be passed at a later date. The proposal stipulates to reach an agreement on a fair distribution of...
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Politicians reported that a new plan backed by the United Nations to resolve the deadlock over the provincial election law would authorize elections to be carried out across the rest of the country but leave the future of Kirkuk for a separate law to be passed at a later date. They added that ...
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The Iraqi Parliament adjourned its Tuesday session without reaching an agreement on provisions in the election law regarding the status of the city of Kirkuk.
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