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	<title>Comments on: Kurdistance: Launching the Arab Association for Kurdish Rights</title>
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		<title>By: Yusif Amin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yusif Amin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Three Most Hated Mafia Families ---Zebari-Barzani-Talabani 

  

Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN and other NGOs in Kurdistan , claims to have been awarded the degree Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Westminster University in London . Close source indicates that Zebari did not completed his Bachelor Degree in Iraq but with kickbacks he was able to be accepted at Westminster university in London however, after his return to Kurdistan, the officials did not accept his PHD until he proves he has a Bachelors degree therefore, Zebari had not choice but to attend university in Kurdistan to obtain his Bachelor. Talk about corruption in Kurdistan with the Zebari’s and Barzanis. Whatever happened to the $9 million dollars that Dindar Zebari claims that was allocated by the State Department? 

  

Kurdistan has become the property of ONLY the Zebari’s Barzani’s and Talabani’s. The three tribes have become the Italian like Mafia. 

  

Unless you’re a Jash, KDP or PUK , you are not recognized in Kurdistan .  There are numerous qualified men and woman like in United States and United Kingdom who can run offices much better but because they are not members of any of the above parties, they have been condemned. 

  

Who is Nazanin Mohammad Waso, Chinar Sadulla or Shireen Amedi? What do they know about running ministries? Nasreen Al-Barwari was removed because she was a competition and KDP fears competition and fights those that are smarter than them. 

  

What I am trying to say is that Kurdish people are to be blamed. They are the voices and they should fight back these totalitarianism regime.  Who says they are any better than the previous regime? What is the different between the current leadership and the previous regime of Saddam Hussain? In fact, I prefer the old regime over the current one. At least then people were recognized for their hard work, loyalty and their education. 

  

KDP leadership is not fond of education; they rather have submissive people like the current folks put in charge to represent the KDP and the KRG in US and in UK . 

  

No wonder 95 percent of PUK members in Washington metropolitan have switched parties and have joint GORAN List. And we urge that the smart KDP members will follow their footstep and together we can over though the leadership and build a functional government that is for all citizens not just the three mafia families. 


Concern Citizen 

United States of America</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Three Most Hated Mafia Families &#8212;Zebari-Barzani-Talabani </p>
<p>Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN and other NGOs in Kurdistan , claims to have been awarded the degree Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Westminster University in London . Close source indicates that Zebari did not completed his Bachelor Degree in Iraq but with kickbacks he was able to be accepted at Westminster university in London however, after his return to Kurdistan, the officials did not accept his PHD until he proves he has a Bachelors degree therefore, Zebari had not choice but to attend university in Kurdistan to obtain his Bachelor. Talk about corruption in Kurdistan with the Zebari’s and Barzanis. Whatever happened to the $9 million dollars that Dindar Zebari claims that was allocated by the State Department? </p>
<p>Kurdistan has become the property of ONLY the Zebari’s Barzani’s and Talabani’s. The three tribes have become the Italian like Mafia. </p>
<p>Unless you’re a Jash, KDP or PUK , you are not recognized in Kurdistan .  There are numerous qualified men and woman like in United States and United Kingdom who can run offices much better but because they are not members of any of the above parties, they have been condemned. </p>
<p>Who is Nazanin Mohammad Waso, Chinar Sadulla or Shireen Amedi? What do they know about running ministries? Nasreen Al-Barwari was removed because she was a competition and KDP fears competition and fights those that are smarter than them. </p>
<p>What I am trying to say is that Kurdish people are to be blamed. They are the voices and they should fight back these totalitarianism regime.  Who says they are any better than the previous regime? What is the different between the current leadership and the previous regime of Saddam Hussain? In fact, I prefer the old regime over the current one. At least then people were recognized for their hard work, loyalty and their education. </p>
<p>KDP leadership is not fond of education; they rather have submissive people like the current folks put in charge to represent the KDP and the KRG in US and in UK . </p>
<p>No wonder 95 percent of PUK members in Washington metropolitan have switched parties and have joint GORAN List. And we urge that the smart KDP members will follow their footstep and together we can over though the leadership and build a functional government that is for all citizens not just the three mafia families. </p>
<p>Concern Citizen </p>
<p>United States of America</p>
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		<title>By: Esra'a</title>
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		<dc:creator>Esra'a</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Too many people exacerbate the human rights issues by taking a stand as a particular group, rather than taking a stand on purely moral grounds.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Actually, hardly anyone does that at this point, as human rights is a global concern and is treated as such in almost every occassion. Too few people do it, that&#039;s a fact.

Sometimes standing up as a group speaks volumes on its own. We spent years and decades oppressing the Kurdish minority and the history associated with their ethnicity. I want us to speak up as an Arab, not just as a &quot;global citizen,&quot; which defeats the purpose of rebuilding our relationship with them. Campaigning on purely moral grounds is simply not sufficient enough to achieve that. We do it as Arabs, and we&#039;ll keep doing it as Arabs for this initiative, because that&#039;s what we feel will truly make a difference as opposed to speaking up internationally and thus, aimlessly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Too many people exacerbate the human rights issues by taking a stand as a particular group, rather than taking a stand on purely moral grounds.</p></blockquote>
<p>Actually, hardly anyone does that at this point, as human rights is a global concern and is treated as such in almost every occassion. Too few people do it, that&#8217;s a fact.</p>
<p>Sometimes standing up as a group speaks volumes on its own. We spent years and decades oppressing the Kurdish minority and the history associated with their ethnicity. I want us to speak up as an Arab, not just as a &#8220;global citizen,&#8221; which defeats the purpose of rebuilding our relationship with them. Campaigning on purely moral grounds is simply not sufficient enough to achieve that. We do it as Arabs, and we&#8217;ll keep doing it as Arabs for this initiative, because that&#8217;s what we feel will truly make a difference as opposed to speaking up internationally and thus, aimlessly.</p>
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		<title>By: Arabic</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/02/kurdistance-launching-the-arab-association-for-kurdish-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-1571603</link>
		<dc:creator>Arabic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Human rights are important and must not be taken for granted.  We need to continue to support all groups that respect the rights of others and we must fight the poor, inhumane treatment of any human.

It is not just an Arab issue.  Too many people exacerbate the human rights issues by taking a stand as a particular group, rather than taking a stand on purely moral grounds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Human rights are important and must not be taken for granted.  We need to continue to support all groups that respect the rights of others and we must fight the poor, inhumane treatment of any human.</p>
<p>It is not just an Arab issue.  Too many people exacerbate the human rights issues by taking a stand as a particular group, rather than taking a stand on purely moral grounds.</p>
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		<title>By: Aj</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a Kurd who was born in Iraq, grew up in Kirkuk and was forced out by Saddam&#039;s regime, i&#039;m completly in shock and awe.  I would like to extend a hand of gratitude from me and Kurdish people everywhere.

Most Arabs stand up and scream for Palestinian rights (and rightfully so) while completly ignoring the suffering and the injustice we&#039;ve been dealt by successive regimes in Baghdad, Tehran, Damascus and Ankara.  We&#039;re muslims just like you, we&#039;re human beings just like you.  We are proud of who we are.  We, all muslims and human beings, share the same fate.  We all have a brief time in this world why not live it together in peace?  

I&#039;ve lost family members left and right at the hands of the Ba&#039;ath regime, lost members of the family to chemical weapons attacks.  We don&#039;t hate Arabs, Turks or Persians, we simply want to live on our land in peace.  

Miss Deborah, thank you.  You have brightened my day.  I won&#039;t ever forget what you have started here.  If everyone in the middle east had the same mind set as you, our homeland would be light years ahead of where it is now.

Thank you for what you&#039;re doing....

God Bless you!

-Aj</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Kurd who was born in Iraq, grew up in Kirkuk and was forced out by Saddam&#8217;s regime, i&#8217;m completly in shock and awe.  I would like to extend a hand of gratitude from me and Kurdish people everywhere.</p>
<p>Most Arabs stand up and scream for Palestinian rights (and rightfully so) while completly ignoring the suffering and the injustice we&#8217;ve been dealt by successive regimes in Baghdad, Tehran, Damascus and Ankara.  We&#8217;re muslims just like you, we&#8217;re human beings just like you.  We are proud of who we are.  We, all muslims and human beings, share the same fate.  We all have a brief time in this world why not live it together in peace?  </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve lost family members left and right at the hands of the Ba&#8217;ath regime, lost members of the family to chemical weapons attacks.  We don&#8217;t hate Arabs, Turks or Persians, we simply want to live on our land in peace.  </p>
<p>Miss Deborah, thank you.  You have brightened my day.  I won&#8217;t ever forget what you have started here.  If everyone in the middle east had the same mind set as you, our homeland would be light years ahead of where it is now.</p>
<p>Thank you for what you&#8217;re doing&#8230;.</p>
<p>God Bless you!</p>
<p>-Aj</p>
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		<title>By: Salan H.</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/02/kurdistance-launching-the-arab-association-for-kurdish-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-1569340</link>
		<dc:creator>Salan H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What Esra&#039;a has done is bring a different mindset to the current clout within the Middle East, in a region dominated by prejudice at times, she is a beacon of light and hope. 



We are very grateful that you have decided to take a stand, I wish you all the best.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What Esra&#8217;a has done is bring a different mindset to the current clout within the Middle East, in a region dominated by prejudice at times, she is a beacon of light and hope. </p>
<p>We are very grateful that you have decided to take a stand, I wish you all the best.</p>
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		<title>By: Aram Azez</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aram Azez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In  one of last week&#039;s  Arab Youth stories, I posted a comment in which I whished that the Turks and Persian youths would take the same steps in supporting the Kurdish rights.. On a Turkish website  on June 1, I read a story mentioning  that a group of Turkish Youth  is now trying to be supportive of the Kurdish issue..

These kind of peaceful minds, whould one day replace the gun-minded ones, in solving the kurdish issue in those counties which have for decates occupied kurds lands and oppessing it&#039;s people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In  one of last week&#8217;s  Arab Youth stories, I posted a comment in which I whished that the Turks and Persian youths would take the same steps in supporting the Kurdish rights.. On a Turkish website  on June 1, I read a story mentioning  that a group of Turkish Youth  is now trying to be supportive of the Kurdish issue..</p>
<p>These kind of peaceful minds, whould one day replace the gun-minded ones, in solving the kurdish issue in those counties which have for decates occupied kurds lands and oppessing it&#8217;s people.</p>
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