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	Mustafa Barzani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mustafa Barzani (March 14, 1903–March 1, 1979) was a Kurdish nationalist leader and President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
		Barzani was born in 1903 in Barzan in northern Iraq (then Ottoman Empire), as the heir in the leading family of the region.
		His son Massoud Barzani is the current leader of the KDP and was elected as the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region by the Iraqi Kurdistan's Parliament in June 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mustafa_Barzani (635 words)

	Mesud Barzani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Massoud Barzani (Kurdish: Mesûd Barzanî, Arabic: مسعود بارازاني) (born August 16, 1946) is the head of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
		Barzani led the Kurdistan Democratic Party to establish a government in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
		Kurdish writer is to be retried for the crime of defaming Masoud Barzani, Reuters, January 25, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massoud_Barzani (209 words)

	The politics of betrayal
		Barzani had the reputation of being a straightforward, even simple, man. In his early fifties, he is a relatively young but conservative leader, steeped in his family and tribal background.
		Barzani was forced to negotiate a truce with the PKK, which greatly upset the Turkish government, causing it to withdraw its support from the KDP.
		Barzani was friendly to me, largely, I suspect, because of the film I had made on Saddam Hussein's murderous campaign of 1987 and 1988, in which the same army that Barzani later invited into Erbil systematically killed at least one hundred thousand non-combatant Kurds.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/barzani.htm (4035 words)

	Brahimi-Barzani Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		BARZANI (Through interpreter.): I do not know to what level one can be certain of the truth of such a statement by a British officer.
		BARZANI (through interpreter): If you were thinking that our lives began as the start of the establishment of the Governing Council, I think you're wrong.
		Barzani has said a few moments ago, there are some confirmations -- almost daily confirmations that the countries of the occupation will not change their opinion, will not change their opinion in giving back the sovereignty to the Iraqis on the 30th of June.
	www.cpa-iraq.org /transcripts/20040414_brahimi_barzani.html (6611 words)

	Masud Barzani
		Masud Barzani continued his father's work for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in the Kurdish dominated areas of principally their homeland, Iraq.
		At the time of writing this article, he is the real leader of a large Kurdish area with Irbil as the main city, but it has not yet been defined as a state.
		1947: Born in the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad as son of its leader, Mustafa Barzani.
	i-cias.com /e.o/barzani_ms.htm (488 words)

	IRAQI KURDISTAN: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Jalal Talabani) stand
		Further, Barzani and Iraqi military commands are coordinating closely to escalate their military campaign to eliminate PUK and other opposition forces which have regrouped and continue operate in various locations throughout the region.
		Barzani Militia have detained hundreds of suspected PUK associates in the city of Sulaimaniya, the major centre for Kurdish nationalism and culture in Iraq.Scores of PUK activists are reported to have been summarily executed by Barzani's forces.
		Saddam and Barzani will be called upon one day to pay for their crimes: the first for his atrocities and the second for having betrayed a hope, and perhaps the only one in Kurdish history, rich in promises for our future.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/2568/kurd_puk.html (2245 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - Barzani: Iraq is not an exclusively Arab state (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Barzani says the U.S. betrayed the Iraqi Kurds in 1975 and in 1991 so the Kurds were extremely cautious before taking part in the U.S.-led opposition against Saddam Hussein.
		Barzani said his administration refuses to deal with the Iraqi Turkmen Front because it feels they are not the true representatives of the Turkmen people.
		Barzani said he extends his greetings to the Turkish people who are the friends, neighbors and relatives of the Kurds.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030725000535990 (1457 words)

	Gendercide Watch: The Anfal Campaign (Iraqi Kurdistan), 1988
		Barzani died in 1979, but the KDP remains one of the most prominent Kurdish resistance organizations.
		It was these displaced populations of Barzani tribespeople who, after the onset of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980, would fall prey to one of the largest gendercidal massacres of modern times.
		Two of Barzani's sons at that time led the Kurdistan Democratic Party and were engaged in guerrilla activities against the Baghdad government, but only a part of the tribe was with them.
	www.gendercide.org /case_anfal.html (4053 words)

	The Last Years of Mustafa Barzani - Middle East Quarterly - June 1994
		Mustafa Barzani's triumphal posthumous return to Iraqi Kurdistan was the culmination of a journey whose final leg, it might be said, began on a steamy early August afternoon in 1975, at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
		Barzani, he said, was not putting up much of a fight against the Iraqis; he was just sitting back and asking others to do his fighting for him.
		Barzani was resisting, saying that he didn't want to leave until cured, that he couldn't get proper treatment in Iran, that if he had to leave the United States, he wanted to go to Switzerland or Sweden or someplace where he could be assured of good medical care.
	www.meforum.org /article/220 (8361 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Barzani blames U.S. for Iraq standoffs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Barzani, who holds the monthly rotating presidency of the council, spoke in one of the ornate marble-tiled rooms of a building that was once used by Saddam Hussein's Ministry of Military Industry and is now used by the Governing Council.
		But Barzani also cautioned that "at the same time no impression can be given to the terrorists that they will be negotiated with or they are seeing any chance that they will win at the end of the day."
		Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led an anti-Saddam Kurdish militia for decades.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/04/26/barzani_blames_us_for_iraq_standoffs (477 words)

	Remarks With Kurdistan Democratic Party Leader Massoud Barzani
		And the other question was addressed to President Barzani, through the meetings that you have with high-level officials, Sir, to what extent do you see the role of the Kurdish people in the policies and the cooperation.
		Barzani can play in that because he has good relationships and respect of many of the people of Iraq.
		Barzani, and we’ve just had a discussion about it, is that he is one of the many leaders of Iraq, several leaders of Iraq, who are dedicated to a unified and federal and democratic Iraq.
	www.state.gov /secretary/rm/2005/46310.htm (994 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- AP Interview: Barzani says U.S. to blame for military standoff
		In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Massoud Barzani said the United States faces a dilemma: It must not be soft in the besieged cities and give insurgents "the impression that they have the upper hand," but it also must make sure civilians are not harmed if military force is used.
		Barzani's forces continue to dominate parts of northern Iraq, a region that has been largely stable and quiet.
		Barzani, who holds the council's rotating presidency for April, spoke in one of the ornate marble-tiled rooms of a building once used by Saddam's Ministry of Military Industry, now the offices of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20040426-1255-iraq-barzani.html (737 words)

	Barzani In Ankara
		Barzani said that reviving border crossings and trade between Iraq and Turkey was for their benefit.
		Barzani stated that there was a government in Baghdad, and they were a part of this government.
		Barzani also said that the airport in north of Iraq, which was being constructed by several companies including Turkish companies, could be opened within a few months.
	archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=26518 (466 words)

	Barzani: champion of Iraqi Kurdish rights
		Barzani, who turns 60 next year, cuts a short and chubby figure, reserved, and always wearing the traditional Kurdish costume of baggy pants, a cummerbund and red-and-white tribal scarf wrapped around his head.
		In June, Barzani kicked up a storm when he protested over the omission of the "federal" reference to Iraq when the government of Ibrahim Jaafari was being sworn in.
		The citadel city was the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan at the time and the seat of a parliament born of the Iraqi Kurds' first ever elections in 1992 that resulted in a 50-50 sharing deal with Talabani.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/12/independentstate498.htm (744 words)

	Kurdistan President Barzani interviewed on Kurdish, Iraqi issues
		Asked if the purpose of the tour at that particular time was "to secure international recognition of the Kurdish entity", Barzani says that he visited these countries and met with their leaders or senior officials, particularly President Bush and Tony Blair.
		Asked about his priorities as Kurdistan Region president, Barzani says: "Regarding Iraq, our priority is to improve the security situation, to bring about accord between the main components of the Iraqi people, and to see a national government enjoying a broad popular base in the aftermath of the elections.
		Barzani replies: "We are aware of these positive trends; we will deal with them positively and we hope that relations and cooperation will develop in the interest of the two sides."
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2006/1/independentstate538.htm (1608 words)

	Barzani: Independent Kurdish State will be established (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Barzani was responding to questions from journalists in his headquarters at Salahaddin.
		Barzani also made it known that a security guard had lost his life in an attack made against the deputy governor in Mosul, and said that there had also been others injured in the attack.
		Barzani added that, in spite of everything, citizens should go to the ballot boxes to cast their votes.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=6170 (369 words)

	MASSOUD BARZANI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Massoud Barzani was born in Mahabad when his father, the late General Mustafa Barzani, was Chief of the military of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad declared in Iranian Kurdistan.
		The young Barzani was deeply influenced by valour, leadership skills and compassion of his late father.
		Massoud Barzani’s experiences in the rugged mountains of Kurdistan were to provide him with the mettle and leadership skills that were to later propel him to the helm of the Kurdish movement.
	www.kdp-ankara.org.tr /massoud_barzani.html (545 words)

	Barzani: Kurds are not part of the Arab nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Barzani’s statement was broadcasted live on Kurdistan TV channel on Saturday.
		Barzani said that Kurds agreed with Arabs on the identity of Iraq before removing Saddam Hussein from power, which is “Federal, Democratic and multiparty”.
		Barzani stated that anything indicating that Kurds are the second class citizen will be rejected.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=7439 (312 words)

	New Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He was born in 1943 and at his childhood he had already experienced the difficulties of being a Kurd and a Barzani.
		Idris Barzani soon made his way up the ladder in the party structure and was a leading figure in the 1970 autonomy talks signed with Baghdad.
		During the 1974-75 war, Idris Barzani was always beside his father, visiting war fronts and actively running a larger part of the administration in the Kurdish liberated areas and he was one of the last people to cross into Iran as a refugee at the end of the conflict.
	www.kdp-ankara.org.tr /idris.html (364 words)

	Top Kurdish leader assesses the costs of war \| csmonitor.com
		Barzani, born on the same day in 1946 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) he now leads was founded, headed to a US-sponsored conference Tuesday in Nasiriyah as one of the key players set to determine Iraq's future.
		In an interview, Barzani lays blame for the chaotic turn of events in Kirkuk and Mosul - another northern city unchained by the disappearing Iraqi regime - on the doorstep of his rivals in the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan).
		At one point, Barzani even turned to Hussein for help, although KDP officials say he was trying to counterbalance the military and financial assistance the PUK received from Iran.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0416/p07s01-woiq.html (1168 words)

	Ankara tells Barzani: Will act when needed
		Asked by a reporter how he evaluated the increase in similar remarks of Barzani against Turkey recently, Gurel said growing anti-Turkish rhetoric by the Barzani group might be part of their effort to make sure their voice is heard if and when a tumult they hope breaks up in the region.
		Barzani predicted that it is "only a matter of time" before Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's military rises up against him.
		Barzani added that a war against Iraq would be "no more than a walk in the park" for the United States.
	www.geocities.com /kurdistanpeace/AnkaratellsBarzani.htm (675 words)

	ABC News: Kurdish Assembly Elects Barzani President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Barzani, who did not attend the parliamentary vote because the ceremony was canceled, was virtually guaranteed the presidency of the Kurdish region as part of an arrangement that delivered the Iraqi presidency to his one-time Kurdish rival Jalal Talabani.
		Barzani also was appointed general commander of the Peshmerga forces, a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia numbering about 100,000 fighters.
		The younger Barzani was a teenager when he became an aide to his father, then later was appointed KDP president when his father died in 1979.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=841996 (380 words)

	MUSTAFA BARZANI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		His death Occurred at George Town Hospital, Washington DC, And the body was flown to Iran and buried at Shno (Ashnovia) in Kurdistan, Western Iran.
		Barzani will remain a towering figure in the history of Kurdish people.
		A massive crowd of people took part in his funeral, and now 1994 his body is moved to Barzan where he was born.
	www.xs4all.nl /~tank/kurdish/htdocs/lib/barzani.html (565 words)

	MERIP: Almost Unnoticed: Interventions and Rivalries in Iraqi Kurdistan - 1-24-01
		In August 1996 Barzani opted for the unthinkable, calling upon Saddam Hussein's armed forces to help him oust Talabani from the current KDP capital of Erbil, confining the PUK to the eastern parts of Iraqi Kurdistan which border Iran, with Sulaymaniyya as its capital.
		By contrast, Barzani's region is enjoying the fruits of the burgeoning trade across the Turkish-Iraqi border.
		Barzani's nephew and prime minister Nichervan Barzani is known to operate front companies holding a monopoly on the import of several lucrative products.
	www.iraqwatch.org /perspectives/merip-pin44-012401.htm (1728 words)

	Interview: Nechervan Idris Barzani (October 2002)
		Nechervan Idris Barzani, a grandson of KDP founder Mustafa Barzani, was born in 1966 in Iraqi Kurdistan.
		Barzani was elected to the KDP central committee at its 10th Congress in 1989 and re-elected at the 11th Congress in 1993, when he assumed a position on the political bureau.
		This was not for the benefit of the Barzanis, but for the benefit of the local administration.
	www.meib.org /articles/0210_iri.htm (4292 words)

	Barzani: Turkey Should Get Used To Kurdish State : SF Bay Area Indymedia
		Barzani said their first priority at this moment is a federal Kurdish state: "We cannot agree with Turkey on two issues.
		I hope relations with Turkey will be better from now on." Barzani emphasized that relations between Kurdistan and the US are very strong and deeply rooted and said the US should not withdraw from the region until terrorism is eliminated.
		Barzani was speaking three days after more than1.9 million Iraqi Kurds — some 95 per cent of those asked — voted for independence in an informal survey conducted by volunteers.
	www.indybay.org /news/2005/02/1719814.php (1037 words)

	Masoud Barzani Biography
		Masoud Barzani was born in Mahabad when his father, the late General Mustafa Barzani, was the Chief of the Military of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad in Iranian Kurdistan.
		Masoud Barzani took part in the delegation, which signed the defunct autonomy deal with Baghdad in March of 1970.
		After the death of Mustafa Barzani in March 1979, Masoud was elected as the new president of the KDP in the 9th Party Congress.
	www.iraqinews.com /people_barzani.shtml (246 words)

	middleeastinfo.org :: View topic - Massoud Barzani selected as president of Iraqi Kurdistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Barzani heads the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), one of two main parties in the region along with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
		A giant portrait of Mustafa Barzani overlooked the assembly, flanked by Kurdish flags representing the territory he had claimed for Kurds in the middle of the 20th century before Saddam Hussein's Baath party came to power.
		Aydar stated that the gains that Barzani had won could be temporary, if the solutions of the Kurdish problems in other parts are not resolved.
	middleeastinfo.org /forum/viewtopic.php?t=2459&view=next (1021 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Profile: Massoud Barzani
		The republic's army was led by his late father, Mustafa Barzani, a much-revered figure in the Kurdish national movement.
		He ended his schooling in 1961 when Mustafa Barzani declared an armed rebellion against the Iraqi Government, after promises to grant national rights to Kurds were not fulfilled.
		Mr Barzani escaped an assassination attempt in Vienna in 1979 in which one of his aides was wounded.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2480149.stm (727 words)

	Middle East Online
		Shiite leaders had said they wanted the prime minister's post and proposed giving the presidency to the Sunni Arab community, much of which boycotted the election, while the Kurds made do with the speakership of the national assembly.
		Barzani said he had no agreement with Allawi about any post and that no Kurdish decision would be taken until the final election results were announced.
		The outgoing prime minister announced after the election that he would embark on a "national dialogue" in a bid to persuade Sunni Arab parties to take part in talks on the new government and constitution.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=12662 (503 words)

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