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	Why War? Keywords: Kurdistan Democratic Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A senior official of Masoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party, another of the seven factions, said the KDP was not "100 percent satisfie...
		The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, and the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal...
		The KDP has jointly administered northern Iraq (which the Kurds call Kurdistan) with the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan since the Gulf War, protected by the northern Iraq No-Fly Zone.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/organizations/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party (412 words)

	Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
		The Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), under the leadership of Mullah Mustalafa-al-Barzani, formed in 1946 inside the Soviet occupied land in Northern Iran.
		The arrest of a negotiating team from the KDP in June 1963 and the commencement military campaigns against the KDP forces by the Iraqi army validated these views.
		A failed assassination attempt of KDP leader General Mullah Mustafa Barzani, blamed first on the PUK but later found to be the work of the Baghdad regime, caused the plans for a Kurdish state to deteriorate rapidly.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/kdp.htm (1135 words)

	[ The New Iraq ]
		Party spokesman Abu al-Harith Azzam told Baghdad's "Al-Shira" in an interview published on 10 February 2004 that his group did not register (to date, groups are not required to do so) as a political party, and has no intention of doing so.
		The party is open to any Islamic sect, and any ethnicity, Azzam said, adding, "Being a Muslim is enough to accept him as a member in the party." The group's membership is unknown, but is thought to be negligible.
		It worked with the Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party in December 2000 to try to negotiate an end to fighting between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
	www.rferl.org /specials/IraqCrisis/specials-politicalgroups.asp (1502 words)

	Kurdish Democratic Party
		Kurdistan Democratic Party is one of the two main Kurdish parties, dating back to 1946, with a military presence in the Northern Iraq.
		Those parties are: the Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party, the Kurdistan Socialist Party of Iraq, and the Popular Alliance of Socialist Kurdistan.
		Was also engaged through much of the 1990s in combating the Workers Party of Kurdistan, in alliance with the Turkish armed forces.
	www.iraqinews.com /party_kurdish_democratic_party.shtml (149 words)

	Kurdistan Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria is a Syrian Kurdish political party.
		Kurdistan Democratic Party of Bakur is a Turkish Kurdish political party.
		Kurdistan Democratic Party of Armenia is a Armenian Kurdish political party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party (126 words)

	Iraqi political groupings and individuals
		As communist parties were persecuted, a number of leftists joined the party; in response, Chadirchi urged the party to model itself on the British Labour Party, to distinguish itself from Marxists and radical nationalists.
		Participated in "Group of 4" meetings (with INA, PUK and KDP) to coordinate opposition outside the framework of the INC; and established its dominance at the London conference of December 2002, reflected in the scale of its representation on the follow-up committee.
		The KDP militia was estimated by the CPA to have 41,000 active fighters in it (Jun04).
	middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html (11453 words)

	Iraqi Kurdistan: Political Parties
		In a TV report on 26 March, I saw troops of the Kurdish KDP party with a flag similar to the one we have (below) as the KDP flag, but with a red disk instead of the blue disk; the disk was considerably smaller than in our image.
		The caption in Yahoo reads: "Iraqi Kurdish militia fighters raise a KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) flag in the Qushtapa area, 50 kms (30 miles) south of the Kurdish-controlled town of Irbil." The flag is yellow with a red disk with a stylized sigla PDK within.
		After the disastrous defeat of the Iraqi Kurds in 1975, Jalal Talabani split from the KDP and founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), whose base is primarily urban intellectuals.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/iq}krd.html (477 words)

	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran in Kurdish(Hîzbî Dêmokiratî Kurdistanî Êran) is a Kurdish opposition group in Iranian Kurdistan which seeks the attainment of Kurdish national rights within a democratic federal republic of Iran.
		Party members and sympathizers are to circulate the Programme among the Kurdish masses and expound the Party views on political, social, economic and cultural issues.
		2- The Party’s organization is led by the village committee for the village, the district committee for the district, the regional committee for the region, the town committee for the town, and the provincial committee for the province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party_of_Iran (6564 words)

	Kurdistan Regional Government Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Kurdish issue is not an issue of citizenship to be settled in a democratic atmosphere by representatives of one side or on its behalf.
		The objective of participation of Kurdistan peshmerga in Iraq liberation operation was not only the overthrow of the Ba’ath Party regime, but also to guarantee the rights of the people of Kurdistan.
		They aspire for the inclusion of the other Kurdish areas in the Kurdistan region, which, before the liberation of Iraq, were subject to the policy of demographic change by the [former] central authority.
	old.krg.org /docs/mb-federalism-kurdistan-dec03.asp (1273 words)

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		The KDP joined the Iraqi National Congress and was an active member of the Iraqi opposition that supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
		KDP (and PUK) peshmerga forces participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Barzani was assigned a position on the Iraqi Governing Council.
		Kurdistan Revolutionary Hizballah reportedly was established in 1988 as a splinter group from Kurdish Hizballah, which merged with SCIRI.
	www.rferl.org /specials/iraqelections/partiesK.asp (969 words)

	KEO - POLITICS
		The Party expressed its readiness to accept and respect the views of the participants and resulting elections for a new leadership as we enter the 21st century.
		The KDP is proud that after 53 years from its creation, the Party is able to renew itself with an active and large representation.
		In honor of the founder of the Party and symbol of the Kurdish national movement Mustafa Barzani and the memory of Idris Barzani, KDP's 12th Congress was successfully concluded.
	www.kurdistanica.com /english/politics/reports/reports-03.html (1477 words)

	The secession of some members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A group of former members of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran have broken ranks with the PDKI and its leadership.
		Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan which has experienced several unfortunate moments during her 61 years of history has once again faced a new unfortunate era by our party companions, who should have been accepted the democratic principles of our party and Party Congress’s outcome.
		The Party’s leadership led by General Secretary comrade Mustafa Hijri have declared that PDKI’s core activity is against Islamic Republic of Iran.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=13744 (456 words)

	Prime Minister of Kurdistan Democratic Party Nachirvan Barzani: - Turkish Daily News Oct 17, 2002
		The people of Iraqi Kurdistan have legitimate demands for their continued security and so long as the Iraqi regime remains in power and in possession of weapons of mass destruction, continued protection for the Kurds is a necessity.
		Nachirvan Barzani, the 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.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=29750 (2395 words)

	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In this congress the KDP stated the political and economic situation of the Kurds in Iraq were different from that of Iran.
		The KDP became the leading party in the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil.
		An article written by a Kurdish Austrian citizen caused a state of panic within the classes of the party, talking about the past of Mustafa Barzani, climing he was a KGB agent, and accusing the KDP of corruption and crime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party_of_Iraq (707 words)

	Kurdistan - Massud Barzani and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
		The KDP flag is yellow and the traditional area of support is the northwestern part of the Kurdish enclave.
		The KDP headquarters is Salahudin, a half-hour drive north of the self-declared Kurdish capital of Arbil.
		The KDP say that for as long as the PKK have the bulk of their military forces inside Iraqi Kurdistan-as opposed to Turkish Kurdistan-they will continue to fight the PKK.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/kurdista/player4.htm (343 words)

	Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq
		Kurdistan consists basically of the mountainous areas of the central and northern Zagros, the eastern one-third of the Taurus and Pontus, and the northern half of the Amanus ranges.
		In the course of the 16th to 18th centuries, vast portions of Kurdistan were systematically devastated and large numbers of Kurds were deported to far corners of the Safavid and Ottoman empires.
		Northern and western Kurdistan were to be given choice of independence by the Treaty of Sevres(August 10, 1920) which dismantled the defunct Ottoman Empire, but instead they were awarded to the newly established Republic of Turkey under the term of the Treaty of Lausanne (June 24, 1923).
	www.knn.u-net.com /kurd4.htm (3334 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The agreement between the KDP and its Iranian-backed rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, also included promises to maintain a U.S.-mediated cease-fire and exchange captives.
		The clashes began in late August when the Kurdish Democratic Party, led by Massoud Barzani, sought the help of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq to roll back the advances of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which Barzani claimed had received military help from Iran.
		The factions, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, signed a peace accord yesterday, vowing to maintain a cease-fire and stabilize northern Iraq by rebuilding a regional government.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /kurdistanobserve/Newsn1.htm (1819 words)

	Democratic Party
		National AFL-CIO and Democratic Party leaders in Washington, D.C., are working to solve the Denver union dispute that's jeopardizing the city's bid for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
		Democratic Party @ DNC - Offers daily news updates, policy analysis, links, email updates and opportunities to participate in the political process.
		Democrats @ College Democrats of America - The organization's primary focus is registering voters and electing Democrats.
	www.highclassblogs.com /Democratic-Party.html (1694 words)

	Assyrian Man Imprisoned, Tortured by Kurdistan Democratic Party
		On April 5, Youkhana was deceptively lured to the village of Kane Misy by KDP agents with the promise of donating supplies for the new Mar Moshe Church.
		The predominantly Behdanani tribes of the KDP have conveniently used their blood feud with the Kurmanji tribes of the PKK to target Assyrian civilians literally caught in the crossfire.
		The KDP was humiliated when their crude scheme was exposed by confirmation of the attacks by UN and ICRC reports.
	www.aina.org /releases/torture.htm (1037 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
		Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is the other main Kurdish party, which broke away from the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1975.
		Fought a war with its rival, Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1996, when KDP allied with the Iraqi forces in an attempt to eliminate PUK.
		Like KDP, PUK is established on the ground in the Northern Iraq and claims some 4,000 fighters.
	www.iraqinews.com /party_partriotic_union_of_kurdistan.shtml (234 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
		The peace accord between the PUK and KDP, proclaimed in Washington in September 1998, represents a unique opportunity for the people of Iraqi Kurdistan to end the regrettable episode of domestic conflict, and is hoped to lead to unified administration for the region based on the rule of law and democratic accountability.
		Placing itself within the mainstream of the world’s social democratic movement, the PUK believes that a combination of free market forces and government policy is necessary to promote balanced economic and social development and welfare.
		The PUK advocates a federal and democratic Iraqi state in which the Kurds, and other ethnic/cultural communities, will be able to develop their economy, their culture and their society.
	www.puk.org /web/htm/about/role.html (895 words)

	K D P
		The KDP is founded on the most important objectives, to seek and achieve all basic human and national rights including the right of freedom of expression and association and to support all democratic principles for all ethnic, and other, oppressed peoples.
		We give young Kurds an effective voice in the KDP and ensure that their interests and needs are continually at the forefront of party decisionmaking.
		We work hard to strengthen the basis of the Federal state and the Kurdistan National Assembly which was made by the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of our people, and we work hard to mobilize international support for it, today, the energy to help the Kurds is increasing.
	www.kdp.se (557 words)

	Kurds-Islam and Middle East
		Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan:This is the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan's web-site that gives the historical and recent background of its struggle.
		Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq: This is the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq's web-site.
		The Socialist Party of Kurdistan: This is the Socialist Party of Kurdistan's web-page
	www.ou.edu /mideast/category/kurds.htm (383 words)

	Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
		The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is a largely tribal party based in the northern governerates of Dohuk and Arbil.
		In August 1996, leaders of the KDP asked Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to intervene in the war.
		The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party together field some 75,000 fighters known as peshmerga.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/kdp.htm (1410 words)

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		A statement by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said its forces entered the city of Sulaymaniyah, the region's second-largest city, at dawn following a ``spontaneous uprising'' which ejected the forces of the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party.
		A Kurdistan Democratic Party official in the provincial capital of Irbil, Franso Hariri, confirmed the PUK had captured the city in an interview with Turkey's semiofficial Anatolia news agency.
		The recapture of Sulaymaniyah followed a statement Saturday by the Kurdistan Democratic Party that PUK forces backed by Iranian troops and artillery crossed into Iraq from Iran on Friday.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /kurdistanobserve/Newso13.htm (1399 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The most prominent Kurdish national leader, Mustafa Barzani, was President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) when died on 1 St March 1979.
		He will remain a towering figure in the history of Kurdish people and remains the inspiration and ideal for today's Kurdish youth, who are fired by the spirit, tenacity and resilience of the legend that never wavered in his commitment to the struggle for Peace, Freedom and Democracy.
		Kurdish children are brought up on the legend of Kawa, a courageous flsmith who lived 2,500 years ago under the tyranny of King Zuhak, a monster with two serpents growing from his shoulder who fed on the brains of small children.
	www.lycos.com /info/kurds--turkish-kurdistan.html (461 words)

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