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  Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman slams Iraqi government's stance on PKK
Mahmoud Othman: The government's labeling of the PKK as a terrorist party is far from reality.
Baghdad, -- Kurdish lawmaker Dr Mahmoud Othman described on Wednesday the Iraqi government's stance on the Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) crisis as weak and "irresponsible" and denied Turkish accusations of financing the party's activities in Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
According to Othman, the Turkish and U.S. governments agreed that a military incursion into Kurdistan 'northern Iraq' to track down Turkey's PKK separatists is the solution to the crisis.
www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2007/10/government1254.htm   (827 words)

  
 Should Iraqi Governing Council Establish Tribunals to Try Members of Saddam's Regime? - International Center for ...
Mahmoud Othman, the Iraqi Governing Council is seen as in some ways as a proxy of the United States.
Othman just indicated that the statute will be passed to the CPA and to Mr.
Othman, that is why the Iraqi Governing Council and anything that you put -- anything that you pass under an occupation will be seen as tainted, and that's the problem...
www.ictj.org /en/news/coverage/article/416.html   (1761 words)

  
 Dispaly Article
Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman on Saturday criticized the recent threats by the Turkish government to send troops into Kurdistan region 'northern Iraq', urging Baghdad to cancel the security agreement signed last month with Ankara.
Othman, who set as condition the approval of the parliament to sign such an agreement, urged the Iraqi government to "cancel" it.
In August, Dr Mahmoud Othman said Turkey has been committing the crime of terrorism against the Kurdish people since almost 100 years and isn't granting them their rights.
www.kurdishglobe.net /displayArticle.jsp?id=063B97E1A7A5517BE5E144441BDDC8D8   (475 words)

  
 Kurdish lawmaker slams U.S. over military assistance to Turkey
While stressing the strength of U.S.-Kurdish relations, Kurdish leader and lawmaker Dr Mahmoud Othman said, "U.S.-Turkish cooperation in the bombing of regions in northern Iraq is a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a breach of U.S. commitment to protect Iraq's sovereignty and borders."
Slashing the United States for providing "incorrect intelligence reports" to the Turks, Othman said, "The victims of the Turkish shelling were civilians," in referernce to a Turkish bombing of villages in Iraq's Kurdistan region a few days ago.
Iraqi Kurdistan politician says, Turkey is using Turkey's Kurdish separatist PKK rebel group as an excuse to invade Kurdistan region 'Iraq' to prevent the establishment of Kurdistan state in the Kurdish autonomous region in 'northern Iraq', Turkey fears this could fan separatism among its own large Kurdish population in southeast Turkey.
www.kurdishaspect.com /doc122207VOI1.html   (658 words)

  
 Kurdsat TV
Othman Muhammad Ahmad, known as Othman Chewar, was born in 1946 in the city of Sulaimani, where he started his studies.
Mahmoud Othman, MP from the Kurdistan Alliance Bloc, said on Friday that the Kurdish authorities had not exercised any pressure on Arab families residing in Kirkuk, pointing out that deporting Arabs from the city is optional and not compulsory.
On the rumors about the dissolution of agricultural contracts for Arab families living in Kirkuk, a prelude to deportation, the Kurdish MP denied these allegations, emphasizing that "the issue of deportation of Arab families from Kirkuk and the dissolution of agricultural contracts are optional and not compulsory".
www.kurdsat.tv /E_Zyatir.aspx?Rizbendi=hk1867   (319 words)

  
 Raucous Iraqi Parliament Makes Little Progress : NPR
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a Sunni, said he was laughing to conceal his pain at the situation in which the Shiites of Diyala found themselves.
Othman says Mashhadani and his deputies allow chaos to rule the house.
But Mahmoud Othman says Iraqi lawmakers are already taking off more time than members of the U.S. Congress know about.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=10183647   (697 words)

  
 missing links: Oil and Gas Law: Behind the "agreement"
Kurdish deputy Mahmoud Othman said "the British and the Americans, who were in a hurry to decide on an oil and gas law, had a major role in convincing the Kurds to accept [this version]"...
Othman explained some of the details of the process, that led to the council of Ministers approving this after so many months of disagreement between the central government and the regional government.
I thought Othman was talking about a deal where Kurdistan keeps full and untrammeled authority for half of the contracts in Kurdistan, the other half being "federal" in the sense of shared-jurisdiction, and only on that basis was there agreement on the text of the law.
arablinks.blogspot.com /2007/02/oil-and-gas-law-behind-agreement.html   (1790 words)

  
 Azzaman in English
Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of parliament, and a veteran Kurdish politician accused “certain political factions” in the government of attempts to “slash the gains Kurds have made” since a U.S.-led invasion toppled the regime of former leader Saddam Hussein.
Othman said both Arab Sunnis and Shiites were trying to undermine the Kurds.
Kurdish delegations some headed by Othman himself are in talks with Maliki on the percentage of oil money that will go to their regional budget.
www.azzaman.com /english/index.asp?fname=news\2008-02-06\kurd.htm   (316 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
MAHMOUD OTHMAN, IRAQI PARLIAMENT MEMBER: Well, I think there are helps given to the Shiite militia by the Iranian side.
OTHMAN: Well, I think there have been always a controversy and some differences between the American point of view and the Iraqi government's point of view over this issue.
OTHMAN: Well, I think the U.S. in their evaluation of the Iraqi situation before the war, they haven't been successful.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0708/19/le.01.html   (14707 words)

  
 Kurdish MP Mahmoud Othman says U.S. to take Turkey's side if it strikes Iraqi
"Turkey is a strategic and long-time ally of the United States and a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), while the Kurds have been allies of the U.S. for some time," Mahmoud Othman, a member of the Kurdistan Coalition (KC), the second largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament with 55 seats, said.
Othman, however, said current Turkish escalations on the mutual borders with Iraq have to do with the parliamentary elections in Turkey, scheduled be held in less than 10 days. 
Kurdish birth rates are higher than the Turkish and to some extent this is very similar to the case of the Palestinians versus the Israelis," said Othman.
www.kurdishaspect.com /doc071607VOI.html   (332 words)

  
 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
Mahmoud Othman, Kurdish member of the Constitutional Committee stated that he does not anticipate the completion of the constitution by the deadline of September 15th of this year.
Othman said, in a press conference on Sunday, July 10, at the Iraqi Assembly to Peyamner, that the council assigned for implementing the Article 58 regarding the Kirkuk issue, has now started to gradually do its responsibilities, in order to normalize the conditions of the city.
Later in his discussions, Dr. Othman made clear that the Kurds will not agree to an Administrative type of Federalism, and said that the Kurdistan Parliament has announced a Political Federalism for the Kurds since 1992.
www.krg.org /articles/detail.asp?anr=4353   (372 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Fallujah insurgents offer cease-fire
The insurgents and U.S. officials have agreed to a cease-fire in principle starting Sunday morning, Othman told The Associated Press, but he cast doubt on whether it would come into effect given each sides' demands.
The negotiations are taking place between a council delegation and a team of Fallujah sheiks, clerics and civic leaders, some of whom Othman said have influence with the fighters.
Othman was not taking part directly in the talks.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-04-10-inusrgents_x.htm   (351 words)

  
 Iraqi parliament speaker likely to leave office : Middle East World
Baghdad - Parliament in Iraq on Monday voted to give its speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani a "long vacation" and gave the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) one week to name his replacement, a news report said.
The IAF, the party that nominated al-Mashhadani, a Sunni Muslim, is the bloc that is authorized to name a substitute for al- Mashhadani, Kurdistan Coalition member Mahmoud Othman told the news agency.
The IAF, of which al-Mashhadani is a member, had asked to be given 24 hours to consider the matter, Othman added.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/71647.html   (369 words)

  
 Aswat Aliraq
Baghdad, Oct 15, (VOI)- Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman on Monday urged the Iraqi central government to adopt an official position regarding the continued Turkish shelling of Iraq's Kurdistan region, calling on the government to defend northern Iraq in case of any possible Turkish attack.
Mahmoud Othman on Saturday also criticized the recent threats by the Turkish government to send troops into northern Iraq, urging Baghdad to cancel the security agreement signed last month with Ankara.
The government is to present its memo to the Parliament Monday for voting Tuesday.
www.aswataliraq.info /look/english/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=57745&NrIssue=2&NrSection=1   (529 words)

  
 Kurdish MP urges govt. to cancel security agreement with Turkey | Iraq Updates
Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman on Saturday criticized the recent threats by the Turkish government to send troops into northern Iraq, urging Baghdad to cancel the security agreement signed last month with Ankara.
In September, Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani signed a security agreement with his Turkish counterpart concerning securing the borders between the two countries and tackling the presence of the Turkish banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in mountainous areas in northern Iraq.
MP Othman also called upon the U.S. side to bear responsibility by preventing Turkey form sending troops into northern Iraq, criticizing, meanwhile, the Iraqi government's stand as to "consider PKK as a terrorist party."
www.iraqupdates.com /p_articles.php/article/22836   (1012 words)

  
 Kurdish lawmaker urges Baghdad to cancel agreement with Turkey : Middle East World
Baghdad - Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman Saturday hit out at Ankara reserving the right of an incursion into northern Iraq following an ambush on its soldiers, and urged Baghdad to cancel a security agreement sealed last month with Ankara.
Meanwhile, Othman, urged the Iraqi government to cancel the agreement, insisting that "the approval of parliament" to such agreements was a must.
But on Saturday, Othman ruled out a unilateral Kurdish reaction to any Turkish incursion.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/123725.html   (623 words)

  
 Middle East Online
Representatives of Iraq's other ethnic and religious groups were quick to stake their claims to ministerial jobs in the national unity government being formed by the Shiite prime minister designate.
Prominent Kurdish MP Mahmoud Othman said he expected the Kurds to be assigned six of Iraq's 30 ministries, including the foreign affairs portfolio they hold in the outgoing government.
As the political bargaining picked up pace, the urgency of a new government taking control was highlighted by fresh insurgent violence.
www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=16310   (636 words)

  
 Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Othman was a participant or observer in the following events:
According to Naseer K. Chadirji, a lawyer and Governing Council member, “If we had voted, a majority would have rejected it.
He [Bremer] told us what he did; he did not ask us.” Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of the Governing Council, tells the New York Times, “There is no transparency and something has to be done about it.… There is mismanagement right and left….
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 Dismay among Kurds that genocide case unanswered | World news | The Guardian
It is like a dream come true for the survivors in my family," said Herro Mahmoud, a primary school teacher in Sulaymaniyah who lost her father and uncle to the Anfal (which means spoils of war).
Do our dead and our traumatised people not deserve to be honoured?" said Bijar Ahmed, an English student at the university of Koi Sanjaq.
Mahmoud Othman, a prominent Kurdish MP in Baghdad who survived several assassination attempts by the former regime, criticised the Iraqi government's apparent rush to carry out the death sentence before the end of the Anfal trial.
www.guardian.co.uk /world/2007/jan/01/iraq.michaelhoward1   (484 words)

  
 EMM News Explorer: Mahmoud Othman
The decision of Sadrists to pull out of the Shiite alliance will paralyse Maliki further, said Kurdish lawmaker Mahmud Othman.
Othman [-told]: >Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC), the Dawa party and the Fadhila party-and held 130 of the 275 seats in parliament.
However, the number dropped to 115 when the Fadhila party pulled out in March.
press.jrc.it /NewsExplorer/entities/en/1250.html   (1430 words)

  
 Al Jadid
All contributions deal with the Saudi-born and the Syrian-based Al Munif as well as with the rich and prolific literature he produced.
In that issue, Mohammad Awadah writes on "Democracy in Egypt" and Sayid Yasin on "The Place of the Arab Nation from the Third Wave." Included also is an interview with the novelist Abed al-Monhem Munif and an article by Jacques Daridda, translated from the French by Ahmad Othman.
Its chief editor remains the noted Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish; while it was published in Cyprus before 1993, the journal is currently published in Ramallah, Palestine.
www.aljadid.com /journals   (3717 words)

  
 $$MISMANAGEMENT$$
Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of the Governing Council says "There is no transparency and something has to be done about it.
There is mismanagement right and left, and I think we have to sit with Congress face to face to discuss this.
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 frontline: the survival of saddam: interviews: dr. makmoud othman
frontline: the survival of saddam: interviews: dr. makmoud othman
Mahkmoud Othman former chief negotiator with Iraq for the Kurdish Democratic Party
What do you know about the possible extent of U.S. and Western involvement in the 1968 coup in Iraq?
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 Mahmoud Othman
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