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	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)

	Massoud Barzani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Massoud Barzani (Kurdish: Mesûd Barzanî) (born August 16, 1946) is the President of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
		Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad.
		Kurdish writer is to be retried for the crime of defaming Masoud Barzani, Reuters, January 25, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massoud_Barzani (276 words)

	KEO - POLITICS
		Barzani was born, on the same day in August 1946 that the KDP was founded, into the nationalist struggle that was spearheaded by his late father.
		Barzani's KDP said it was a desperate measure to forestall a planned Iranian invasion to ensure Talabani's victory, but his enemies saw it as a betrayal.
		Barzani may consider himself firstly as a Kurd, but he is also an Iraqi and the prospect of a democratic Iraq opens up the possibility that he might be called on to take a more prominent role on the national scene.
	www.kurdistanica.com /english/politics/analysis/analysis-111.html (1363 words)

	Kurdistan Regional Government Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Masoud Barzani and his delegation arrived in Brussels on October 20, 1998 for a visit with the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
		Barzani and his delegation arrived at the Senate House where they were welcomed by Frank Swaelen, the Senate leader and the head of the Senate's Foreign Affairs and Protocol.
		Barzani outlined for the Senate leader the current situation in the region and the importance of the Washington accord.
	old.krg.org /news/1998/brussnews12_98.asp (672 words)

	KDP's Islamic Fundamentalist Ties Threaten Assyrians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Barzani has maintained ties to the organization as insurance for any future battles against the PUK as well as a constant source of pressure and intimidation against the indigenous Assyrian Christian population.
		Barzani has maintained ties with the Army of Islam leadership, although no public acknowledgement has been provided by the KDP since allegations surfaced that the Army of Islam was tied to other international terror organizations.
		Barzani has used his incestuous relationship with militant Islamic groups such as Hizballah to further the KDP's long running scheme to ethnically cleanse the region of the indigenous Assyrian community.
	www.aina.org /releases/2002/religious.htm (907 words)

	News
		Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said Friday the Kurds had not decided who to back in the race for Iraq's prime minister, as negotiations over the formation of the government looked set to be protracted.
		Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), one of the two main parties in the Kurdish coalition, said the Kurds would seek important posts in the new government.
		Thursday, Nechirvan Barzani, Masoud's nephew and prime minister of the Kurdish regional government, said the Kurds would only agree to a deal on the formation of a new national government if they were given control of disputed areas in the north of the country, including Kirkuk.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /news/2005/feb/25_barzani.htm (498 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Masoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani are by far the most qualified and caring leaders for all of the presently liberated Iraq, forcefully made out of the two nations of Kurds and Arabs (two nations in one).
		Masoud Barzani, who won the 1992 election by receiving just over 50% of the votes in a not so well organized election.
		Barzani and Talabani are capable beyond any doubt to take over the affairs of the two nations of South Kurdistan, and Arabistan in a sound and peaceful manner.
	old.klawrojna.com /Noosin/SteveTataii/MasoudBarzani-JalaTalibani.html (834 words)

	KRG, Kurdistan Regional Government
		Barzani: Regrettably, the deteriorating security situation in the rest of Iraq and the federal government's inability to benefit from the experience of Kurdistan prevented the adoption of our experience in the other regions.
		Barzani: I cannot say it is an ideal government, but I do not think it is possible to form a better government under the current circumstances.
		Barzani: We in Kurdistan have resolved all thorny issues and laid the foundation for a strong national unity and for educating the people continuously about this unity.
	web.krg.org /articles/article_detail.asp?LangNr=12&RubricNr=94,106,109&ArticleNr=11555&LNNr=28&RNNr=70 (3022 words)

	Mulla Mustafa Barzani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ulli Bek Saeed Barzani, brave warrior martyred at the outbreak of the Kurdish revolt of 1945.
		Masoud Barzani is standing to his left, Baghdad, 1970.
		Mulla Mustafa Barzani at his headquarters, in the background is the wreak of a boody-trapped car which was used in the attempt on his life.
	members.home.nl /hamira/mlbarzani2.htm (1072 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Suicide Bomber Kills 22 in Iraq Oil Capital Kirkuk
		Masoud Barzani, who wants Kirkuk for his capital, told fellow Kurds he aimed to expand their territory.
		The attack occurred a few hours before Barzani, a veteran of guerrilla wars against Saddam Hussein and fellow Kurds, was sworn in to the post of elected president at a ceremony at the parliament in Arbil, 75 km (45 miles), north of Kirkuk.
		Barzani also renewed Kurdish claims to parts of other provinces, which may irk his neighbours: "All these areas must return to the region because it is the Kurds' land."
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-6-14/29549.html (893 words)

	Kurdistan Observer
		Barzani and his followers were forced to flee Iraqi Kurdistan after Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi signed the 1975 Algiers Accord with Iraq's then-vice-president, Saddam Hussein.
		For Barzani's body had been temporarily interred in the northern Iranian Kurdish town of Oshnavieh until it could be taken to its final resting place across the border.
		I later learned that Idriss, Masoud and their men had returned to their beloved mountains with the help of the Iranians to resume their fight for Kurdish rights against the Iraqi regime, and perhaps to strike a blow against the agreement that led to their dispersal many years earlier.
	home.cogeco.ca /~observer/1-1-03-barzanis-tehran-london.html (1611 words)

	MANAGING STRAINS IN THE COALITION: Part I
		Barzani was the spokesman for the northern Kurds, roughly all of those around Zakho and Dohuk, and Talabani, the southern Kurds from around Sulaimaniyah.
		Barzani and Talabani are, effectively, warlords who dominate their respective regions, but this mainly came about because of their close ties to Washington and London.
		Similarly, Barzani, in the north, is practically hostage to the Turks.
	www.milnet.com /strains/saddamp1.htm (3753 words)

	Negotiations on Iraq gov - Turkish Daily News Feb 26, 2005
		Masoud Barzani says the Kurds have not decided who to back, as negotiations over the formation of the government looked set to be protracted
		The Kurds could give their backing to Jaafari or the group led by secular Shiite Iyad Allawi, which came third in the Jan. 30 vote, clinching 40 seats in the assembly, and is determined to keep their leader at the country's helm as prime minister.
		Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Friday the Kurds had not decided who to back, as negotiations over the formation of the government looked set to be protracted.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=6960 (1118 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: Masoud Barzani Iraqi Kurdish leader thanks Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Masoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democrat Party (KDP), expressed his thanks in a letter sent to Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül on Wednesday.
		Barzani thanked Turkey for its stand during the Iraq war and said that Turkey’s non-intervention in Iraq had assisted in bringing about a peaceful transfer of power.
		Barzani also gave a reassurance that there would be no discrimination against any group in new democratic Iraq.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030430163405284&mode=print (208 words)

	Kurd leaders must maintain unified front - The Boston Globe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The main reason for the long delay was the inability of Kurdistan's two principal parties, Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party and Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, to reunify their parallel administrations, one in Erbil, the other in Suleimaniyeh.
		The movement was founded by Mullah Mustafa Barzani, Masoud's father, in the 1940s.
		If and when this happens, Masoud Barzani, Kosrat Ali, and other Kurdish leaders may face not each other's mortar shells but their nation's discontent, a spreading disaffection they may still be able to allay today through wise, open, and pluralistic governance.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/05/10/kurd_leaders_must_maintain_unified_front (922 words)

	Iraq Politics and Constitution - سياسة العراق و الدستور
		Masoud Al-Barazani stated during an interview with reporter Imad Al-shara’ in Baghdad that the German example and decision to choose a federal regime has united the country, he added “ federalism Unites Iraq, who wants to impose a central tyrant regime on the rest of Iraq’s regions seeks to divide the country.
		Al Barzani also considered federalism to be a union not a division and that it has helped unify countries such as Germany and it can unify the new Iraq.
		Barzani also noted that those who stand in the way of federalism want to divide Iraq and a system that rejects federalism is totalitarian.
	www.niqash.org /content.php?contentTypeID=109&id=622 (691 words)

	Kurdistan.no - Masoud Barzani valgt til president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Den første kurdiske presidenten var Qazi Muhammed som ledet Mahabad republikken i iransk kurdistan i 11 måneder i 1945.
		Masoud Barzani har vært KDPs leder siden 1975.
		Barzani skal også lede kurderne i forhandlingene om iraks nye grunnlov, som etter planen skal være ferdig i august.
	www.kurdistan.no /1006542005/1006565926/1119336333 (351 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 (1750 words)

	News Archives 1998
		On Sept. 17, the leaders of the two major Kurdish parties, Jalal Talabani of the PUK and Masoud Barzani of the KDP, met with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and announced that they had reached an agreement under U.S. auspices to settle their differences and normalize relations and conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan.
		According to reports, the agreement covers setting up an interim regional government in Erbil, revenue sharing, preparation for new elections to the regional parliament, to be held in July 1999, and normalization of the situation in the major Kurdish cities.
		Barzani in particular has reportedly declared he will not be party to any action to unseat the Iraqi ruler.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /news/1998/isep/22_kurds.html (567 words)

	CNN.com - Apparent 'friendly fire' kills 18, Kurdish officials say - Apr. 6, 2003
		Kurdish special forces commander Wageeh Barzani was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday, after what Kurdish officials said was a friendly fire incident.
		Wageeh Barzani, a Peshmerga commander and the younger brother of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani, was seriously wounded and was being flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany for treatment, KDP spokesman Hoshyar Zebari said.
		Masoud Barzani's son Mansour Barzani also was wounded, although less critically than his uncle, CNN's Jane Arraf said.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/04/06/sprj.irq.kurdish.bombing/index.html (512 words)

	Masoud Barzani: Independent Kurdistan is our right
		Barzani also expressed optimism about the resolution of the Kirkuk issue by the new Iraqi government and stressed that pursuing the issue is a priority of the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government.
		The Iraqi Kurdish leader further expressed his belief that "the Kurdish question of neighboring countries" can be solved by democratic and peaceful means, through dialogue.
		Barzani's remarks are likely to cause concern in Ankara, which fears a civil war in Iraq and wider regional instability should the country fall apart and the Iraqi Kurds seek independence.
	www.kurdishaspect.com /doc6606105.html (203 words)

	The Turkish Incursion into Iraq: "'Operation Steel' Is a Legitimate Response To Terrorism"
		The accord permitted the presence of the PKK inside the northern Iraqi "safe zone" established after the Gulf war with the stipulation that PKK terrorists would be unarmed and prevented from staging terrorist actions in Turkey.
		Barzani and Talabani soon fell to fighting amongst themselves, however, and failed to keep their promises.
		Masoud Barzani has stated, "In 1992, the PKK drew back to Down Zeli camp and promised not to establish camps in the north.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/0695/9506034.htm (1031 words)

	Doorstep interview with Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan region in Iraq
		Tony Blair met with Masoud Barzani at Number 10 and spoke briefly to journalists afterwards.
		Mr Barzani, my question to you is regarding the coming elections. The elections that have been announced. Which of these lists to you feel is closest to the Kurdish people's aspirations and do you expect an alliance with the United Iraqi Alliance after the problems with this government?
		Two questions, the first for President Barzani. After your visit and your meeting with the Prime Minister, I know that important issues have been raised and discussed. Could you give us some of the basic things which have been discussed between you which is relevant to the future of the Kurdistan region?
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page8408.asp (624 words)

	Want Kirkuk to be an example of ethnic, but.., Masoud Barzani
		BAGHDAD (Reuters), Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Friday the Kurds had not decided who to back, as negotiations over the formation of the government looked set to be protracted.
		There is no time limit for naming the top positions -- a president and two vice-presidents, who must then decide on the prime minister.
		Barzani, head of one of the two main parties in the Kurdish coalition, said the Kurds would seek key posts.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/2/kirkukkurdistan23.htm (813 words)

	Friends of Democracy: Masoud Al-Barzani on Kurdistan and Kirkuk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Masoud Al-Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said in an interview on Al-Arabia TV that the Iraqi army will only be able to enter Kurdistan with permission from Kurdistan’s parliament.
		At the same time, Barzani insisted the city of Kirkuk be immediately re-joined to Kurdistan as stipulated in the Temporary Administrative Law.
		Item number 58 requires the repatriation of ethnically-cleansed Kurds to their homes and the departure of Arabs who were moved there during Saddam Hussein’s Arabization campaign.
	www.friendsofdemocracy.info /2005/03/masoud_albarzan.html (248 words)

	Dissident Watch: Kamal Sayid Qadir - Middle East Quarterly
		The KDP office in London answered that the Kurdish government had arrested Qadir for defamation of "certain prominent elected official politicians."[2] After a one-hour trial, a Kurdish court convicted and sentenced Qadir to 30 years in prison.
		[10] While the Barzani family disputes such claims,[11] Iraqi Kurdish finances remain opaque, and Barzani family interests are the subject of Kurdish businessmen's complaints.
		Iraqi Kurdish poet Kamal Mirawdeli wrote, "Masoud Barzani makes a fateful mistake if he thinks that by his illegal and Saddam-style abduction and imprisonment [he will silence] the increasing number of courageous Kurdish intellectuals and writers who are raising their voices louder and louder against a history of criminality, corruption, and treachery."[16]
	www.meforum.org /article/922 (784 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bombs kill 6 Iraqi policemen, wound 15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Kurdish coalition, an alliance between Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Masoud Barzani's Kurdish Democratic Party, has 75 seats and thus is a key player in negotiations over potential governing coalitions.
		Talabani and Barzani told reporters in Irbil on Thursday that they will ally with whichever groups support their demands to expand the autonomous Kurdish region and to retain control over their Peshmerga militias, which they do not want to disband.
		Barzani said talks were continuing with other parties but refused to comment on their substance, describing the task of forming a government as a "laborious operation that takes time and effort."
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2005-03-02-explosion_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (712 words)

	Masoud Barzani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In connection to Turkey's comments on Masoud Barzani's election as the president of Kurdistan in Iraq, published by AFP on 15 June, the Kurdistan Regional Government Mission to the European Union issues the following statement.
		Reuters - Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani saidFriday the Kurds had not decided who to back in the race forIraq's prime minister, as negotiations over the formation ofthe government looked set to be protracted.
		BAGHDAD: Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Friday the Kurds had not decided who to back in the race for Iraq's prime minister, as negotiations over the formation of the government looked set to be protracted.
	www.boarc.com /Iraq/Masoud+Barzani.html (618 words)

	News
		Talabani and Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said Saturday Kurds driven out of the contested city of Kirkuk must be allowed back now and not after a new constitution is in place.
		He, along with Barzani, fought Saddam's regime for decades to secure Kurdish rights and managed to carve out the autonomous Kurdistan region in the early 1990s.
		Barzani, who recently became president of Kurdistan, said he totally agreed with Talabani.
	www.puk.org /web/htm/news/nws/news050703.html (438 words)

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