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Iraqi political groupings and individuals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Established by Mullah Mustafa Barzani in Tehran in December 1945, as the Kurdish Democratic Party, after Ahmad Barzani (Mustafa's brother) launched a Kurdish insurgency for independence from Iraq in 1931, which was finally crushed by a joint Iraqi-Turkish campaign in 1935. This led to negotiations between Mustafa Barzani and Saddam Husayn, which culminated in the 11Mar70 agreement; the KDP secured a general amnesty for its members, received official funding and administered northern Iraq as the local government from 1970. Mustafa's sons, Mas'ud (official biography here) and Idris Barzani, took command of the KDP ("KDP - Provisional Command"), with Mas'ud as official leader from Nov79, after Mustafa died. www.middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html   (11453 words)

Nawshirwan Mustafa, said Fallujah was a ''hub of terrorists,'' Nawshirwan Mustafa, said Fallujah was a ''hub of terrorists,'' Nawshirwan Mustafa, an official with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said Fallujah was a ''hub of terrorists,'' and his only criticism of the U.S.-led attack was that it did not happen sooner. Secular politician Modher Shawkat, a top official with the Shiite National Congress Party, warned that national unity would be the first victim of ''a wide perception in the Sunni streets that they are targeted, and such is a reality even if it is not intended.'' www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc/forceslaunchmosul8.htm   (389 words)

UNAMI: Iraqi Media Monitoring According to the report the two side discussed their joint plan for the merger of the two parties and the need for the Kurdistan region's administration law to be addressed by the Kurdistan parliament. At a news conference, Mirani and Mustafa explained that both issues would be addressed at the next session of the Kurdistan regional assembly on 24 April. After the politburo meeting, the KDP's Fadhil Mirani said in a joint press conference with his PUK counterpart Nawshirwan Mustafa that the joint will of the two parties for unifying their administrations was stronger than the technical constraints hindering the process. globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2005/04/imm-050420-unami.htm   (2208 words)

FOOLISH NEUTRALITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Just ask Nawshirwan Mustafa Amin, who is supervising the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's establishment here in Baghdad. A soldier turned writer and politician, he has been a close observer of Iraqi politics since he was a student at Baghdad University in the late '60s, shortly before Saddam sentenced him to death and he became an exile and then a Pershmerga guerilla. On the other hand, as Nawshirwan says, "When Bush and Blair spoke about building a model for the Middle East, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Iran, all their leaders were worried. www.puk.org /web/htm/news/nws/news030506.html   (841 words)

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The PUK's policy and decsion making body also lies within the Politburo, the aim of this is to achieve a Puluralistic power structure. The PUK was a coalition of five separate political factions that united under Jalal Talabani also known as Mam ("Uncle") Jalal and Nawshirwan Mustafa; the leading factions were the Komala ("group") and Shorish Geran ("revolution spreaders"). The PUK received grassroots support from the urban intellectual classes of Iraqi Kurdistan upon its establishment, this was party due to 13 of its 15 founding members being Phd holders and academics. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan   (355 words)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | The sectarian element   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Embittered by the atrocities of the former regime which was mainly composed of members of the Sunni Arab minority, Kurds now consider the assault on Falluja necessary. Nawshirwan Mustafa, an official with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), said Falluja was a "hub of terrorists", and his only criticism of the US-led attack was that it did not happen sooner. Former Kurdish guerrillas, now serving in the Iraqi National Guard, have provided reinforcements to battle Arab rebels in the northern city of Mosul during the attack on Falluja. weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/717/re1.htm   (1106 words)

Shia coalitions: Kirkuk has never been and never will be Kurdish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) London (KurdishMedia.com) 28 February 2005: In a telephone chat show conducted by the popular US backed radio in Iraq ‘Radio Sawa’, representatives of the three main winners of the landmark Iraqi elections went into hot controversial discussions. The guests were, Nawshirwan Mustafa, the prominent PUK politician and a representative of the Kurdistani Coalition List. Nawshirwan Mustafa said that his list has not entered any coalitions with any other Iraqi lists because their demands have not been met but hinted that negotiations are still in progress in Baghdad. www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=6339   (313 words)

UNAMI: Iraqi Media Monitoring The Iraqi army must be an army for all Iraqis regardless of their athnicity, religion or sect, Iraqi president Talabani said during his reception on Monday to defense minister Saadoun al-Dlemi. PUK politburo member Nawshirwan Mustafa and KRG-Sulaymanya PM Omer Fattah received in Sulaymanya the Chinese ambassador to Baghdad and his accompanying delegation on Monday. Mustafa warmly welcomed the delegation and briefed them on the developing situation in Kurdistan. www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2005/05/imm-050518-unami.htm   (2685 words)

This e-mail is confidential Iraq itself was as usual in turmoil, and the military coups that occurred did not help things since there were several individuals and groups competing for absolute power over the country. The weakness in Iraqi regime and the return of legendary Mustafa Barzani made the Kurds an important force for Iraq and other countries that wanted something from Iraq. And the second was Saddam who was determined to do anything to save his regime, but preferred to bow for Iran and give up a peace of Iraq rather than give the Kurds a true autonomy. www.telusplanet.net /public/mnammo/circle.htm   (9230 words)

Rangwala: Iraq's Major Political Groupings - 10-1-02 It rejected the March 1974 Autonomy Law, due to the dispute on the area of the Autonomous Region; the rebellion restarted in Apr74. Mustafa's sons, Mas'ud (b.16Aug46) and Idris Barzani, took command of the KDP ("KDP - Provisional Command"), with Mas'ud as official leader from 1979, when Mustafa died. Was based in Damascus, and aligned itself closely with the Syrian government (who trained and armed them), who sought to combat Iraq's regional dominance after the Algiers agreement; initially avoided siding overtly with Iran, with Libya (who also gave training) acting as the main intermediary. www.iraqwatch.org /perspectives/rangwala-100102.htm   (11707 words)

WARTIME FRIENDSHIPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Barzani, who is the son of the legendary Kurdish mountain fighter Mustafa Barzani, is, despite his pedigree, a retiring man, small-boned, almost delicate, and difficult to draw into conversation. I looked down the table, to Nawshirwan Mustafa Amin, a writer and one of the founders of the P.U.K. It has been said that Amin is a man who could ignite Kirkuk with a single telephone call. While the purpose of the morning meeting was to solidify a united front of Kurdish military forces under American command, I later learned that the afternoon was devoted to persuading these Shiites to join this newly unified opposition, even though it meant a temporary alliance with the Americans. www.puk.org /web/htm/news/nws/news030408c.html   (2429 words)

Kurdistan Observer Both Nawshirwan Mustafa in his interview with Asharq Al-Awsat and Masoud Barzani in his interview with Independent confirm that even the federalism they ask for means that they will give up the powers of defence, foreign affairs and finances to the Centre! Nawshirwan begs Arabs to accept Kurdish federalism, without defence, economy, and foreign relations! Also Patrick Cocjburn of the Independent writes, "Mr Barzani emphasised that the Kurds were giving up control over defence, foreign and fiscal policy to central government". home.cogeco.ca /~kurdistan1/1-2-04-opinion-mirawdeli-kurdish-leaders-defeatism.html   (1216 words)

UNAMI: Iraqi Media Monitoring The town had become the temporary campus for Sulaymanya University, whose students and professors joined the Kurdish revolution led by legendary leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani after the failure of his negotiations with the Iraqi regime and resumption of fighting weeks earlier. After 3 hours of meeting, the KDP's Massoud Barzani and PUK's Nawshirwan Mustafa told the press that the meeting was `very successful' like the previous ones and Kurdistan people would see tangible outcomes on the ground very soon. Mustafa further said that the issue of Kurdistan Region presidency was almost settled and Barzani would become the president. www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2005/04/imm-050425-unami.htm   (4207 words)

Iraqi opposition groups and individuals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Was aligned with Iran from the start of the 1980-88 war, reaching peak with the joint attack on the garrison town of Hajj Umran in Jul83; weaker ties with Syria, who favoured the PUK (eg exclusion from Syrian-based coordinating meetings; see ICP entry). 2000 and Dec 2001), and incorporating non-KDP groupings, the Komala of Nawshirwan Mustafa and Socialist Movement of Kurdistan of ‘Ali Askari. Was based in Damascus, and aligned itself closely with the Syrian government (who trained and armed them); initially avoided siding overtly with Iran, with Libya (who also gave training) acting as the main intermediary. www.mafhoum.com /press4/135S27.htm   (10934 words)

recente berichten (PUK): formed in March 1975 as a Leninist opposition grouping to the Barzani clan; led by Jalal Talabani (b.1933, former central committee member of the KDP; interviews of 2000 and Dec 2001), and incorporating non-KDP groupings, the Komala of Nawshirwan Mustafa and Socialist Movement of Kurdistan of ‘Ali Askari. Ankara representative is Mustafa Ziya; Washington Representative is Orhan Ketene; other leaders include Aydin Beyatli. Strongly supports having a major role in the future governance of Kirkuk and Irbil, which it identifies at Turkmen territory, and thus a player in the 2002 conflict between the KDP and the Turkish government. www.irak.be /ned/nieuws/opposition.htm   (14388 words)

Apostablog With appropriate timing Foreman of Arabia has a fascinating article, in effect, an interview with a leading Kurdish politician who calls for the US to be more engaged in building a democratic Iraq. Nawshirwan Mustafa of the PUK is making a simple point: all of Iraq's meddling neighbours will have their proxies, why should America not back people of its own? This does not mean the usual pro- or anti-Chalabi debate, but backing those of a democratic inclination. andrewapostolou.blogspot.com /2003_05_04_andrewapostolou_archive.html   (7259 words)

RFE/RL Iraq Report The "Financial Times" reported on 1 June that a 30-member committee of Iraqi technocrats walked out to protest the United Kingdom's insistence on chairing the committee. British officials disbanded the Al-Basrah city council at the end of May and replaced it with an interim committee after it was discovered that the head of the council, Shaykh Muzahim Mustafa Kanan al-Tamimi, is a former Ba'ath Party member. Problems also arose in Kirkuk local elections last week when protests erupted among political and ethnic groups over the elected composition of the council (see "RFE/RL Iraq Report," 30 May 2003), forcing U.S. administrators to step in to appease all sides. www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/06/25-060603.htm   (5265 words)

Kurds London: In a telephone chat show conducted by the popular US backed radio in Iraq 'Radio Sawa', representatives of the three main winners of the landmark Iraqi elections went into hot controversial discussions. Perhaps most important in the current power vacuum, they provide Kurdish leaders with armed backing in their demands for broad autonomy. "We want to keep our pesh merga because they are a symbol of resistance," said Massoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the son of Mustafa Barzani, a revered Kurdish leader who founded the pesh merga in the 1960's. www.iranreview.com /FrontArticles/News/Kurds-March%204-05.htm   (13403 words)

12/31/02 (KURDS/IRAQ) Kirkuk; Coordination?; US Bidding?; Red According to PUK Politboro member Nawshirwan Mustafa Amin, Syrian intelligence leader, Mullah Mustafa Barzani, had been billeted by the shah. Mustafa was resting in peace once again, after Iranian Kurdish leader www.kurd.org /newsletters/20021231151111.html   (6406 words)

Chase Shiites and Kurds do not share that view. Nawshirwan Mustafa, an official with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said Fallujah was a "hub of terrorists" and his only criticism of the U.S.-led attack sites.stockpoint.com /Chase_Public/article.asp?filename=20041114/319w1632.xml   (844 words)

Kurd place, and we won't oblige anyone to join Iraqi Kurdistan," said Nawshirwan Mustafa, a top official in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, which Mulla Mustafa himself, the first President of the KDP, www.iranreview.com /FrontArticles/News/Kurds-Iraq.htm   (11865 words)

New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) A few Flags would not help, the People do not have drinking water. 150000 Kirkukis died in the Anfals for Thugs like Nawshirwan Mustafa and Nichervan Barzani- Today, They have Mont Jalal and Mont Masoud with the 500 Mil Dollar Gambling Hotel and Mall in Erbil "the Dezai Mafia Gambling Hotel", they DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE ENEMY! Your site even Published that Our MINISTER sleep with ZIONIST arabs. www.kurdistannet.org /ala/peshnyar1.htm   (1573 words)

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