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	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (est 1975) (Kurdish: Yakêtî Nîştimanî Kurdistan) is a political party in Iraqi Kurdistan.
		The PUK was a coalition of five separate political entities that united under the leadership of Jalal Talabani also known to Kurds as Mam ("Uncle") Jalal and Nawshirwan Mustafa; the leading factions were Komala Ranjdarani Kurdistan ("The League") and Shorish Geran ("revolution spreaders").
		The PUK received grassroots support from the urban intellectual classes of Iraqi Kurdistan upon its establishment, this was partly due to 13 of its 15 founding members being PhD holders and academics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan (400 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.
		PUK's major political objectives are: to assure a democratic system and freedom of thought, freedom of ideology, freedom of journalism and press, freedom of commuting and residency, freedom to establish political organizations, syndicates, professional associations, unions of farmers, women, teachers, youth, artists, writers and athletic clubs, and freedom of protest and strikes.
		PUK envisions a new, prosperous economy that secures a higher standard of living for its people, promotes development in Kurdistan, and ensures that the country's resources will be allocated to fulfill the aforementioned objectives.
	www.aha.ru /~said/puk.htm (4904 words)

	IRAQI KURDISTAN: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Jalal Talabani) stand
		The PUK, having resurrected the Kurdish movement from the ashes of its collapse in 1975, is determined to deal with the new challenges with vigor, persistence, and the patience of a people, who in their long suffering, have acquired the capability for great endurance.
		PUK forces are regrouping in a number of locations inside Iraqi Kurdistan, and the PUK command is planning for continued resistance against Saddam-Barzani forces.
		The PUK also noted the cynicism with which were buried "the right of intervention" and "the new world order" as well as all humanitarian values which had guided, so it had been said, the actions of the international community against tyrants after the Gulf war.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/2568/kurd_puk.html (2245 words)

	Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan issues anniversary statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was born in extremely difficult and dangerous times, when scores of repercussions and ramifications of the fiasco of September Revolution had predominated the arena, its founding was not a response to an undefeated reality.
		The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan had a distinguished role in the founding of the Kurdistan Front and the preparations for the Uprising [1991] and later in the administration of the Kurdistan Affairs in the Kurdistan Front Administration, that is, prior to the stage of the 1992 elections.
		The Patriotic Union participated in the election process with the strategic objectives of the right to self-determination, which was embodied in the federalism motto.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/printer_1006297.php (1161 words)

	Iraqi political groupings and individuals
		It supported the neutrality of the Rashid 'Ali government in Apr-May41 (as the Soviet Union was still neutral; the ICP later voiced its regret for this stance); in response, communist prisoners were released.
		It was tolerated to some extent when the monarchy was reestablished now that the Soviet Union had joined with the Allies in WWII, and with the ICP acting as popular challengers to the pan-Arabists, who were seen as susceptible to fascism; ICP gave formal support for the monarchy from Feb42 until 1945.
		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.
	middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html (11453 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
		Patriotic Union of Kurdistan seeks an independent state for Kurds in Northern Iraq.
		PUK is supportive of US plans to invade Iraq, and calles for US cooperation with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan forces in order to liberate Iraq.
		Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is the other main Kurdish party, which broke away from the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1975.
	www.iraqinews.com /party_partriotic_union_of_kurdistan.shtml (234 words)

	Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq.
		Elections were held simultaneously for the assembly of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
		They were able to secure the selection of Jalal Talabani (the PUK leader) as President of Iraq, while Massoud Barzani (the KDP leader) became President of Iraqi Kurdistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Patriotic_Alliance_of_Kurdistan (265 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
		The PUK is a coalition of five separate factions, the leading factions being the Komala (“group”) and Shorish Geran (“revolution spreaders”).
		Kurds are indigenous to a geo-cultural region commonly referred to as Kurdistan that is composed of territory from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
		During the Gulf War of 2003, forces from the PUK assisted the US-led coalition in its overthrow of Saddam Hussein and, together with the KDP, were the principal US allies fighting in the north.
	www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=4191 (757 words)

	Is Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan another Iranian ally in the Iraqi government?
		The military assistance from Iran to the PUK included supply of weapons and fighters, some of whom were Iraqi Shiites (from the famous Iraqi Shiite Badr brigade) who had joined Iran's fight against Saddam.
		The PUK's new relationship with the US was based on their mutual animosity towards Saddam Hussein and America's need to find reliable allies in northern Iraq to open up a second front against Saddam Hussein.
		The PUK also gained political capital from the US by being recognised as the representative of the Iraqi Kurds in negotiations with the post Saddam interim Iraqi government which was backed by the US.
	www.meepas.com /talebanipart1.htm (1732 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
		In northern Iraq, fighting continued in 1997 between the two main Iraqi Kurdish groups, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
		The KDP estimated that 58,000 KDP supporters were expelled from Suleymaniyah and other PUK-controlled areas from October 1996 to October 1997; the PUK says that more than 49,000 of its supporters were expelled from Irbil and other KDP-controlled areas from August 1996 through December 1997.
		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/puk.htm (536 words)

	Condemn the Patriotic Union of K
		This is not the first time that the PUK has violated basic political liberties – PUK has even killed its opponents, not simply attempted to silence them with arrests and repression.
		PUK has a shameful history of persecuting political activists and banning the activities of the groups that do not share its political perspectives for Kurdistan.
		PUK claims to have guaranteed freedom of speech, political activity and association in Kurdistan.
	www.wpiraq.net /english/rebwar_arif_appeal.html (386 words)

	Forum
		The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) celebrated the "silver jubilee" on June 2, 2000 in Washington, DC with a dinner and reception.
		The PUK was founded in 1975 in the wake of the Algiers Accords between Saddam Hussein and the Shah of Iran.
		For the first time in history, Iraqis living in Iraqi Kurdistan are assured that they will receive a proportionate share of the wealth and income of the state.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /forum/events/2000/fjun/14_dibble.html (455 words)

	KEO - POLITICS
		On 3 February 2000, Municipal Elections were held in Iraqi Kurdistan in the territory under the rule of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK.
		However, the PUK came out to be the major winner in the elections gaining 53 out of 58 seats.
		The PUK not just won the overwhelming majority of the seats, but some credits for being able to conduct the elections in a relatively fair manner.
	www.kurdistanica.com /english/politics/analysis/analysis-008.html (576 words)

	KEO - POLITICS
		The Iraqi KDP is now rivaled in Iraq by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a party based in the southern sector of Iraqi Kurdistan.
		In the summer of 1976, Talabani, dlen Barzani's representative in Damascus, established there the Patriotic Uni on of Kurdistan (PUK), a coalition between the Iraqi Komala, the Socialist Party (or Movement) of Iraq (SPI) (later the Socialist Party of Kurdistan, SPK), and TAlabani's faction of the KDP.
		Upon the departure of the SPK from the PUK, Talabani scrambled for new alliances, forging one with the Iranian Komala in 1979.
	www.kurdistanica.com /english/politics/party/PUK.html (745 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Faris Nasir Hussein, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, was killed along with his brother and their driver in an ambush 50 miles north of Baghdad.
		Faris Nasir Hussein, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, was killed in the attack Saturday night, along with his brother and their driver, said Peshro Ibrahim, a National Assembly official.
		Adel Murad, head of the political office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), said the request came at the weekend from General John Abizaid, head of US central command, in a meeting in the northern city of Mosul with the leaders of PUK and its occasional rival, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=puk (5632 words)

	K D P (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 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.
		But Kurdistan is entirely dependent on your support, and we need your support and help.
	www.kdp.pp.se (557 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Confirms the Build Up of Trust With Kurdistan Democratic Party (KurdishMedia.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He considered the uprising as a Kurdish popular referendum against the policies of the central government and the mass refusal to go back under the authority of central government was a second referendum.
		On that theme, he called upon all Kurdistan parties and groups to unify the efforts and struggles to protect the gains of the uprising.
		He added: “PUK wants to run general election in the region and wants the Iraqi unity.” He stressed that PUK would not participate in any foreign conspiracy against Iraq, the unity of Iraqi, its higher interests and sovereignty.
	www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=1263 (346 words)

	Sulaymaniyah
		Al-Sulaymaniyah is the capitol of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)-controlled Iraqi Kurdistan.
		In late August 1996, backed by Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) launched an offensive in northern Iraq that led to the takeover of the regional capital of Irbil and placed most of the region under Massoud Barzani's control.
		The previous day the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), allied with Saddam Hussein, had seized the city of Sulaymaniyah, the last stronghold of the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/sulaymaniyah.htm (301 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We believe that the PUK's attacks on these two organizations and its members are motivated by its goal to further maintain repression and push back the movement for equality and freedom.
		Earlier reports indicate that the local government of Kurdistan with the leadership of the PUK issued a "court order" to prosecute the WcP of Iraq for "crimes" including WcP's defense of women against Islamic terrorism and WcP's "propaganda" for women's rights.
		As can be seen, the attacks on July 14th were not isolated incidents, but rather part of a pattern of events of violence against women to further maintain their oppression.
	www.iwsolidarity.com /stop.htm (461 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Kurdish View -- March 12, 2003
		Barham Salih, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan -- one of the two political parties that controls Kurdish northern Iraq -- discusses what an ouster of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could mean for the future of his people.
		The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, is one of the two parties that controls the region that shares a border with Turkey, and is preparing for the possibility of an Iraq without Saddam.
		Barham Salih is the prime minister of the PUK regional government, and he joins us to talk about Kurdish hopes for -- and fears of -- a war in Iraq.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june03/kurdish_3-12.html (1557 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - KURDISTAN NEWSLINE
		PUK and KDP Leaders Undertake Joint Diplomatic Mission
		PUK and KDP Leaders Talabani and Barzani Meet - 07Sep-2002
		Minutes of the debate concerning Iraqi Kurdistan in Britain's House of Lords
	www.puk.org /web/htm/news/knwsline/knewsl.html (137 words)

	Kurdistan - Jalal Talbani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
		The PUK flag is green and its headquarters are at Zahle, deep in the mountains on the Iranian border.
		The main areas of PUK support are the southeastern parts of northern Iraq.
		Jabbar survived and subsequently became the terror of Iraqi soldiers, leading PUK fighters on raids against Saddam and Co. As you can imagine, there's a fair amount of infighting and clawing behind the scenes in the PUK politburo.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/kurdista/player2.htm (657 words)

	2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the North, the 10th Special Forces Group (10th SFG) had the mission of aiding the Kurdish parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, de facto rulers of Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991.
		Turkey had officially forbidden any US troops from using their bases, so lead elements of the 10th had to make certain detours; their journey was supposed to take four hours but instead it took ten.
		"Axis of Evil," originally used by President Bush during a State of the Union address on January 29, 2002 to describe the countries of Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq (8907 words)

	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
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	www.indopedia.org /PUK.html (427 words)

	flag of Iraqi Kurdistan: Political parties flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		In 1959 this was renamed the Kurdistan Democratic Party to signify that it stood for equal rights of all peoples who fell within its geographic jurisdiction.
		After the disastrous defeat of the Iraqi Kurds in 1975, Jalal Talabani split from the PDK and founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), whose base is primarily urban intellectuals.
		The party's principal colour is green, but I have not seen a good representation of a flag or banner.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/krd}iq.html (268 words)

	We got him: Kurds say they caught Saddam - SpecialsWarOnIraqMcGeough - www.smh.com.au
		The head of the PUK, Jalal Talabani, was in the Iranian capital en route to Europe.
		The Western media in Baghdad were electrified by the Iranian agency's revelation, but as reports of the arrest built, they relied almost exclusively on accounts from US military and intelligence organisations, starting with the words of the US-appointed administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer: "Ladies and gentlemen: we got 'im".
		US officials said that they had extracted the vital piece of information on Saddam's whereabouts from one of the 20 suspects around 5.30pm on December 13 and had immediately assembled a 600-strong force to surround the farm on which he was captured at al-Dwar, south of Tikrit.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/12/21/1071941612613.html (668 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
		Founding Philosophy: Little is known about the specific objectives and ideology of the Kurdish Patriotic Union, although unconfirmed reports claim that the group is a splinter group of the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK).
		Carrying out a limited number of attacks in Turkey, their actions have been overshadowed by those of the more prominent Kurdish terrorist organizations.
		Current Goals: Although the Kurdish Patriotic Union has not claimed a terrorist attack since 1994, a 1997 statement by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) claims that the Kurdish Patriotic Union is now operating within an alliance called the Kurdistan Allied National Forces.
	www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=4104 (304 words)

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