In tandem with their military build up to invade the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Turkish regime has launched vicious and false media propaganda to silence any voice speaking against their invasion. They have targeted the KNC with their smear campaign of false accusations. Since its inception in 1988 as a reaction to the Halabja …
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PM Erdogan to submit detailed PKK report to Bush Turkey has launched its most comprehensive and diplomatic crackdown to date on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has cost Turkey about 33,000 lives and $100 bln over the course of 21 years. At a meeting of its influential National Security Council (MGK) held last …
A Flawed Plan is Revived Unchanged
The Kurdish National Congress of North America P.O. Box 1663, P.O. Box 7033, Lake Forest, CA 92630 Windsor, ONT Tel/Fax: 949-583-1417 USA N9A 2N9, CANADA www.kncna.org. Press Release Massacre of Yezidi Kurds Kurdish National Congress of North America along with the entire Kurdish Nation is deeply saddened by the horrific terrorist acts against our nation …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE August 1, 2007 Contact: John Rankin 515-221-1001 media@brownback.com DES MOINES – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican candidate for president, outlined a “diplomatic surge” for Iraq that would aim for long-term stability by creating a soft partition for the three major ethnic groups in Iraq, with Baghdad serving as the seat …
Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani hailed the Kurdistan National Assembly’s passage of the Kurdistan Oil and Gas Law as a “historic moment” that, “together with the Iraq Constitution, will be the foundation of our economic development,” and will allow the Kurdistan Regional Government to “chose the best, most experienced, the most committed investors” for the Region. …
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The Kurdish National Congress of North America P.O. Box 1663 P.O. Box 43098 P.O. Box 545 Lake Forest, CA 92630 Mississauga, ONT L5B 4A7 Millersville, MD 21108 USA Canada USA Tel/Fax: 949-583-1417 Tel: 905-306-7300 www.kncna.org Press Release Turkish Elections, History in the Making
Press Release Kurdish Journalist M. Adnan Hassanpour, and Kurdish Activist Hiwa Butimar Sentenced To Death In Iran On July 17, 2007 two Kurdish journalists and social activists were sentenced to death for their work in Kurdish human rights and the Kurdish media. The trial had been accompanied by unconfirmed suggestions in the Iranian media that …
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By Kamal Artin In her article on the abuse of women published in Kurdistan Observer, on June 12, 2007 , Pam Steer intends to steer our society with her critical and courageous words. Interestingly her name fits her objective. To my limited understanding of English words, “Steer” could mean a young ox castrated before sexual …
WKI President’s Op-Ed in LA Times Washington Kurdish Institute Thursday June 7, 2007 Don’t Delay Democracy in Kirkuk Los Angeles Times, Opinion By Najmaldin O. Karim NAJMALDIN O. KARIM is the president of the Washington Kurdish Institute. June 7, 2007 Postponing a vote on making the city part of Kurdistan could imperil the U.S. mission …