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No support for Salahaddin independence from Talabani says KBC
30/11/2011 13:30
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30 (AKnews) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani does not support Salahaddin becoming an autonomous region but he dealth with the request according to the law says a leader of the Kurdish Blocs Coalition Wednesday.
Mahmoud Othman told AKnews that the people of Salahaddin will decide about the future of their province. The KBC neither supports nor objects to the formation of Salahaddin region.
Sunni-majority Salahaddin province, 170km north of Baghdad, proclaimed itself an autonomous region in response to the arrests of staff members of Tikrit's university and of a number of other citizens, according to Governor Salahaddin Ahmed. Maliki considered Salahaddin's move the first step on a path to divide Iraq.
The head of the Council of Representatives was subjected to widespread criticism when said in Washington last June that there is "Sunni frustration" in Iraq, warning that they will consider secession if their grievances not remedied quickly.
Security forces arrested 615 Baath members at the end of October after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received information from Libyan interim leader Mahmoud Jibril.
Libyan rebel forces had obtained documents indicating that late Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi had tried to support an attempted coup d'etat by Baath members against the Iraqi government.
Article VII of the Iraqi Constitution prohibits any organization that incites genocide and racism.
By Mouhammed al-Tayyeb
RN/JS/AKnews
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30/11/2011 13:30
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30 (AKnews) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani does not support Salahaddin becoming an autonomous region but he dealth with the request according to the law says a leader of the Kurdish Blocs Coalition Wednesday.
Mahmoud Othman told AKnews that the people of Salahaddin will decide about the future of their province. The KBC neither supports nor objects to the formation of Salahaddin region.
Sunni-majority Salahaddin province, 170km north of Baghdad, proclaimed itself an autonomous region in response to the arrests of staff members of Tikrit's university and of a number of other citizens, according to Governor Salahaddin Ahmed. Maliki considered Salahaddin's move the first step on a path to divide Iraq.
The head of the Council of Representatives was subjected to widespread criticism when said in Washington last June that there is "Sunni frustration" in Iraq, warning that they will consider secession if their grievances not remedied quickly.
Security forces arrested 615 Baath members at the end of October after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received information from Libyan interim leader Mahmoud Jibril.
Libyan rebel forces had obtained documents indicating that late Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi had tried to support an attempted coup d'etat by Baath members against the Iraqi government.
Article VII of the Iraqi Constitution prohibits any organization that incites genocide and racism.
By Mouhammed al-Tayyeb
RN/JS/AKnews
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