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Author: Mofak Salman

  • The Turkmen

    The Turkmen

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    The Author

    Mofak Salman Kerkuklu graduated in England with a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Oxford Brookes University and completed an MSc in Medical Electronics and Physics at London University, and an MSc in Computing Science and Information Technology At South Bank University.
    The author was born in Turkmen Subdistrict of Altunkopru in district of Numra Sekiz (District Of Debis).

    He is also a Chartered Engineer from the Institution of Engineers of Ireland, Mr Mofak Salman Is the author of Brief History of Iraqi Turkmens, Turkmens of Iraq, Turkmen city of Tuz Khormatu, A report into Kurdish Abuse in Turkmeneli, The Plight of The Iraqi Turkmens, and Altunkopru, The ancient Turkmen city.

    He has had numerous articles published in various newspapers and websites.

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  • A massacre against the Türkmen by this terrorist organization ISIL in Emirli is imminent

    A massacre against the Türkmen by this terrorist organization ISIL in Emirli is imminent

    A massacre against the Türkmen by this terrorist organization ISIL in Emirli is imminent   

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    Sadly the Kurdish policy/regime toward the Türkmen people is no different from that of the Arabisation policy that was carried out against the Türkmen during Saddam Hussein’s reign.

    Following the fall of Saddam Hussein’s government in 2003 and the control of Northern Iraq by the Kurdish Regional Government, the Iraqi Türkmen’s situation has deteriorated dramatically. At that time the Türkmen expected to see justice, equality and human rights but tragically the reverse has been happening. The lands of the Türkmen people have been confiscated and at times destroyed; many Türkmen have been kidnapped, arrested and assassinated. The Türkmen people have been subjected to tremendous pressure from the Kurdish party militias, to disregard their Türkmen identity and they are been forced to blend Kurdish society.

    The current disregard of the Türkmen people’s situation is unacceptable in Türkmeneli. The Türkmen people are again been subjected to a most brutal campaign by a terrorist Islamic State in Iraq, the Levant (ISIL) militants, thousands of Türkmen were forced to flee the Türkmen District of Telafer, when jihadists overran the area.

    The Türkmen people in the sub-district of Taze Khormatu, Tuz Khormatu and specifically the sub_district of Emirli has been under siege by the terrorist organization ISIL for the last two months. Their water, electricity, medical and food supply has been cut off and they have been living in horrific conditions. A massacre against the Türkmen by this terrorist organization ISIL in Emirli is imminent and tragically avoidable.

    When thousands of the Yazidis religious minority were forced to flee Sinjar as the jihadists overran their area, this prompted an international aid operation and helped to trigger the US air strikes.

    Türkmens are questioning why Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and the Czech Republic do not show this same solidarity/urgency towards the Iraqi Türkmen people.  As over 100,000 Türkmen people have sought refuge as thousands of Türkmen are executed by the terrorist Islamic State (IS) militants.

    Türkmen are also questioning why Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Canada, and Britain are not showing the same solidarity toward the Iraqi Türkmen in Emirli, who have been under siege for the past two months? Türkmens believe that the humanitarian aid should be distributed equally and fairly to all the Iraqi people who are fleeing Islamic militants in Northern Iraq.

    The Türkmen and Christian people are left defenceless, after the occupation of the city of Mosul by the terrorist Islamic State militants and the retreat of the Iraqi army from Mosul and Kerkuk. The Kurdish armed forces, instead of fighting and stopping the State militants from occupying Türkmen villages around the city of Kerkuk, have used the sectarian chaos in Iraq to expand their autonomous territory to include Kerkuk.

    Kerkuk sits on vast oil deposits, that could make the Kurdish region an independent state that many dream of in Iraq’s mountainous north and beyond, more viable. Türkmen question why Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Canada, and Britain did not stop the Kurdish Peshmerga from occupying the Türkmen city of Kerkuk without question their objective?

    While the Islamic State militants have swept across northern Iraq, pushing back Kurdish regional forces, threatening the Kurdish regional Capital of Erbil and driving tens of thousands of Christians and members of the Yazidis religious minority from their homes, Germany, France, Czechs Republic and Britain have shown great empathy towards the Kurdish people.

    Funnelling arms to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces by Britain, the United States and some European countries can start to change the dynamics in the region. The U.S. and EU’s provision of arms support for the Kurds is a good and positive step against the terrorist organization ISIL. However, this help should not only be given to the Kurdish people, the Türkmen people should also be given arms support. If the support is only limited to the Kurds, it could be an indication that there are other plans/incentives behind the decision of establishing a Kurdish state.

    The U.S. and EU’s stance on supporting the Kurds could be motivated by plans to divide Iraq into three parts that consist of a Shiite region in the south, a strengthened Kurdish region in the north and a Sunni region in the central Iraq.  This action would be totally rejected by the Türkmen people and civil war will be imminent if this plan is implemented by the U.S. and EU’s countries. In the view of many Türkmen, an independent Kurdish state would further destabilize the region and create new tensions, possibly also within the states neighbouring Iraq.

    In the view of many Türkmen, ignoring the plight of the Türkmen could be seen to be part of a plan for creating a special region for Christians and Yazidis on the Nineveh plane. The Türkmen would be the biggest losers from the implementation of such a plan. The Türkmen have suffered a lot during and after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. Iraqi Türkmen, the third largest ethnic group affected by the violence in Iraq, should also be equally armed by Britain to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

    The Türkmen people totally disapprove of sending weapons only to the Kurdish Peshmerga as these weapons could later be used by the Kurdish Peshmerga, to suppress the other ethnic groups in Northern Iraq. The Türkmen, Christian and Yazidis were betrayed by the Kurdish Peshmerga when they retreated from the Türkmen district of Telafer and sub- district of Beshir, Kusteppa, Biravchi, Makhmur and Sinjar.

    The Kurdish Peshmerga left the Türkmen, Christian and Yazidis under the mercy of the terrorist organization ISIL. The Kurdish Peshmerga is fighting to protect their own state, not for the Iraqi people as is believed. The Türkmen are worried about the formation of an independent Kurdish state, as this would risk further destabilizing the region.

    The Türkmen people of Iraq are extremely anxious to see the US and the West take action against the terrorist organization ISIL. However, the US, England, France, Italy, Canada, and Germany should show the same equality and empathy towards the Türkmen people. Iraqi Türkmen people are asking for arms/help/support from the West, asking for equal treatment to fight the terrorist organization ISIL.

    Mofak Salman Kerkuklu

    Türkmen Liberation Front

  • RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN, WILL BE ARRESTED FOR TREASON?

    RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN, WILL BE ARRESTED FOR TREASON?

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    RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN, WILL BE ARRESTED FOR TREASON?

    The Kurdistan Workers’ Party commonly known as PKK is a terrorist Kurdish Communist organization which has since 1984 been fighting and launching an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan in Turkey in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.
    The group, which has Marxist-Leninist roots, was founded in 1978 in the village of Fis in Turkey and was led by İmralı killer Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK’s ideology is originally a fusion of radical left, Marxist and their goal is to disintegrate Turkish Republic and to spread revolutionary socialism and Kurdish nationalism. Since his imprisonment, the İmralı killer Abdullah Öcalan has abandoned orthodox Marxism.
    The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including United Nations, NATO, the United States and the European Union and the PKK have been blacklisted in many countries.
    Since the invasion of Iraq by US-led coalition forces in 2003, the PKK terrorist organization have taken northern Iraq as a safe haven area and been protected by both US and Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
    Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, and the US-led coalition forces and Iraqi central government have not done enough to combat the PKK and dislodge them from their base in the northern Iraqi mountains.
    Since then, more than 40,000 innocent Turkish citizens have died by the PKK terrorist organization. During the conflict, which reached a peak in the mid-1990s, thousands of villages were destroyed in south-east and east of Turkey, and hundreds of thousands of villagers fled to cities in other parts of the country avoiding PKK terrorist attacks.
    In the 1990s, the PKK terrorist organization rolled back on its demands for an independent Kurdish state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. However, the PKK terrorist organization in 1999, suffered a major blow when terrorist leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested and jailed in İmralı for treason.
    Between 2009 and 2011, high-level secret talks took place between the PKK and the Turkish government in Oslo, Norway, but negotiations collapsed after a clash between Turkish soldiers and terrorist PKK in June 2011, in which 14 Turkish soldiers were killed.
    After the dialogue failed, the conflict escalated rapidly, with some of the heaviest fighting seen in three decades. The PKK took its campaign to a new level by launching major attacks in urban areas of south-eastern Turkey. As a consequence hundreds of Kurdish terrorist prisoners went on hunger strike in October 2012 demanding better conditions for İmralı killer Abdullah Öcalan and the right to use the Kurdish language in the justice and education system.
    Recently, the Turkish government established TV channel TRT6 that broadcast in Kurdish language. The positions of Prime Minister of Turkey (1983-1989) and President of Turkey (1989-1993) were both held by Halil Turgut Özal who was of Kurdish origin.
    Nevertheless, a direct order from Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Intelligence Officials, Milli İstahbarat Teşkilatı “MIT” started negotiations with the terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan on December 2012 on the island of Imrali, where he has been held while a peaceful settlement is found to end this conflict.
    Despite terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan being locked away in prison, İmralı killer Abdullah Öcalan’s authority to speak on behalf of the Kurds has endured. Last November, hundreds of Kurdish political prisoners ended a hunger strike after he ordered them to do so. As a Turk, it is a shame to see that the mighty Turkish government is negotiating with the terrorist Abdullah Öcalan from his prison cell and this clearly shows the lack of the leadership and the weakness of the current government in Turkey.
    Now Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is bargaining through intermediaries with the most famous terrorist prisoner who has committed many atrocities in Turkey over the new regime to be set up in Turkey.
    On the 23rd of February 2013, three members of the parliament from pro-Kurdish party “BDP” were permitted to visit terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan in his prison.
    The minutes of their meeting between Kurdish lawmakers and the jailed leader of the PKK were leaked to the press, and published by the mainstream daily Milliyet newspaper.
    The leaked information confirmed that Recep Tayyip Erdogan is haggling with the terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan for the position of presidency in return for peace.
    In addition it was revealed that, the terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan’s plan included three stages; starting with a ceasefire, withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkey to rebel bases in northern Iraq and finally legal and political reforms aimed at improving the rights of Turkey’s Kurds and strengthening local self rule, in exchange for an end to the fighting.
    If the negotiation process fails, terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan threatens to wage a war with 50,000 people against the Turkish state. Also in the minutes, terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan claimed that the PKK helped in bringing the AK party to power and implying that the AK Party owes being in power for 10 years to terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan. In addition terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan stated that the PKK will support Erdoğan’s possible bid for the presidency if the country switches to a presidential system.
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to start peace talks with terrorist Abdullah Öcalan has been harshly criticized by Turkish people in general and especially by Devlet Bahçeli, the chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), who accuse the Recep Tayyip Erdogan of selling out to Kurdish separatists in the hope of winning the presidency in 2015.
    The objective and goal of Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to achieve a breakthrough to end the Kurdish conflict which could be a trump card for him in upcoming elections.
    In addition, Devlet Bahçeli stated that talks with terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan should immediately be ceased. A new foreign policy should be shaped based on national interests. All terrorist camps in northern Iraq should be destroyed. Border security should be secured. PKK terrorists should lay down their arms unconditionally. Any intention to add a clause to the new constitution that could destroy the national unity of the country should be given up. All humanitarian and financial resources of the terrorist PKK should be destroyed.
    In my opinion, instead of Turkish government focusing on the negotiation with the PKK terrorist organization, it would more efficient for the Turkish government to focus on the root cause for the problem prior to the negotiations with the PKK terrorist.
    There are several countries that are arming the PKK terrorist organization in north of Iraq especially when Iraq became under American occupation. Also the PKK has propaganda offices in many E.U. capitals. The terrorist organization is probably the only terrorist organization that has satellite TV channel Roj TV that has been broadcasting from Denmark.
    The PKK media in European countries are involved in money laundering, and the PKK terrorist organization uses these resources to finance its activities. The PKK has offices in Denmark, Belgium and in many other Western European cities. Greece and the Cyprus openly supported the PKK activities in the past. Although PKK is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including United Nations, NATO, the United States and the European Union and the PKK have been blacklisted in many countries.
    In my opinion, a tough approach toward the Kurdistan Regional Government in Northern Iraq is one way to eliminate successfully the PKK terrorist organization bases in northern Iraq. In addition, other effective measures could be taken by the Turkish government to ensure the PKK terrorist organization has fully dismantled such as.

    1. Closing the Khabour border gate with Iraq which is currently under the control of Kurdistan Regional Government. The Khabour border gate has been used by the PKK for smuggling, weapons, drugs and human trafficking.
    2. Official requests from Iraqi central government and Kurdistan Regional Government to close and evacuate all the PKK terrorist training camps and bases that have been used in northern Iraq within a period of two weeks. If these demands are not met, tough action needs to be taken by the Turkish government.
    3. An international arrest warrant should be issued for the Kurdish members of Kurdistan Regional Government whom are supporting the PKK terrorist organization including Masoud Barzani who has been supporting the PKK terrorist organization with arms, medical supports, and treatment and safe haven area. It is Iraqi government responsibility for the removal of the PKK terrorist organization from northern Iraq. However, the Americans simply ignored the PKK terrorists for since then. The PKK established training camps, army bases etc. They established logistic stores. They collected donations and bought arms. The drug smuggling and human trafficking continued to be the financial source of the PKK. The collected money went to the European PKK propaganda network and terrorist activities in Turkey.
    4. Barzani and Talabani groups saw the PKK as a guarantee of their independence. Turkey was seen as the only country that could prevent a Kurdish independent state in Iraq and as Turkey was fully engaged in struggling against the PKK terrorism they were unable to become involved in Iraqi policies.
    5. Closing the Turkish airspace for flight that goes into and out of Kurdish controlled region. This would definitely deteriorate Kurdistan Regional Governmental support of the PKK terrorist organization.
    6. Turkish armed forces should establish a safe zone area inside of Iraq to prevent the PKK attacks against Turkish villages and armed forces.
    7. Cease the transportation of goods and oil supplies from and into Kurdish regional controlled area.
    8. Attack Kurdish Parliaments, military bases and hydraulic and electricity powers stations and governmental building until the demands of the Turkish government are fulfilled.
    9. Expelling the ambassadors of the countries that are directly involved in supporting terrorist organization with finance and media propaganda such as Denmark which has been providing a satellite TV station broadcasting from Ankara to Western Europe and Northern America. This Al Qaeda channel encourages violence in the west and always calls for terrorist attacks against the western targets. Satellite TV broadcasting promotes terrorist propaganda.
    10. Turkish government should establish Turkish assassination groups to eliminate the Kurdish terrorists whose hands are smeared with the blood of innocent Turkish citizens. These terrorists have been using some of the European countries as a safe haven area for plotting attacks toward the Turkish republic.
    11. Turkish government should negotiate only with the Iraqi central government and put economical blocks against the Kurdistan Regional Government.
    12. Turkish government should also review the Anti-Terror Law and give more power to the Anti-Terror police to make the arrests for the terrorist whom are committing terrorist activities toward the Turkish state.

    Many Turks have been very surprised to see the Turkish government fully engaged in negotiations with the PKK terrorist organization which has been responsible for the many atrocities which have led to the death many thousands of innocent Turkish and Kurdish citizens. We need to remember that the PKK is a terrorist organization. A negotiating of the integrity and sovereignty of Turkish Republic shall be only negotiated with the legitimate government not with a terrorist organization.
    How is the Turkish government going to guarantee from this negotiation that the remaining of the PKK terrorist organization is not going to establish new terrorist organization in northern of Iraq or in Syria and Iran?
    How is the Turkish government going to deal with the PKK whom are active inside of Turkey? It is very strange to see that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pushing for this negotiation? Is it a technique to win the vote of the Kurds in Turkey or it is another technique to trim the wings of the armed forces and limit their power in the modern Turkey? Did the US government negotiate with the Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden or Ahmed Al-Thwaheri for peace?
    Would the Iraqi government like to see that Turkey is supporting, training and funding Al-Qaida organization? Would the European countries like to see Turkish republic supporting, providing arms and training camps for IRA and ETA?
    Did the US government allow Osama Bin Laden to enter Pakistan and to be greeted as a hero by the Pakistani people? The Turkish government allowed numbers of the PKK members to enter Turkey under the noses of the US and Iraqi Kurdish Regional forces. These PKK terrorists were received as heroes by the PKK supporters and Turkish Kurdish members of parliament. In my opinion, the people who are negotiating with the PKK terrorist organization are not representing the general opinion of Turkish people.
    How about the right of thousands of Turkish soldiers who died fighting the PKK terrorist organization and how about the innocent Turkish citizens whom were a victim of PKK terrorist organization attacks?
    Despite AKP party removal of the capital punishment. In my opinion capital punishment should be revoked and terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan shall be executed and this would be justice to compensate the pain and agony of the members of security forces and veterans families who lost their lives in the battle with PKK terrorist organization.
    The execution of Abdullah Öcalan would be a good lesson to the other members of the PKK terrorist organization to show that the Turkish government will not allow terrorists to escape without impunity. AK party negotiations with the PKK terrorist organization and protection of its leadership have no justification. This can only be described as treason. The continuation of this utterly unacceptable negotiation would lead sooner or later to the arrest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for treason. In the view of many Turks, the prime minister should not forget that what he has been doing and the policies he has been following are treason
    According to the international law, Turkey has the legitimate right to protect its citizen and sovereignty from terrorist attack. The international countries have the obligation to arrest and try these terrorist organizations in order to bring peace and stability.

    Mofak Salman

  • SLAUGHTERING OF TWO TURKMEN TEACHERS IN KIRKUK

    SLAUGHTERING OF TWO TURKMEN TEACHERS IN KIRKUK

    On the Sunday 16th of December 2012 four masked gunmen drove a Kia model car carrying automatic machine guns and snipers in area near village of Alzirkatta Arifeyat which is attached to the sub_district Alrashad located 60km southern city of Kerkuk.

    The four gunmen kidnapped two Turkmen teachers including Abdel Hussein Mahmoud Hamdi, and Kasim Naseh Shoukur.

    Abdel _Hussein Mahmoud Hamdi was born in 1976 and was appointed as a teacher at Rumaythah School on the administrative order number 6065 on 06th of March 2005 and commenced teaching on the 9th of March 2005.

    Whereas, Kasim Naseh Shoukur who was born in 1976 and graduated from the University of Mosul in northern of Iraq was appointed as a teacher at the Rumaythah school on the administrative order number 742 on the 11th of January 2005 and he commenced teaching on the 12th January 2005.

    On the Monday, 17the of December 2012, the bodies of two abducted teachers were thrown on the road side near the Humera village, which is located 35km south of Kirkuk, both bodies were carrying signs and traces of torture and bullets and both bodies were burnt.

    The death of these two Turkmen generated deep reactions among the Turkmen in Iraq and the incident shocked the Iraqi people. In the view of many of the Turkmen, the two teachers were killed for sectarian reason and for only being Turkmen. It is the view many of Turkmen that the organization and military group behind this brutal attack and atrocity is to fulfill their political agenda by bring the fear into Turkmen ethnics and forcing and displacing them from their land in Turkmeneli and more specifically, the city of Kerkuk which is considered the hub for the Iraqi oil production.

    Both Kurds and Arabs are fighting to control the city of Kerkuk for economical reasons although the indigenous people of Kerkuk are actually Turkmen. However, in the city of Kerkuk, the focus as on the Turkmen population which was subjected to brutal Arabization policies that were carried out by the Saddam Hussein government to eliminate the Turkmen identity in Kerkuk.

    However, since the fall of the Saddam Hussein government in 2003, the city of Kerkuk has been subjected to major demographic changes by the Kurds in a more brutal way than that which was carried out by the Saddam Hussein government.

    The demographic changes that have been carried out by the Kurds is to obliterated and diminish the Turkmen identity in the city of Kerkuk, then to control the hub of the Kerkuk oil which is considered the vein of the Iraqi economy. Kurds would like to add Kirkuk to their nearby semi-autonomous region, but Arabs and Turkmen in the city categorically oppose this idea.

     

    By Mofak Salman

     

    Mofak Salman Kerküklu graduated in England with a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Oxford Brookes University and completed an MSc in Medical Electronics and Physics at London University and an MSc in Computing Science and Information Technology at South Bank University. The author was born in Türkmen sub district of Altunkopru in district of Numra Sekiz (district of Debis).

    He is also a Chartered Engineer from the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. Mr Mofak Salman is the author of Brief History of Iraqi Türkmen, Türkmen of Iraq, Türkmen city of Tuz Khormatu and A report into Kurdish Abuse in Türkmeneli. He has had a large number of articles published in various newspapers and websites.

     

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  • Altunköprü the ancient name of Türkmen Township

    Altunköprü the ancient name of Türkmen Township

    By Mofak Salman Kerkuklu

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    Altunköprü is a small Türkmen [1] sub district located 40km north of Kerkuk and the city lies to the north-west of Kerkuk. It is a 50km away from Erbil. [2] Altunköprü means ‘Golden Bridge’ in the Turkish language.

    The history of the city of Altunköprü dates back to 228Bc. The indigenous inhabitants of Altunköprü are Türkmens, but in the mid of fifties and also in the recent years a large number of Kurds and Arabs migrated to this town seeking work as economical migrants especially after the Kurdish rebels in 1975 were quelled by the Iraqi Ba’ath regime.


    Altunköprü     is a Türkmen authentic and it is one of the many Türkmen ancient sub district. [3] [4] Altunköprü is approximately located between Erbil and Kerkuk. It is situated on the bank of Azab Alsfel (Little Zab) River.

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    1 The Iraqi Türkmen live in an area that they call “Türkmenia” in Latin or “Türkmeneli” which means, “Land of the Türkmen”. It was referred to as “Turcomania” by the British geographer William Guthrie in 1785. The Türkmen are Turkic groups that have a unique heritage and culture as well as linguistic, historical and cultural links with the surrounding Turkic groups such as those in Turkey and Azerbaijan. Their spoken language is closer to Azeri but their official written language is like the Turkish spoken in present-day Turkey. Their real population has always being suppressed by the authorities in Iraq for political reasons and estimated at 2%, whereas in reality their numbers are more realistically between 2.5 to 3 million, i .e. 12% of the Iraqi population.

    2 Turkmenelinden Notlar, Year 1 Issue 2 June 1999, Altunköprü Katliami Page. 2.

    3 The Turkmen and Kerkuk, by Yucel Guclu, ISBN 978-1-4257-1853-4, Page 26.

    4 The Turkmen and Kerkuk, by Yucel Guclu, ISBN 978-1-4257-1853-4, Page 58

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  • A BOMB TARGETED A TURKMEN JUDGE IN IRAQ

    A BOMB TARGETED A TURKMEN JUDGE IN IRAQ

    An explosive device that was placed inside the house of Judge Abdul-Mahdi Najar who lives in Tuz Khormatu went off about three o’clock this afternoon on the 2nd of January 2009.

    The blast occurred in the Aksu neighbourhood in Tuz Khormatu district which is one of the Turkmeneli districts; it is located on the highway between Baghdad and the strategic oil city of Kirkuk.

    The blast has caused minor damage to the house inhabited by the Turkmen judge who works at Tuz Khormatu court it also caused damaged to the car that was parked in front of the house belonging to one of the guests.

    The Turkmen Judge also was targeted on 9th of September 2008 by a suicide car bomb which resulted in the death of ten Turkmen people.

    The Türkmen judge has complained to the police authorities, which refuses to allocate security guards for his protection from the police.

     

    Mofak Salman