KRG - Sliced off areas (disputed areas)

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according to the new boost the article is receiving , now the families who have been registered under 140 get land as a compensation. Khanaqins mayor announced the land allocations hasn't started yet as the master plan for Khanaqin hasn't been completed once that's done then the lands will be distributed .

on another hand the 140 office in kerkuk has announced they will hand out forms for families that has not yet had a chance to apply for compensations due to any reason which was stopped last year in November , specially the one that live in diaspora .


lol that includes me YAY

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Maysun dalumchi announced today that some iraqiya members appear on the media and speak about stopping 140 article . she said " their statements dont offer anything to reality as the article is constitutional and the steps that has been set in the article must be implemented" .

she also said "we also rejected the oil and gas law that Maliki has sent to Parliament as it gives one person power in the law" .

http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/4/263976/

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28.09.2011

Abdula NAssir Mahdawi Diyala province Head council arrived in Kalar - Garmyan region, and was received by Garmyan officials. In a meeting they discussed the outstanding issues between the 2 regions and decisions were made to have them all solved.
Salah Kewxa Garmyans region mayor said "we very precisely discussed the issues of the lands in the isolated areas that were given to Arab Settlers during Saddam's era which amount to 3000 land contracts and the urgency to return them to their Kurdish origin owners".
on this matter Mahdawi later said "we talked about these problems that have been continuous since 1976 when Saddam brought in Arab settlers an kicked out the kurds of their homeland to the north".
Diyala province mayor then announced "we will return all the lands to the kurds who are the origin owners of these lands within one month and we will co-operate with Garmyan officials in every aspect" .


http://www.pukmedia.com/kurdish/index.p ... &Itemid=53

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Najat Hussein, a high-ranking official of the Turkmen Islamic Party, says that 90% of their rights have not been given. “We should have these rights through Article 140,” Hussein said.

Hussein, who is also a member of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, praised article 140 saying, “the article has three important points, one of them is returning the true demographic distribution of the city to its previous times, including returning the lands to its owners, especially those who have licenses.”

Hussein said the rights of Turkmen have not been given. “Once article 140 is implemented, we say our rights are given.”

His statement comes after a flood of statements from Arab politicians of Kirkuk marking the article 140 as ‘dead,’ which has concerned Kurds. Most of the KPC members also reject the expiring of the article.

Jawad Janabi, member of the KPC said, “Article 140 is pretty much alive, and shouldn’t be neglected but implemented soon.” He also mentioned that the implementation does not only serve the Kurds.

Short URL: http://kirkuknow.com/english/?p=4727

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PUKmedia 2011-10-03

today after 2nd day staying in kerkuk , Iraqi agricultural minister delegation met with the entire farmers of kerkuk both owners and settlers . in the meeting which was held at kerkuk agricultural department also with 140 article committee - kerkuk branch attendant at the meeting , firsy listen to origin owners of the lands who are kurds and turkmen , then they listen to the Arab settlers.

About the meeting Kaka Rash sediq head committee 140-kerkuk branch told pukmedia , "the delegation arrival comes after some chauvinists said they will block cause problem for article 140 recently . he said "the farmers had the original ownership documents for those lands which made the delegation shift towards their demands" .

in the meeting the situation was discussed thoroughly , that the decision has been made and the agreements for the Arab settlers have been cancelled by "land ownership committee" in Baghdad, and that out of 6500, 3000 had built properties on the lands which were compensate , and only 300-400 are remaining which the Arab settlers said they were not aware of the recent decision and they agreed and asked to be compensated immediately for handing back the lands to their original owners .

Kaka Rash said "the delegation are now fully aware of the situation and the truth and they will send their report to the "land ownership committee".

كاكه‌ڕه‌ش سدیق وتیشی: وه‌فده‌كه‌ش قه‌ناعه‌تی به‌ڕاستی مه‌سه‌له‌كان هێناوه‌و چاوه‌ڕوانین دوای گه‌ڕانه‌وه‌ی بۆ به‌غدا راپۆرتی خۆی له‌سه‌ر هه‌ڵوه‌شاندنه‌وه‌ی گرێبه‌سته‌ كشتوكاڵییه‌كانی ته‌عریب بنوسنه‌وه‌و پێكه‌وه‌ راپۆرتێك بۆ لایه‌نه‌ په‌یوه‌ندیداره‌كانی حكومه‌تی عیراق بنوسینه‌وه‌.

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PUKmedia 2011-10-03

today after 2nd day staying in kerkuk , Iraqi agricultural minister delegation met with the entire farmers of kerkuk both owners and settlers . in the meeting which was held at kerkuk agricultural department also with 140 article committee - kerkuk branch attendant at the meeting , first the delegation listened to original owners of the lands who are kurds and turkmen , then they listen to the Arab settlers.

Regarding the meeting Kaka Rash Sediq head committee of 140-kerkuk branch told pukmedia , "the delegation’s arrival comes after some chauvinists announced they will block and cause problems for implementation of article 140 recently" . he said "the farmers had the original ownership documents for those lands which made the delegation shift towards their demands" .

in the meeting the situation was discussed thoroughly , the decision was made and the delegation told the Arab settlers that agreements for their land contracts by Saddam has been cancelled by "land ownership committee" in Baghdad, and that out of 6500, 3000 had built properties on the lands which were compensate , and only 300-400 are remaining . the Arab settlers said they were not aware of the recent decision and they agreed and asked to be compensated immediately for handing back the lands to their original owners .

Kaka Rash said in the end "now the delegation are fully aware of the situation and the truth ,they will go back and send their report to the "land ownership committee".

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05/10/2011 10:59

Kirkuk, Oct. 5 (AKnews) - Kirkuk Police Chief Jamal Taher called on 15,000 Arab settlers who came to Kirkuk after 2003 to leave the city immediately.

It did not seems as if he was primarily concerned of their security, but as if he saw them as a threat.

"Illegal settlers have posed a great security threat in the province through their participation in the insurgency," said Taher. "They must leave."

Taher added that policemen received orders to arrest the "illegal" settlers and make them fill a pledge to leave the province.

AKnews was unable to find out who authorized this move and why Taher is targeting Arab settlers.

The oil-rich city of Kirkuk - 233 km northeast of Baghdad – is of multi-ethnic makeup. Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen all claim they are the rightful heirs to the rule of the city and the surrounding province. The population breakdown remains in dispute but U.Ss officials estimated in 2005 that Kurds make up 52 percent of Kirkuk and its province, with Arabs at 35 percent and Turkmen about 12 percent. A 1957 census revealed a Turkmen majority in the city itself and a Kurdish one in the surrounding areas.

Saddam Hussein’s policy of Arabization – where non-Arabs were pushed out and Arab families moved in to replace them – shifted the demographics significantly. Some observers also say there has subsequently been a Kurdification of the area in more recent years, at the expense of the smaller minority groups.

Kirkuk has been hit hard by the violence that has engulfed Iraq since the 2003 U.S-led invasion. Unlike other regions, attacks in Kirkuk have not significantly decreased in recent years, with bombings and shootings an almost daily occurrence.

The sectarian tensions in the province increased, when Arab and Turkmen members of the provincial council complained about Kurdish security forces and threatened to create their own security forces in September.

Currently, the parliamentary investigators who examined Kirkuk's security situation last week, are drafting their report. In a preliminary statement, MP Khalid Shuwani saw the lack of funding for security agencies as a reason for the still high number of insurgent attacks in the province.

Like a coincidence, a truck loaded with explosives went off near a bank in Kirkuk, killing three and wounding 70 people, only one day after the MPs left last week.

By Diyar Samad

LH/CU/AKnews

[Rando]

what is article 140?

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what is article 140?

its an article in the Iraqi constitution.

Article 140 consists of three steps: 1) Normalization: the return of Kurds and other residents of disputed areas displaced by the Arabization campaigns; 2) census to determine the make-up of the province's population; 3) a referendum to determine disputed areas status.

the disputed areas are:
Sheikhan and sinjar (Mosul) .
Khanaqin (Diyala)
Kirkuk
Duz (SalahadDin )

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its really no coincident

1. (Lujnat shu'un shimal & majlis Qyadat al thaura) cancelled, 70% of 140 completed (normalization).

2. kirkuk police urges Arab settlers to leave , arrest warrant filed.
3. high KRG delegation in Baghdad .

4. Talabani currently working on kirkuk's demographic to be reverted back to 1968 (chamachmal , kifri , kalar and duz will be added back to the province hence increasing the Kurdish population more).

5. 437 Kurdish schools build and opened in 2011.


conclusion 140 is only needing a census now which is to be held next year .

[Rando]

what is article 140?

its an article in the Iraqi constitution.

Article 140 consists of three steps: 1) Normalization: the return of Kurds and other residents of disputed areas displaced by the Arabization campaigns; 2) census to determine the make-up of the province's population; 3) a referendum to determine disputed areas status.

the disputed areas are:
Sheikhan and sinjar (Mosul) .
Khanaqin (Diyala)
Kirkuk
Duz (SalahadDin )

ah,i understand. its the "madey 140",right? (on kurdish)

[Zert]

Alright everybody, I indicated the Kurdish districts in this map I found on the net.
Blue are the areas which are already part of the Kurdistan, the red ones are those whose fate will be decided with Article 140.
Is it about correct?
Not all Kurdish historic regions are indicated though, Muqdadiyah (nr. 39), for example, used to be inhabited mainly by Feyli Kurds, but today the population is overwhelmingly Arab (or so I've read).



Full, clear image:
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7010 ... ctsalt.jpg

[alan131210]

this map is wrong though alot of areas have been part of KRG since 1991 from the red colored areas . i will edit it and re-post the right map .

[Zert]

Do you mean officially or de facto?

I googled some maps, and it seems that this is about right:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X5qUjG3B9mU/T ... an-map.jpg

In that case, I indeed forgot the Makhmur regions.