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Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his delegation met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the SPIEF'16 - St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The Kurdish Globe No. 539, Monday, June 20, 2016 2 Ending Totalitarianism IHEC: KRG’s Holing Means Ending Court Independence Referendum Legal Trivialities

By | Gazi Hassan

Unlike the financial crisis and Whenever the KDP and PUK held The Head of the Indepen-d a referendum can be held holding the referendum if the brutal war that the Kurdistan a meeting, Nawshirwan and Gorr- dent High Electoral Com-m without a decision from the it is officially asked to pro-c Region is waging against Da’esh, ran would set off a political bomb mission of Iraq (IHEC), parliament in , but ceed. some parties intend to move the for negatively provoking the po-l pointed out that Kurdistan there needs to be a code on Kurdistan Independent political process towards further litical situation. Region can conduct a ref-e the regulations and guide-l High Electoral Commission deterioration. The deterioration In his remarks, Nawshirwan erendum on independence lines of the process, and the and Referendum (KIHEC) has started following the Gorran- mentions ending unilateralism without IHEC, except for result of the process has to was established in 2015 PUK deal. We’re all aware that and achieving the new balance of the political impediments be defined by the law. and their first mission is the announcement of the bilateral power. He’s repeating the same Baghdad may constitute to , the Kurdi- expected to be conducting political deal evoked two provoc-a story over, a story that he’s been the process. istan Region President, ann- the referendum on Kurdish ative messages, the first, the deal telling over against Barzani’s Sarbast Mustafa, the head nounced in February 2016 independence. tends to be a claimed constitution family and Kurdistan’s revolution of IHEC, told BasNews that that Kurdistan Region will To conduct the referendum, for imposing certain political will, for over half a century, a story that the commission will not op-p hold a referendum on its Salih said "we will coopera- which intends to be a sort of altern- denies a joint and power leaders- pose to the referendum for independence from Iraq by ate with our partners from native for government, authority ship, but rather works towards po-l Kurdish independence and the end of the current year. the international organiza-t and general legitimate principles; litical dilemma, further deteriorat-i there isn't a law preventing Handren Mohammed Salih, tions including an American and the second, imposing will ing internal issues. It seems that the Kurdistan Region from the head of the Kurdistan organization for democracy of parliament seat numbers. The this is a hateful, deceitful, divisive holding the referendum. Erb- Independent High Electoral and all the UN organizat- mentioned points cause KDP’s and power diminutive mind. The bil and Baghdad however Commission and Referen-d tions will be involved in immediate, clear and strong reac-t political bomb that was set off last should reach an agreement dum (KIHEC), told BasN- the process as monitors and tions. week under the pretext of “ending over the issue, he said. News that the commission consultants." At the same instant, the two part- totalitarianism and the new bal-a Mustafa explained that is technically capable of ties previously had unofficial pol- ance” might take the Kurdistan litical coalition with the other two Region towards another round of Islamic parties practically against troubles and political issues, aim-i KDP. They used the parliament ing at creating a complex political for shifting the balance of power arena and political compliment and isolating the KDP, then att- against the court, and delaying PKK Expand Activities in tempting to change the governing the trial of Nawshirwan Mustafa system temperamentally accord-i who’s been accused of exciting ing to their own political interest, carrying out attacks on consul-a Province claiming that they’ll turn Kurdis-t ates, targeting pipelines in Kurd-i tan into a “field of promoting de-m istan Region. It aims at obsessing Kurdistan Workers’ Party the PKK is charging unof-f Abdullah said. mocracy, eliminating the hurdles over the parties’ and Region’s (PKK) continues expanding ficial trades between Kurdi- Fazil Basharati, a Kurdist- before achieving the personal, leadership with the internal is-s its military influence across istan Region and Iranian tan Democratic Party (KDP) historical and political wishes.” sues, preventing them from tak-i Sulaymaniyah and Halabja Kurdistan, and it is running official in Halabja, said the Meanwhile, rational voices were ing advantage of the transforma-t districts of Kurdistan Region nearly 20 customs offices PKK’s activities are obvious being heard inside the political tions going on in the area. To say throughout military training along the border. in the area, and they have parties, though they were mi-n it honestly, in the “totalitarian-i bases and youth centers. Head of the Kurdistan Isl- unofficial offices in Halbjah norities, and were often accused ism” talks, they want to exclude A security source, speaking lamic Union (KIU) branch working to recruit locals, inc- of being KDP’s supplement and President Barzani and the KDP on condition of anonymity, office in Halabja, Sheikh cluding underage people. were degraded, which more likely in the leadership of this historical confirmed the presence of Hasan Abdullah, told BasN- However, a Kurdish MP seems to be ideological terror and age. The reality is telling us those PKK checkpoints, military News that PKK is active in from Patriotic Union of violence. negative minds and attitudes have bases and unofficial customs the area and they have previ-o Kurdistan (PUK) insists Once again, in a public official never gained success at any time. offices, and revealed that ously seen teenagers waving that no official authority in speech in front of members of his So even though the political part- in several areas, including PKK flag during demonstra-t Kurdistan Region has yet party with a reaction against his ties were forcibly obsessed with Chamchamal and Chami tions and public gatherings. confirmed this wide-range summon before Erbil’s courts, another round of internal issues, Rezan, the PKK has establ- “They [PKK] have recently presence of PKK; “but it is Nawshirwan Mustafa issued dire the political development will go lished military bases through imposed and collected taxes not an odd incident that PKK threats for dissolving the politi-c on at this stage, because there’s which they recruit and train in the rural areas of Halabja, establishes [youth] centers cal community, not taking into strong political will for rationally youths under 16. but they regularly moving and runs training courses account the real circumstances. dealing with the issues. According to the source, from one are to another,” wherever it is present.”

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Masoud Barzani, the Pres-i national coalition as well ident of Kurdistan Region, as the US financial assis-t met with a US delega-t tance to forces tion consisting of Stewart were also on the agenda. Johns, the US ambassador to Iraq and Lt. Gen. Sean President Barzani's MacFarland, the head of Statement on Media Operation Inherent Re-s Attacks by Gorran solve (OIR) and a number of diplomatic and military Barzani dismissed a per-s officials on Saturday, June sonal media campaign 11th, in Erbil. waged by the Gorran The fight against the Isl- Movement, and urged the lamic State (ISIS) in Fallu-j people of Kurdistan to ref- jah and other areas in Iraq frain from responding to was discussed in the meet-i this slanderous campaign ing, and the US delegation and to instead support briefed president Barzani efforts towards indepen-d on the coalition's military dence and the brave pesh-m plans for eliminating IS in merga forces on the fight Iraq and Syria. against ISIS. They also exchanged “The priority for all of us ple, and undermine peace of the Syrian During the meeting, Syrian crisis. views on the Mosul of-f should now be realizing and security of Kurdistan, National Coalition the two sides exchanged The meeting also high-l fensive and the post-ISIS independence, supporting and try to bring on catas-t views on the political lighted the critical situ-a phases in the city, insisting the peshmerga in the fight trophes upon people, will Masoud Barzani, presi-d and security situation in ation in Syria and the rel- on the participation of all against ISIS, improving face justice,” said the dent of Kurdistan Region Syria, the developments lationship between armed components of Mosul in the welfare of the people, President. received on Thursday the and changes and the po-s factions and forces in the recapturing the city. and confronting corrup-t former president of the sition of the international field inside Syria and the The cooperation between tion. Those who under-m Barzani Receives Syrian National Coalition community and regional situation on the battlefield Peshmerga and the inter-n mine the unity of the peop- Former President Sheikh Ahmed al-Jarba. countries positions on the . ISIS committing genocide against Yazidis, says UN in rare declaration ISIS is committing geno-c trol, systematically killed, cide against the Yazidis in captured or enslaved thou-s Syria and Iraq to destroy sands of Yazidis when it the religious community overran the town of Sinjar of 400,000 people through in northern Iraq in August killings, sexual slavery 2014. and other crimes, United At least 30 mass graves Nations investigators said have been uncovered, the on Thursday. report said, calling for fur-t Such a designation, rare ther investigations. under international law, Islamic State has tried to would mark the first recog-n erase the Yazidis‘ identity nized genocide carried out by forcing men to choose by non-state actors, rather between conversion to Isl- than a state or paramilitar-i lam and death, raping girls ies acting on its behalf. as young as nine, selling The UN report, based on women at slave markets, interviews with dozens of and drafting boys to fight, survivors, said the Islamist the U.N. report said. militants had been systema- Yazidi women are treat-e atically rounding up Yazi-d ed as “chattel” at slave dis in Iraq and Syria since markets and some are sold August 2014, seeking to ern religions. tion on places, violations Historical victims of prosecution. I hope that back to their families for “erase their identity” in “The finding of genocide and names of the perpe-t genocide include Arme-n the Security Council will $10,000 to $40,000 af-t a campaign that met the must trigger much more trators”, and had begun nians in 1915, Jews during do it because it is time ter captivity and multiple definition of the crime as assertive action at the po-l sharing confidential testi-m the Nazi Holocaust, Tutsis now to start to obtain just- rapes, according to the defined under the 1948 litical level, including at mony with some national in Rwanda in 1994 and tice for the victims,” add-e report. Genocide Convention. the (UN) Security Counc- authorities aiming to prose- Bosnian Muslims in Sreb- ed del Ponte, a former UN Militants have begun “The genocide of the Ya-z cil,” Paulo Pinheiro, chair-m ecute militant citizens. brenica in 1995. war crimes prosecutor. holding “online slave auc-t zidis is ongoing,” it said. man of the commission of The independent com-m The five permanent mem-b tions”, using the encrypted The 40-page report, en-t inquiry, told a news brief-i missioners urged major “Road map for bers of Security Council application Telegraph to titled “They Came to De-s ing. powers to rescue at least prosecution” – Britain, China, France, circulate photos of cap-t stroy: ISIS Crimes against “Almost two years since 3,200 women and chil-d “ISIS made no secret of Russia and the US – have tured Yazidi women and the Yazidis“, sets out a the attack on Mount Sinj- dren still held by Islamic its intent to destroy the Yaz- agreed on the need to fight girls, “with details of their legal analysis of Islamic jar, nothing has been done State (IS or ISIS), mainly zidis of Sinjar, and that is ISIS, “so it should be no age, marital status, cur-r State‘s intent to wipe out to save those people,” he in Syria, and to refer the one of the elements that al-l problem at all to have a rent location and price”,” the Kurdish-speaking said, referring to the heart case to the International lowed us to conclude their decision that a prosecution it said. group, whom the Sunni of the Yazidi region in Criminal Court (ICC) for actions amount to geno-c can be done,” she said. “No other religious group Muslim Arab militants northern Iraq stormed by prosecution. cide,” said another inves-t Islamic State, which has present in ISIS-controlled view as infidels. Islamic State in August Iraq and Syria also have tigator, Carla del Ponte. proclaimed a theocratic areas of Syria and Iraq has The Yazidis are a relig- 2014. a duty to prevent, punish, “Of course, we regard caliphate – based on a radi- been subjected to the de-s gious sect whose beliefs Commission member and prosecute genocide, that as a road map for ical interpretation of Sun-n struction that the Yazidis combine elements of seve- Vitit Muntarbhorn said having ratified the -Conv prosecution, for future ni Islam – in areas of Iraq have suffered,” the report eral ancient Middle East-e it had “detailed informa-t vention, they said. and Syria under its cont- added. The Kurdish Globe No. 539, Monday, June 20, 2016 4 Kurdistan and Russia to boost trade relations Russia reaffirms military assistance to Kurdistan in the fight against ISIS.

Kurdistan Region Prime tion in Kurdistan Region, Minister Nechirvan Bar-z its current financial crisis, zani and his delegation the war against ISIS and visited Russia to attend the issue of accommo-d SPIEF'16 - St. Petersburg dating a large number of International Economic refugees and displaced Forum, meeting with persons, who fled ISIS rep- Russian Foreign Minister pression and took refuge Sergey Lavrov and Al-e in Kurdistan Region. exander Novak, Russian He thanked the Russian Minister of Energy. The government for its sup-p Kremlin has its own take port and assistance for the on the Kurdistan Region's Kurdistan Region in its energy sector to resume fight against terrorism. the investment projects, as Prime Minister Barzani Erbil, capital of the Kurd-i offered his government’s ish region, is encouraging support to Russian com-p the international compa-n panies that invest in en-e nies to start investing in ergy and other sectors in the region. the Kurdistan Region. Welcoming Prime Min-i He said that despite the ister Barzani, Foreign situation in the Kurdistan Minister Lavrov high-l Region, Gazprom Naft lighted Russia's good rel- continues its operations lations with the Kurdistan and that his government Region including the ac-t Prime Minister Barzani rorists. nerable people. Region could be further will provide the needed tive roles of the Consulate thanked Minister Lavrov They also discussed the Russian Minister of Ene- developed and that Rus-s facilities in order to ex-p General of the Russian for the warm welcome situation of the Syrian ergy Novka welcomed sia wishes that its energy pand its activities in the Federation in Erbil and and highlighted the old refugees and Iraqi inter-n the participation of Prime companies contribute to Region. Russian commercial en-t friendship between the nally displaced people Minister Barzani and his this development. In an earlier meet-i terprises, particularly in people and government who fled ISIS and took delegation at St. Peters-b Prime Minister Barzani ing with Prime Minister the field of energy. of the Kurdistan Region refuge in the Kurdistan burg International Eco-n thanked Novka for the Barzani, Gazprom Neft Talking about Russian and the Russian Federa-t Region. Lavrov praised nomic Forum, stressing warm reception and high-l Board Chairman Alex-a support to the Kurdistan tion. He also expressed the role of the people and the need to further de-v lighted the historical ties ander Dyukov expressed Region in its war against his gratitude for the Rus-s government of the Kurd-i velop the old relations be-t between the two sides, desire to expand their ac-t ISIS, Lavrov reaffirmed sian military support to istan Region for the assist- tween the two sides. which he said can be dev- tivities in the Kurdistan that his country will con-t the Kurdistan Region in tance they have offered to He pointed out that the veloped in various fields. Region. tinue its support. its war against ISIS ter-r this large number of vul-n energy sector in Kurdistan He explained the situa-t France sends new military aid shipments to Kurdistan Two shipments of French arrive on June 17,” the istan24, that “new French Region President Masoud military assistance for statement added. arms supplies will arrive Barzani and Prime Min-i Peshmerga forces arrived According to the ann- in Erbil.” ister Nechirvan Barzani in the Kurdistan Region nouncement, the military In April, Jean-Yves Le to reiterate the support on Wednesday. aid included MM89 rock-e Drian, the French Defense of France to Peshmerga After a statement by the ets, thousands of differ-e Minister, visited Erbil to forces in the fight against French General Consulate ent types of ammunition, reiterate his country’s supp- [IS].” in Erbil about the delivery defense and attacking port for the Peshmerga France is known for hav-i of military supplies, the grenades, night-vision forces in the fight against ing historical relations packages arrived at the goggles, military uniform Islamic State (IS) extrem-i with the Kurdistan Re-g Erbil International Airport for dozens of Peshmerga ists. gion. In 1992, it played in two stages, one on June battalions, and food. In a statement to jour-n a significant role in the 11 and the second on June On Monday, Jabar Yawar, nalists, Le Drian said, “I United Nations Security 15. the spokesperson for the came here to thank the Council Resolution 688 “Another shipment of Kurdistan Regional Gov-e French military trainers for Operation Provide President François Holl- istan following IS attacks weapons, ammunition and ernment (KRG) Ministry and advisers as well as Comfort (OPC). lande was the first world on the Region in August military equipment will of Peshmerga, told Kurdi- meet with the Kurdistan Additionally, French president to visit the Kurd-i 2014. UNHCR warns of massive displacement in battle for Mosul Even as the humanitarian 2014. safety.” crisis unfolds during the According to UNHCR, Camps set up to receive fierce battle to recapture the U.N. refugee agency, them are rapidly filling Fallujah, Iraq, another civilians living southeast up. humanitarian disaster is of the city have been An eventual assault on developing in northern walking through mine-f Mosul could result in a Iraq. fields at night to escape displacement of upward More than 14,000 Iraqis the fighting as Iraqi secur- of 600,000 people, the have now been forced to rity forces edge closer to UNCHR warned. flee their homes follow-i the city. The current offensive in ing a renewed offensive Frederic Cussigh, head Fallujah, by comparison, by Iraqi forces against of the UNHCR’s field has displaced 43,000, and the Islamic State group response unit in Irbil, humanitarian agencies southeast of Mosul, and said there were reports there are already warning more are leaving every some refugees had been of being overwhelmed by day. “trapped, severely in-j refugees’ needs. Mosul has been under jured or killed in minef- IS control since June fields on their way to The Kurdish Globe No. 539, Monday, June 20, 2016 5 Masrour Barzani: Post-ISIS Iraq should be split in three Once ISIS is defeated, months of wrangling and Iraq should be divided chaos over a government into three separate entities reshuffle that was to curb to prevent further sectar-i corruption. In May, frus-t ian bloodshed, with a state tration over the delays each given to Shi'ites, culminated in the unprec-e Sunnis and , a top edented breach by pro-t Kurdish official said on testers of the Green Zone, Thursday. which houses parliament, Iraqi troops have ex-p government offices and pelled ISIS from some key many foreign embassies. cities the militants seized Ahead of the battle for in 2014, and are advanc-i Mosul, Barzani said the ing on Mosul, the largest city's different communi-t city under IS control. Its ties should agree in ad-v fall would likely mean the vance on how to handle end of the group's self- the aftermath. Mosul's proclaimed caliphate. pre-war population of 2 But even if ISIS was million was mostly Sunni, eliminated, Iraq would but included religious and still be deeply divided. ethnic minorities includ-i Sectarian violence has ing Christians, Shi'ites, continued for years and a Yazidis, Kurds and Turk-m power-sharing agreement men. in Baghdad has only led to "I think the most impor-t discontent, deadlock and tant part is how you man-a corruption. capital Erbil. "If we have fairs in the north and have be good neighbors. Once to force the Kurds to sell age Mosul after Da’esh Masrour Barzani, head three confederated states, their own armed forces, they feel comfortable that crude produced on their [ISIS] is defeated," he of the Kurdistan Regional we will have equal three the Peshmerga, which they have a bright and sec- territory through the state said, referring to an Ara-b Government’s (KRG) Sec- capitals, so one is not have been fighting ISIS cure future, they can start oil marketing company bic name of ISIS. "We curity Council and son of above the other." militants with help from cooperating with each and not independently. don't want to see the gap KRG President Massoud The Kurds have already a US-led coalition. Sunnis other." The Kurds also claim the of liberation and then a Barzani, said the level taken steps towards re-a should be given the option His father has called for oil region of Kirkuk, in vacuum, which probably of mistrust was such that alizing their long-held of doing the same in the a referendum on Kurdish northern Iraq, as part of will turn into chaos." they should not remain dream of independence provinces where they are independence this year their territory. Iraqi Prime Minister "under one roof". from Iraq, which has been in the majority in the north as the region is locked in Barzani said that the Haider al-Abadi at the "Federation hasn't led by the Shi'ite major-i and the west of Iraq, said territorial and financial Sunnis' feeling of mar-g end of last year expressed worked, so it has to be ei-t ity since the overthrow of Barzani. disputes with the central ginalization by the Shi'ite hope that 2016 would be ther confederation or full Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, "What we are offering is government. leadership had facilitated the year of "final victory" separation," Barzani told in 2003, following a US- a solution," he said. "This Baghdad has cut off pay-m the takeover of their re-g over ISIS with the capture Reuters in an interview on led invasion. doesn't mean they live un-d ments from the federal gions by ISIS militants. of Mosul. Wednesday in the Kurdish They run their own af-f der one roof but they can budget to the KRG to try In addition, Iraq endured Kirkuk threatens to halt oil KRG invests in minerals as exports to Baghdad oil revenue decreases The Kurdistan Region-a al Government (KRG) Ministry of Natural Re-s sources (MNR) released its monthly report for the Region’s May crude oil export earlier this month. According to the MNR report, the KRG exported 15,904,271 barrels of crude oil in total, an av-e erage of 513,041 barrels per day. The exports went through the Kurdistan barrels) were allocated characterized by the occ- pipeline network to the against previous debts,” currence of diverse metal-l The Iraqi ministry of oil Kirkuk provincial counc- back into the wells. This port of Ceyhan in Turkey the report added. lic mineral deposits such takes 50,000 barrels per cil. “Baghdad owes us is not a good process but and generated a $390 mill- In April, the KRG exp- as Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn), day (bpd) of Kirkuk oil about $1.3 billion from we have to do so because lion profit. ported 15,356,651 barrels Copper and others. from the Khabaza oilfield the petro dollar deal. Baghdad made a politi-c About $59 million out of of crude oil in total, gene- In January 2014, the Iraqi but has failed to send Therefore the Kirkuk cal decision and halted the $390 million was give- erating $376 million. government, led by then- to the province its por-t provincial council decid-e Kirkuk oil exports.” en to oil companies in the On June 1, the MNR rel- Prime Minister Nuri al- tion of the budget. The ed to give some crude oil Baghdad has also halt-e Kurdistan Region in May. leased a statement inviting Maliki, cut off the Kurdist- Kirkuk administration to those companies who ed building a refinery in Based on the report, “expressions of interest tan Region's proportion of has, therefore, threatened we owe money to.” Kirkuk, stalling develop-m “The total retained by the from qualified interna-t the federal budget. to cut Baghdad’s share of Exportation of Kirkuk’s ment of Kirkuk’s energy KRG was $315 million… tional mining companies The budget cut indirectly its oil and will sell crude oil was temporarily susp- sector. and $75 million was al-l for the Mineral Explora-t encouraged the autonom- oil to some companies to pended by Baghdad, Baghdad owes Kirkuk located to six contractors tion & Investment in the mous region to sell crude pay debts to these compa-n though the province still a lot of money and this and shippers according to Kurdistan Region-Iraq.” oil in the world market ind- nies. produces about 150 to has affected the Kirkuk their PSC entitlement and The MNR report iden-t dependently. “Daily 50k bpd of oil 180,000 bpd. economy and public ser-v to pay down past receiv-a tified seven prospective Low oil prices have exa- from Kirkuk is sent to Chief engineer at the vices. About 430 service ables.” blocks for investment: acerbated the financial Baghdad and the rest North Oil Company Far-h projects are suspended in “The buyers of the KRG two blocks in Duhok, two crisis in the Kurdistan Re-g of the produced oil is had Hamza said, “The oil Kirkuk and the region has crude oil lifted 18 cargoes in Erbil and three in Sulei-m gion, resulting in a three saved underground in the that has been produced a pile of electricity bills it according to the volumes maniya. month delay of payment oilfields,” said Ahmed from the Kirkuk fields, we has to pay. allocated to them under According to the statem- for civil servants in 2015 Askari head of the oil separate the gas from the their contracts, of which ment, the Kurdistan Reg- and one month in 2016. and gas committee in the oil and then drop the oil [four] cargoes (3,797,461 gion’s mineral profile is The Kurdish Globe No. 539, Monday, June 20, 2016 6 NEWS BAR KDP-I fighters killed 13 Iranian soldiers Sunni Arabs Unite A military unit of the Kurdi- ambushed by the Iranian diers. After transforming heavy and medium-sized in Kirkuk istan Democratic Party-Iran soldiers, exchanging fire the bodies to Sheno Hospi-t weapons on the border. fighters killed 13 Iranian among each other, fatalities tal, people's visit to the hos-p According to news sourc-e Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk are, for the second soldiers and injured 30 in from both sides were ann- pital were banned. es, scores of Iranian soldiers time, forming a Sunni Arab council. The the Kurdish city of Sheno nounced. Following the armed con-f with military uniforms and council will include Arab MPs, provincial in Iran. According to a news publ- flicts, Iranian government plain clothes patrol in the council members, and personalities from An Iranian official con-f lished by the Iranian news dispatched a lot of soldiers Kurdish cities of Bokan, fourteen Sunni Arab parties and factions in firmed that they saw a team agencies, the Kurdish fighte- to the Kurdish cities, espe-c Sardasht and Piranshahr. Kirkuk. of the Kurdish Peshmerga ers infiltrated damage on cially the villages near bor-d The military atmosphere “The council will become the real face of fighters of the KDP-I who the Iranian soldiers as sev-e der with Kurdistan region in the Kurdish cities has the Arabs for any decision, meetings and were doing organizational eral ambulances were seen and Turkey. spread fear among the peo-p negotiations amidst these hot developments works among the people in the scene transforming A source said that Iran has ple. in the region, especially about the future of of the area. The team were the injured and dead sold- equipped the troops with Kirkuk and Iraq,” said Esmael Hadidi, Arab politician and spokesperson of the council. Their main goal in forming the council at this stage is to be prepared for after the defeat Attorney General Issues Arrest of the Islamic State. The Sunni Arab leaders are concerned about the role of Shia militias in the Sunni areas during the fight against IS Warrant for Gorran Leader and afterwards. The Attorney General in been repeatedly asked by Mustafa has several times representation offices in Kurdistan Region issued a the Attorney General in been called to appear in Kurdistan Region by mob warrant to arrest the Gene- Kurdistan Region to appear court, but he never responde- attacks. Turkey Mad at PUK for eral Coordinator of Gorran in court in order to provide ed. Officials from Gorran prev- Giving Weapons to PKK (Change movement) after explanation on the recordi- Kurdistan Democratic viously told BasNews that it called him a few times to ings previously leaked, in Party (KDP) media outlets Mustafa would personally An Iraqi Parliament member from the PUK appear in court on charges which he speaks about att- previously released video decide on the case whether bloc, Rebwar Taha, said that his party is unh- of alleged plots against the tacking consulates and for-e and audio recordings as to attend the court or not, happy with Turkey politics in the country and foreign representation and eign representation offices evidences to claim that and they also said that "the has expressed their unhappiness officially. consulate offices in Kurdist- existing in the Kurdistan Gorran’s General-Coordi-n audio recordings have been Taha thinks that the Turkish Government tan Region. Region. nator Nawshirwan Mustafa crafted with technology." needs to review its works and actions tow- Nawshirwan Mustafa, the According to Kurdistan24 speaks about a plot to att- wards the Kurds in Turkey. leader of Gorran has lately and the Attorney General, tack consulates and foreign "Our representative, Bahroz Galali, in Turk- key has been warning the Turkish Governm- ment form the attacks made against Turks," said Taha Cleaning Campaign Started in Kurdistan Taha also revealed that Turkey is mad at PUK for giving weapons to a PKK affiliated side.

KIU Not Become Part of Gorran-PUK Agreement Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) member, Hiwa Mirza, said that Gorran-PUK agree-m ment is against a specific political party. Mirza also said that the agreement is for the political interests and his party will not bec- come a part of the agreement. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and its breakaway Change Movement (Gorr- ran) signed an important agreement Tuesday, ending seven years of separation, political stalemate and rivalry. The official signing in the city of Sulaimani came after both the PUK and Gorran leade- erships separately approved the agreement Saturday to develop relations.

Hacker Hijacks ISIS Twitter Account, Posts People across the Kurdistan tended the event saying special budget for World with brochures after a succ- Gay Pride Messages Region marked World Env- that, due to the war with the Environment Day, which cessful day, Fares Murad, A hacker affiliated with the loosely organ- vironment Day on Wednesd- Islamic State, they could is monitored by the United one of the organizers of the nized collective Anonymous is taking over day with a street-cleaning not protect Kurdistan’s en-v Nations Development Prog- event, said that their goal the Twitter accounts of Islamic State in Iraq campaign. vironment as much as it gram (UNDP) and orga-n was just to tell people how and Syria (ISIS) supporters and plastering “The campaign goes on was needed. nized by the Local Area important our environment them with rainbow images and other pro- in all four provinces of the “As Environment Peshm- Development Program is. LGBT messages. Kurdistan Region,” said merga we are now at the (LADP). “No matter how much area The hacker, who goes by the handle Wauc- Newroz Mawlood Amin, front lines, therefore we “Fortunately the munici-p we cleaned and how much chula Ghost, launched the campaign in sup-p Minister of Municipalities have not been able to protect pality ministry of KRG and trash we gathered, our aim port of the victims of the Sunday mass shooti- and Tourism in the Kurdis-t the places and the nature as Erbil governorate cooperat-e was to raise awareness,” ing at the gay club Pulse, in Orlando. The tan Regional Government before,” said Goran Omer, ed with us very well for this said Murad. attack, which killed 49 and wounded dozens (KRG). a member of the Kurdistan campaign,” said Dr. Anwar World Environment Day is of others, has been celebrated by ISIS-affilia- In Erbil, hundreds came Region force assigned to Younis, head of the civil usually celebrated on June ated supporters on Twitter. out to launch a campaign protect the environment, society organization, one of 5 every year, but since the Wauchula Ghost has hacked into more than to clean areas around the including policing garbage the organizers of the event. Kurdistan Region requested 250 ISIS accounts over the past month, he capital city and warn about disposal. Taking down campaign to take part as an indepen-d told CNN Money, originally posting explicit environmental issues. The event was funded banners and putting them dent entity, the program was pornographic images “to humiliate them.” The Peshmerga also at-t by the European Union’s into a pickup truck filled postponed to Wednesday. The Kurdish Globe No. 539, Monday, June 20, 2016 7 Sports News Horror film captures Mesopotamia’s Kurdistan Best Footballers Selected history in a dramatic form

Kurdistan Football Association selected the best player and goalkeeper in Kurdistan Re-g gion after all the local leagues and tourna-m ments ended officially. Several professional sportspeople along with coaches participated in the selection process. After collecting 20 votes, Shalaw Abbas at Sirwani New was recognized as the best player in Kurdistan. Ismail Ahmad at Gazi Bakur club was identified as the best goal-k keeper.

Messi Ties Batistuta’s Record It was going to be a film own brain. But set in a mod-e film is personal too. It was premiered in early Lionel Messi has delivered what many of about a brutal tyrant but ern setting, Curse of Meso-p "Being Kurdish, I grew November in Erbil and has the 59,183 fans in attendance wanted from was disrupted when perhaps potamia has lots of twists to up celebrating Newroz, I since been commercially his first-ever visit to Gillette Stadium: the the most brutal modern day make the story a proper hor-r always found the legend int- screened in theatres in a chances to celebrate a goal scored by one group got comfortably too ror one. Modern day young triguing, a evil king tricked number of Iraqi cities in-c of soccer’s best-ever players. close to 's men and women play the by a demon, feeding off cluding Erbil and Baghdad. Messi scored in the 60th minute of Arg- capital city, Erbil, where role of historical figures that children's' brains to calm the Omar aims for a worldwide gentina’s Copa America 2016 quarterfinal it was being shot. As the were involved in Newroz snakes growing out of his VOD and DVD release and win over Venezuela on Saturday at Gillette extremist Islamic State's legend. It's got all elements shoulders, a pretty creepy limited theatrical releases in Stadium. The goal was Messi’s fourth of militants approached Erbil's of an appealing horror film: story," Omar told The Kurdi- some parts of the world. Copa America, a tournament high at this gates in August 2014, Lau-a blood, murder, fear, sex and ish Globe. "I always loved The film has interesting stage. and Omar rushed his inter-n even a witch who for most horror movies, so I took the twists often in the shape of Messi also tied Gabriel Batistuta as Arg- national cast and crew out of of the film appears as a psyc- legend and played around unexpected and shocking gentina’s all-time leading goal scorer, the country quickly. chiatrist. with it, writing a modern day characters appearing every with 54. "We had to stop filming in Stacey Thunes is an Amer-i horror film which plays with now and then. A particu-l Erbil after only 2 weeks of ican actress and Curse of re-incarnation, set in the past larly interesting character production, mid august, due Mesopotamia was her first and in the present. Cinema in Omar's film is Zuleykha, to the advance of Daesh," movie in the Middle East. should be diverse, why only a bloodthirsty mistress of Ronaldo Misses Penalty said Omar, referring to the She plays the complicated making war movies about King Azdahak brought for Cristiano Ronaldo missed a second-half Islamic State by its yet fascinating character of the middle east? There are him from Babylon. Kaoutar penalty on the night he became his count- acronym. "We lost a lot of a psychiatrist who tries to so many more stories to be Boudarraja, a well-known try's record appearance holder as a hugely money due to that unexpect-e treat a number of young men told." model and television per-s frustrating match for Portugal and their ed halt, it took me 7 month and women seemingly pos-s Though the film's story sonality in Morocco plays captain in Paris ended goalless to leave to raise money to complete sessed by demons an events may appear too distant and the role of Zuleykha. Group F wide open. filming in Jordan." from the past. And the end, unreal for today, the core "Zuleykha is the crazy mist- Ronaldo struck the base of the post with Omar's Curse of Meso-p it turns out she herself is the idea has been surreally rec- tress of a demon, with a real his spot kick after defender Martin potamia tells the story of personal witch of King Az-d curring throughout ages. dark and ice side," Boudar-r Hinteregger had wrestled him to the ground how the Kurdish new year, dahak reincarnated genera-t "The movie talks about raja told The Globe. "This and later headed home only to be denied by Newroz, came into being tions later as a psychiatrist. a curse that seems to have movie breaks everything the offside flag. when a Kurdish blacksmith, "I loved it. As an actor, been put on this region, for-m about Kaoutar Boudarraja But huge credit for Austria's point must go named Kawa, rebelled playing evil is much more mer Mesopotamia," says modeling , hosting or pro-d to keeper Robert Almer, who made a string against a bloodthirsty king, fun than portraying good," Omar. "With the current ducing TV Shows. It’s not of sensational saves. known as Azdahak. The Thunes said. "And one could happenings in the region, about being sexy, beautiful film's theme is one too- fam say that the Demon who the spotlight is back on the or friendly girl, Zuleykha is miliar for Kurds throughout possessed King Azdahak is Kurds, who have fought and not human and she hates hu-m history: ruthless oppression comparable to the ‘demon’ suffered forever, it seems." mans." Federer Loses in Semi-final and the costly struggle for who has possessed those Omar produced the inde-p This is Omar's second film freedom. Struck by devil people who felt they needed pendent film with a local and he hopes to introduce of Wimbledon and having two snakes grow to join IS." investor with a budget of more diversity to the types Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat by on his shoulders, Azdahak Curse of Mesopotamia is just $800,000 and brought of films that are produced by German teenager Alexander Zverev in the murdered countless young the first horror film in Engl- in an international cast from Kurds or come out of Kurdi- semi-final of the Gerry Weber Open in men and fed their brains to lish made by a Kurdish filmm- the United States, Mexico, istan. Halle, Germany. the snakes so they won't be-c maker. For the Syrian Kurdi- Morocco, France and Kurd-i Federer, who was bidding for a ninth Hall- come hungry and devour his ish director, the story of the istan. By Salih Waladbagi le singles title and his fourth in a row, lost 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-3. Zverev, 19, claimed the biggest win of his career, becoming the first teenager to beat Federer since 2006. The Swiss will begin his bid for an eighth Wimbledon singles title later this month. Federer, 34, had previously won 15 straight sets at Halle but Zverev, standing 6ft 6in and ranked 38th in the world, dropped just four points on serve in the opener and won it 7-4 in a tie-break. MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN ERBIL WEATHER 39 41 42 42 42 44 42 FORECAST 25 29 30 28 29 26 26 The Kurdish Painter, Adil Dawood The Kurdish artist and and has his own char-a ters. He displays his painter Adil Dawood acteristics in his works, artworks in special gall- was born in Hasakah, that forms and colors leries of Vienna. He has Syrian Kurdistan in of his work as distinct- a considerable partici-p 1980. He studied pri-m tive. His professional pation in the European mary and secondary level of art is high, es-p countries and the well- schools in Hasakah, pecially in adopting the known galleries of Ger-m from which he had arabesque school and many, Switzerland and hobbies of drawing. using the colors in a France. Adil Dawood’s He took part in several mixed form. long paintings attract a exhibitions in Hasakah Adil Dawood’s ident- viewer’s attention, es-p as a young man in the tity is Kurdistani and pecially in the galler-i

Arab Cultural Center Hasakah was where he ies and wide and grand of the city. He’s now began his art. Now Vi-e halls when the viewer living in Vienna, Aus-t enna is the place where can confidently watch tria. He’s now occu-p Dawood tells the sad the drawings. Dawood pied with works, exhi-b story of that part of depicts sufferings so bitions, daily cultural Kurdistan. He started great that they might activities, and his own working with oil, then seem surreal. exhibitions. Dawood acrylic and black and is known as a Kurd-i white, working with ish artist in the country lengths of 2 and 3 met- By Ashti Garmiyani European Film On ISIS to Be Produced in Kurdistan The local production said the German film an instructor at Stutt-g in the Middle East. of a new film “Before has now finished filmi- gart University in Germ- The film is expected to the Walay”, which will ing—with around half many. However, the be shown to audiences cover the story of what being shot in Germany one million euro bud-g globally. Notably, the has happened in the and half in Kurdistan. get needed for fund-i Kurdish Director, Hus-s years since ISIS arose The film, which foc- ing the film came from sein Hassan, acted in in the region, was an-n cuses on the Kurdistan the German Minisry of the film. nounced at a press region of Iraq as well Culture. conference in Duhok. as Syria, is produced This will be the first Salih Arif, Direc-t by Mitos Film Com-p cinema level documen-t tor of Cinema Art in pany and directed by tation of the story of By H.G.Hassan the Duhok Province, Professor Peter Auf, those affected by ISIS