The Kurds in Iraq - Second Edition The Past, Present and Future

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ISBN: 9780745326627 | 0745326625
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Copyright: 2/20/2007

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This new edition of The Kurds in Iraq brings the book fully up-to-date in the light of recent events in Iraq, and the ever-present danger of civil war.Yildiz explores the impact of occupation and escalating violence. There is an entirely new chapter on Kirkuk, which continues to be of major strategic interest to the various powers in the region. There is also a new chapter on insurgency and sectarianism that examines the motivations behind the insurgency, the tactics that are used, and outlines possible ways to deal with it.The book is a unique account of the problems that all political groups face in bringing stability to the country, as well as exploring Kurdish links and international relations in the broader sense. It should be required reading for policy-makers and anyone interested in the current position of the Kurds in Iraq.

Acknowledgements	p. xii
Foreword	p. xiii
Map of the area inhabited by Kurds	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Past
The Kurds	p. 7
'Kurds' and 'Kurdistan'	p. 7
Language	p. 8
Religion	p. 8
Population	p. 9
Topography of Kurdistan	p. 9
The Treaty of Sevres and the Creation of Iraq	p. 10
The Kurds Under Barzani	p. 15
Revolts	p. 15
The emergence of a Kurdish leader	p. 15
Aftermath of the 1958 Revolution	p. 16
The Ba'ath regimes	p. 17
The March Manifesto of 1970	p. 17
The 1974 Autonomy Law	p. 20
US and Iranian involvement in Kurdish-Iraqi relations: 1970-75	p. 22
The Algiers Agreement of 1975 and its aftermath	p. 23
The Anfal Campaigns	p. 25
Spoils of war	p. 25
The logic of destruction	p. 25
The spring offensives of 1988	p. 26
The attack on Halabja	p. 27
The attack on Sayw Senan	p. 28
The remaining Anfal campaigns	p. 28
Amnesty	p. 30
International responses to the Anfal campaigns	p. 31
The First Gulf War: From Uprising to Democracy	p. 34
Background	p. 34
The initifada (uprising)	p. 34
The Ba'athists respond	p. 36
Exodus from Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 36
Turkey, Iran and the Iraqi Kurds	p. 37
Resolution 688	p. 37
'Operation Provide Comfort'	p. 39
'Operation Safe Haven'	p. 39
Negotiating autonomy with Saddam Hussein	p. 42
Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 44
A rainbow alliance	p. 44
International ambivalence	p. 44
Autonomy from a Kurdish perspective	p. 45
Electoral procedure	p. 45
A new kind of political space?	p. 46
Relations between the PUK and KDP	p. 48
Human Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 51
Background	p. 51
Crimes of the Ba'ath regime	p. 52
Breaches of international law by the government of Iraq	p. 54
Humanitarian law	p. 55
Human rights structures and the Kurdish authorities	p. 57
Women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 57
The Displacement of Kurds in Iraq	p. 64
A displaced history	p. 64
Displacement since the establishment of the safe haven	p. 66
Effect of the Turkish-PKK conflict	p. 67
Economic/Humanitarian Affairs in Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 68
Background	p. 68
Oil in Iraq: A brief overview	p. 69
Oil in Iraqi Kurdistan: A brief overview	p. 70
Pipelines	p. 70
Sanctions	p. 71
Criticism of the Oil-for-Food Programme	p. 73
Embargo	p. 75
Currency	p. 76
Employment	p. 76
Non-governmental organisations	p. 76
The Kurds Have no Friends but the Mountains	p. 79
Turkey: A difficult neighbour	p. 79
Beyond Iraq: The Kurds of Turkey, Iran and Syria	p. 82
US Foreign Policy Towards Saddam: Pre-September 11	p. 90
The Present
The Road to War	p. 95
'Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists'	p. 95
The Kurds' path to war	p. 105
The Second Gulf War: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'	p. 111
'They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets'	p. 111
The Kurdish Jerusalem	p. 112
War over?	p. 115
The current security situation	p. 115
Security strategy	p. 117
Current Executive Structure in Iraq	p. 118
Saddam's Iraqi opposition	p. 118
The new Iraqi government	p. 119
Insurgency and Sectarianism	p. 149
Developing tactics of the insurgency	p. 150
The composition of the insurgency	p. 151
Insurgency and sectarianism	p. 153
The insurgency and Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 155
Alleged involvement of Syria and Iran	p. 155
Causes of the insurgency	p. 156
Counterinsurgency	p. 157
Current Legal and Human Rights Issues	p. 161
The Coalition Provisional Authority	p. 161
Humanitarian international law obligations	p. 161
International human rights law obligations	p. 163
The Question of Autonomy	p. 168
The Anfal Campaigns: The War Crimes Tribunal	p. 169
An enduring legacy	p. 169
The Iraqi Special Tribunal	p. 170
The defendants	p. 171
The death penalty	p. 172
International judges	p. 172
The crimes	p. 173
The Continuing Problem of Internal Displacement	p. 176
The current situation	p. 180
Current Economic/Humanitarian Issues in Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 182
Sanctions and embargoes	p. 182
The Oil-for-Food Programme	p. 182
Currency	p. 183
Non-governmental organisations and international organisations	p. 184
Oil	p. 185
The Future
Self-Determination and Autonomy	p. 191
What is self-determination?	p. 191
The Kurdish claim to self-determination	p. 194
Autonomy	p. 197
A UN mandate?	p. 199
Economic issues	p. 201
Kirkuk	p. 203
History of Kirkuk	p. 203
The settlement of Turcomans in the Kirkuk region	p. 204
The Arabisation of Kirkuk	p. 205
Post-Gulf War developments	p. 207
Kurdish aspirations for Kirkuk	p. 207
Recent developments in the region	p. 210
The Tribunal and the Victims	p. 213
Introduction	p. 213
A UN tribunal	p. 213
A hybrid court	p. 214
The International Criminal Court	p. 215
A Truth and Reconciliation Commission	p. 215
The way forward	p. 216
The Land Question	p. 218
The Iraqi Property Reconciliation Facility	p. 218
The way forward	p. 219
Addendum	p. 222
Articles of the 1920 Treaty of Sevres relating to Kurdistan	p. 223
The Kurdistan Regional Government Provisional Constitution for the Federal Republic of Iraq	p. 225
UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement	p. 240
Notes	p. 251
Index	p. 281
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