Anger at Barzani’s ‘$900K land gift to Maliki’

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Happier days: Maliki and Barzani in 2010

Happier days: Maliki and Barzani in 2010

According to Hawlati newspaper, in 2005 Kurdistan Regional president Masud Barzani and his party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, handed the incoming Iraqi prime minister Nuri al Maliki a gift of 600 square metres of Erbil land.

A few days later Maliki sold this piece of land for $900,000.

Kurdish people are furious at this. They are asking:

  1. Who authorised Barzani to give away our land?
  2.  What reason can there have been, other than an attempt at bribery?
  3. Why is there a sense of inferiority still by Kurdish leaders in their dealings with Arab rulers?

This report has undermined Barzani in his dealings with Maliki. People are saying, “How can we trust what he says when we look at his history?”

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2 Responses to Anger at Barzani’s ‘$900K land gift to Maliki’
  1. Lorenzo Garcia
    December 19, 2012 | 22:14

    President Barzani went to the university of makind or the place where you learn something about people, humans or just what is not in the books . What did Mr Barzani learnt about dealing with Mr Maliki? Yes, what did you learnt in school today?

  2. Ari Ali
    December 20, 2012 | 20:20

    Since when Masoad Barzani , and the whole family and tribe , give a tuss to any puppet organisation in Dohuk and Erbil ( Sulemane is outside his reach ) . He is mere tribal man just happened , incidentally , to be included in the plans of the ango-americans ( GWB and co.) for the region . He has never been or claimed to be an accountable man and hopes to remain in power to the grave and then hand over to his eldest son as tribes culture go .

    This is the sad reality and we can say what we like .. presidency regional government , and parliament . It is all in Maosad’s hand and his henchmen .

    Openly , they say what ever they steal from the public purse is the price of their (sacrifices) ! As though the rest of the kurds were having holidays in Zurich in summers and Crete in winters while the barzanies were penniless make living by labouring in Irans orchards . The sooner these behaviours are challenged the better .

    N.B: these are not personal attacks rather a behavioural and attitudinal description of how the region is run by ONE man and then claiming to be elected democratically and the rest of it .

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