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| Iraq |
| Marked by an X: Kurds destroying Arab homes |
| 2016-11-14 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Security forces of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government have unlawfully destroyed large numbers of Arab homes, and sometimes entire villages, in areas retaken from ISIS, Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... has reported. HRW reported the atrocities in an 80-page report titled "Marked with an ’X’: Iraqi Kurdish Forces’ destruction of villages, homes in conflict with ISIS," and looked at destruction of homes between September 2014 and May 2016 in disputed areas of Kirkuk and Nineveh governorates. "Forcing families out of their homes and into the streets or to unsafe parts of the country is a serious violation of their rights and does nothing to strengthen Iraq’s political cohesion," said Lama Fakih, HRW’s deputy Middle East director. A video embedded below obtained by HRW shows homes of Arabs that were evicted from the June First neighborhood of Kirkuk and demolished between October 23 and 25. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Perhaps they were collaborators or ISIS members of supporters. Or too full of bombs and boobytraps to be safely dismantled. The text of the article does not say that people were forced out of the buildings in order to destroy them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-14 12:10 |
| #4 ...sort of like the Russians treating Germans for what they did in the homeland. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-11-14 08:41 |
| #3 Sounds like the Kurds are just giving back what they were subject to. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2016-11-14 07:10 |
| #2 Odd they don't mention why they were evicted. Perhaps they were collaborators or ISIS members of supporters. I'm guessing a *lot* of things happened while ISIS dominated which HRW doesn't mention. Very nasty things... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-11-14 01:06 |
| #1 So Kurds have learned. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-14 00:51 |