A sudden bomb explosion in Ashti district in Sulemani has caused the death of Kosrat Rassul’s assistant. Kosrat Rassul is the highest ranking PUK military official and the former Prime Minster of the united Kurdistan Government before 1994 and the former Prime Minister of the PUK government. At 8.00 pm last night in Ashti district, the senior assistant and a very close aid of Kosrat Rasul, known as Kaka Ziyad, was killed due to an explosion. Kaka Ziyad’s sister told KurdishMedia.com, "Last night Kaka Ziyad received a call to go out and received a parcel. He went out to receive it and when he opened the parcel it exploded, it was a bomb. It exploded and blew him to pieces." Her sister said that it is too early to make any accusations, "We have to wait for an investigation," she said. Kak Ziyad lived with his three sisters in the house. No formal statement has been issued by the Kurdish authorities yet.
| Either Sammy or Ansar, or Sammy through Ansar... |
Kosrat, in an interview with KurdSat last week, said that Kurds were the partners of the US administration, but whether they attack the Iraqi regime, "is not a matter to be discussed on TV." Kosrat confirmed that they were partners with the US in the war against terror. This is interesting because the Kurdish authorities vow to eliminate the Islamic fundamentalist group, residing on the border with Iran, known as Ansar Al-Islam. Kosrat in his interview also said that Turkey was an ally of the U.S. and so were the Kurds. "But if it came to the destruction of our democratic experience, we have power too. If they want to eliminate the Iraqi regime, the road is not via Kurdistan. There are other ways," he said.
Most likely the package came from Ansar. Need to be more careful about picking up your mail, surprised he wasn't. |