IRAQ: KURDS FLEE SULAYMANIYAH AS SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TROOPS INVADE
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(10 Sep 1996) English/Nat
(10 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Tens of thousands of Kurds have fled Sulaymaniyah as President Saddam Hussein's Kurdish allies paraded through the streets in celebration.
Up to 300-thousand Kurds may have left, evoking memories of a mass exodus in 1991, when the Kurds headed for neighboring countries following a failed uprising against Saddam.
The Iraqi president, meanwhile, has declared he will lift the barriers between Iraq and the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas that have been in place since the end of the 1991 Gulf War.
The full ramifications of the announcement were not immediately clear -- but it seems the Kurdish safe haven has effectively collapsed.
These APTV pictures show K-D-P troops arriving in Sulaymaniyah Tuesday morning.
They captured the city Monday night.
The city was calm, except for an impromptu K-D-P parade. Celebrating their sweeping victory throughout northern Iraq, they waved yellow flags and shouted slogans.
APTV interviewed K-D-P leader, Massoud Barzani.
Asked if rival Kurdish leader, Jalal Talabani, of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (P-U-K) could ever return now he's been driven out, Barzani said yes, if he came as a man of peace.
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. Do you accept that Talabani comes here? R. Himself, of course we accept him if he not making problem, not as a armed people..''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
Was the war over now?
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. So could we say the war is finished in Kurdistan? R. We hope so, yes.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. So it's totally in KDP hands? R. Yes.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
Barzani claimed his victory was positive for Kurdistan, and said it would lead to a proper democracy there.
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. Do you have anything to say to the public opinion of the world? R. Well, I will say that this is a new change that is a positive change we are going to establish a real democratic in our country, we're going to have a new election, a free election and we will cooperate with the other parties and we will do everything for democracy and freedom for our people.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
And he totally denied that Iraqi troops had helped his forces in the battle for Sulaymaniyah.
SOUNDBITE:
'' Q. Mr Barzani, some news yesterday said that Iraqi troops help you, but us television (crews) we saw there was no troops on the road. What did you say about that? R. Certainly there was no Iraqi soldiers and our Peshmerga, our people they are pros and they did the job. There was no Iraqi and you have with the forces, if there was Iraqi forces you will see them.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
But given the Kurdish factions' long history of bitter rivalry and Baghdad's manipulation of those rivalries, it's not at all clear if this victory means long-term peace for the Kurds of northern Iraq.
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Tens of thousands of Kurds have fled Sulaymaniyah as President Saddam Hussein's Kurdish allies paraded through the streets in celebration.
Up to 300-thousand Kurds may have left, evoking memories of a mass exodus in 1991, when the Kurds headed for neighboring countries following a failed uprising against Saddam.
The Iraqi president, meanwhile, has declared he will lift the barriers between Iraq and the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas that have been in place since the end of the 1991 Gulf War.
The full ramifications of the announcement were not immediately clear -- but it seems the Kurdish safe haven has effectively collapsed.
These APTV pictures show K-D-P troops arriving in Sulaymaniyah Tuesday morning.
They captured the city Monday night.
The city was calm, except for an impromptu K-D-P parade. Celebrating their sweeping victory throughout northern Iraq, they waved yellow flags and shouted slogans.
APTV interviewed K-D-P leader, Massoud Barzani.
Asked if rival Kurdish leader, Jalal Talabani, of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (P-U-K) could ever return now he's been driven out, Barzani said yes, if he came as a man of peace.
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. Do you accept that Talabani comes here? R. Himself, of course we accept him if he not making problem, not as a armed people..''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
Was the war over now?
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. So could we say the war is finished in Kurdistan? R. We hope so, yes.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. So it's totally in KDP hands? R. Yes.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
Barzani claimed his victory was positive for Kurdistan, and said it would lead to a proper democracy there.
SOUNDBITE:
''Q. Do you have anything to say to the public opinion of the world? R. Well, I will say that this is a new change that is a positive change we are going to establish a real democratic in our country, we're going to have a new election, a free election and we will cooperate with the other parties and we will do everything for democracy and freedom for our people.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
And he totally denied that Iraqi troops had helped his forces in the battle for Sulaymaniyah.
SOUNDBITE:
'' Q. Mr Barzani, some news yesterday said that Iraqi troops help you, but us television (crews) we saw there was no troops on the road. What did you say about that? R. Certainly there was no Iraqi soldiers and our Peshmerga, our people they are pros and they did the job. There was no Iraqi and you have with the forces, if there was Iraqi forces you will see them.''
SUPER CAPTION: K-D-P leader Massoud Barzani
But given the Kurdish factions' long history of bitter rivalry and Baghdad's manipulation of those rivalries, it's not at all clear if this victory means long-term peace for the Kurds of northern Iraq.
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