Kurds Must Endure Iraq's 'Nationality Correction'. / John F. Burns.
by Burns, John F; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 36Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Hussein, Saddam | Kurds -- Iraq | Population policy | Iraq -- Politics and government | Iraq -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "When Saddam Hussein's men came for them, Omar Osman Siddiq and his family went quietly....The family's deportation in July [2002] followed their rejection of Decree 199, a presidential order issued by Mr. Hussein to reinforce a population policy that is Iraq's equivalent of ethnic cleansing." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details Iraq's policy of trying to drive out ethnic minorities from a northern part of the country rich in oil reserves and the use of a nationality correction policy giving "Kurds and other minorities the chance to avow that they 'mistakenly' registered themselves as non-Arabs and that they wish to reclaim their Arab origins.".
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Originally Published: Kurds Must Endure Iraq's 'Nationality Correction', Aug. 11, 2002; pp. 4.
"When Saddam Hussein's men came for them, Omar Osman Siddiq and his family went quietly....The family's deportation in July [2002] followed their rejection of Decree 199, a presidential order issued by Mr. Hussein to reinforce a population policy that is Iraq's equivalent of ethnic cleansing." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details Iraq's policy of trying to drive out ethnic minorities from a northern part of the country rich in oil reserves and the use of a nationality correction policy giving "Kurds and other minorities the chance to avow that they 'mistakenly' registered themselves as non-Arabs and that they wish to reclaim their Arab origins.".
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