Iraqi Kurds Push for a National Anthem

[sabra]

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=37947

Iraqi Kurds Push for a National Anthem Print

Iraqi Kurds are preparing to declare their national anthem following the decree of Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, which banned the Iraqi flag in the Kurdish region.

The KRG’s call for a national anthem came at a point when debates over Barzani’s threat to found an independent state are heating up.

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a member of the KRG, released a statement on its official website informing another important issue, aside from the flag decree, was the preparation of a national anthem for the Kurdish region.

The statement was penned by former PUK Politburo member Karwan Enwer and reads: “The national anthem issue has not been attached adequate significance since the 1991 Kurdish revolt against the Saddam regime. Television channels have broadcasted thousands of love music videos. However, we have failed to write a national anthem acceptable to our citizens.”

[acmavm]

1. Oh my. They're wasting no time, are they?

This will be real interesting.

[sabra]

2. and no one saw this coming...

:sarcasm:

[acmavm]

4. Oh, WE all saw this coming. And seriously I wonder if the

criminal cabal didn't plan on it.

The Kurds claim the extremely rich Kirkuk oil fields.

This might just work out (so the BFEE thinks) to their benefit.

I think it's not gonna be pretty. The Sunnis have already started making noise about it.

[BrotherBuzz]

6. I think the Criminal Cabal planned it from the getgo...

and there is an Astroturf™ movement afoot in America to sell it to the sheep. Sal Russo of the 'Stop Michael Moore' campaign to discredit the film Fahrenheit 9/11, the 'Move America Forward' to discredit Cindy Sheehan, and the 'Truth Tour' to tell the good news that the old-line liberal news media won't tell you about the war in Iraq, was hired by the Kurdistan Regional Government to run a TV campaign to thank Americans, on behalf of the Kurds, for supporting the war in Iraq. Do you think, for one moment, the Kurds would wast their money on this project if the monies didn't originate from the 7-8 billion Rumsfeld et al. lost in Iraq?

http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=oid%3A45067

[BrotherBuzz]

5. I saw it coming, but....

just not this fast. It's like the beast is feeding on steroids.

[gratuitous]

3. At least we know it's not a civil war

So, we've got that working for us in Iraq. The no civil war thing. And if civil war does break out (and it hasn't yet, don't forget), then it will once again be good for Republicans in some vague, unspecified way, and it will be bad for Democrats because all the talking heads say so. The entire gamut of conventional wisdom, from A to A will agree that this is an unmitigated Good Development for the Bush administration and all Republicans everywhere.

Meanwhile, a lot more bodies will be hitting the ground.

[ronnykmarshall]

7. Freedom's on the march!

They now have the freedom debate the national anthem.

Oh granted that freedom is going to be a civil war .... but it's FREEDOM!!