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| ALAN | May 28 14, 9:04 Post #1376 |
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You obviously didn't understand the article. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 28 14, 11:06 Post #1377 |
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First sale of Kurdish oil unveils a new era in the Kurdish national renaissance 28.5.2014 Bashdar Ismaeel — Ekurd.net The Kurdish national renaissance has assumed a number of key milestones in a short but remarkable period of time. The onset of the first independent sale of Kurdish oil stored at the Turkish port of Ceyhan, was another critical milestone that gives Kurdistan a new political, economic and strategic gear as its enters a new phase in its evolution. The decision to export its oil to the international market, much to the dismay of Baghdad, came as the official Iraqi election results saw incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attain the front foot in his quest for a third term. As Kurdistan has continued its ascendancy in recent years, control of oil became a significant factor of dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad. Put simply, control of oil exports was the last remaining umbilical cord that Baghdad had over the Kurds. This leverage was clearly on display when Baghdad failed to pay Kurdish salaries and the Kurdish share of the national budget as punishment for the Kurdish move to build and export oil to Turkey via its new independent oil pipeline. Baghdad filed for arbitration against Ankara almost immediately at the International Chamber of Commerce, but in reality Turkey knew and openly accepted that the consequences with Baghdad were secondary to the strategic enhancement of their ties with the Kurds. The storage capacity at Ceyhan was close to the limit, Baghdad appeared unwilling to give the Kurds the concessions it demanded and after months of negotiations a breakthrough was not about to take place anytime soon. All the while, the Kurds were in an ironic predicament. Kurdistan, with its billions of barrels of oil reserves and with millions of barrels stored in Ceyhan waiting to be sold to many international suitors, were at the mercy of Baghdad and couldn’t even pay salaries. When you have masses of oil and wealth under your feet, which government in any part of the world would accept been dictated, undermined and held to ransom by a third-party? Instead of waiting for hand-outs from Baghdad, the Kurds could soon surpass the value of their 17% share of the national budget with their own exports. Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz confirmed that 1.4 millions of oil was loaded via tankers and crucially backed further export of Kurdish oil as more oil is inevitably pumped. In the same way as threats to independent export of oil, Baghdad continuously warned against oil majors entering the region and threatening to punish and blacklist such companies. In the end oil majors accepted the risks and after Exxon-Mobil entered the fray in 2011, a flock of majors simply couldn’t sit on the sidelines and waste unique opportunities. In reality, Kurdistan wouldn’t have taken such a bold step without support not just from Turkey but also European powers over its constitutional rights. The oil was not sold on the black market but in an international, open and transparent market and to European customers. Almost immediately after the first independent export of Kurdish oil, Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani went on a scheduled tour of Europe. The message from Barzani was clear – if Baghdad did not change its policies towards the Kurds, the Kurds could deploy other options it has on the table. France clearly supported the Kurds in their move to market oil independently and according to Falah Mustafa, the head of Kurdistan Confederation ’s Department of Foreign Relations, France “showed their willingness to support us in the next stage”. It’s the not the first time that Kurds have threatened to take action against the centralist policies of Baghdad. After continuous failed promises by Maliki, the timing of the move echoed through the Iraqi political chambers that Kurds mean business and will match action with rhetoric. The oil exports were crucially done before the establishment of the next government in Baghdad, affording the Kurds a more powerful negotiating position. They will not be duped into a new coalition with promises of allowing Kurdish oil exports. Instead the right of the Kurds to export oil becomes a prerequisite as opposed to a demand. The Kurdish historical move is all the more significant that it was supported by Turkey, marking a dramatic turnaround in fortunes from a time when any notion of Kurdish nationalism was met with threats, harsh rhetoric and red lines. Oil exports can only increase from these levels and serves as the fuel for independence – literally. Of course, Turkey acknowledges what oil export pipelines and sales means for the future of Kurdistan. Yet, Turkey has so much to gain from a Kurdish friend with growing strategic and economic importance than an uncertain Baghdad leaning more towards Tehran, especially as the sectarian fires continue to rage in Iraq. The Turkish position is even more ironic giving the U.S. resistance and unease of growing Kurdish independence, export of its oil and the growing ties between Erbil and Ankara that the US tried so hard to foster in the first place. Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel is a London-based freelance writer and analyst, a regular contributing writer for Ekurd.net website. Ismaeel whose primary focus and expertise is on the Kurds, Iraq and Middle Eastern current affairs. The main focus of his writing is to promote peace, justice and increase awareness of the diversity, suffering and at times explosive mix in Iraq and the Middle East. Most recently he has produced work for the Washington Examiner, Asian Times, The Epoch Times, Asia News, The Daily Star (Lebanon), Kurdish Globe, Hewler Post, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), KurdishMedia, PUK Online and OnlineOpinion. He has achieved seminar recommended readings for Le High University (Pennsylvania) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work has been republished extensively elsewhere on the Internet. He is a longtime contributing writer and columnist for Ekurd.net. You can visit Bashdar's website at (www.bashdar.co.uk) and reach the author via email at: bashdar@hotmail.com The article also appeared on Kurdish Globe. Copyright © 2014 Ekurd.net http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/5/state8031.htm |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Deleted User | May 28 14, 11:45 Post #1378 |
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European countries, especially the leading countries of the EU, are desperate to find other options than Russia for their energy imports. You see, many countries in EU are completely dependent on Russian oil and gas. This makes it hard for Germany and France to make risky maneuvers against Russia, because if Russia cut (parts of its) oil exports to some countries in EU, their economy would collapse, and thus Germany and France would be forced to pump billions of dollars into their economies to keep them afloat (and I don't put into account the energy sales to Germany and the economic consequences of those cuts) and keep the EU alive. However, we have to remember that cutting oil completely is a double edged sword for Russia, as they would lose billions of dollars themselves. This puts restrains on Russia, and Russia can't cut significant amounts of oil exports to Europe as things stands now. Also, a huge portion of the foreign investment in Russia is also from EU countries. That is why Russia have made huge economic deals with Asian countries, to be able to put more pressure on Europe by cutting a larger chunk of the energy sales (than it is able to do now) without hurting its own economy too hard. Russia is looking for ways to put more pressure on EU countries, while EU is looking for ways to bypass those "cards" (and that is where Kurdistan, and other major energy producing countries, comes in). I've said it earlier, and I'll say it again, the situation in Ukraine is a huge blessing for us (or rather, the international political impact that followed it). |
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| ALAN | May 29 14, 9:38 Post #1379 |
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Kurdistan Premier: We Will Never Give Up Control of Our Own Oil ERBIL, Kurdistan Confederation - Erbil welcomes any talks with Baghdad, "but we will never give up control of our own oil," Kurdistan Confederation Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani vowed before the Kurdish parliament on Wednesday, directing his message at the Iraqi government. “We are open to dialogue, but if Baghdad chooses to close all the doors we will certainly not be standing there doing nothing,” the prime minister warned. “Selling our oil was a clear message for Baghdad to realize that we will not back down and will do what we have promised in the past." Barzani's remarks come at a time when relations between Erbil and Baghdad have plummeted over independent oil exports started by Erbil, and Baghdad cutting the region’s budget as punishment for three consecutive months, creating a crisis for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as it struggles to pay civil servants. Last week for the first time, the KRG started selling its oil through the Turkish Ceyhan port. The move provoked Baghdad's immediate condemnation, and a warning of legal action against Turkey for allowing the exports to take place. The KRG has said that it sees the sale of the oil as its constitutional right. Barzani said that Baghdad wants control over the Kurdish oil industry, which Erbil was unlikely to hand over. "Baghdad says that the Iraqi government should be in charge of selling the oil, and we simply say that Baghdad is not entitled to our oil, because their demand is neither constitutional nor legal," Barzani told MPs. He also said that the KRG agrees for the Iraqi government to monitor the export of Kurdish oil, "but we would never give control of our oil to the Iraqi government.” The prime minister said that the decision to cut the KRG budget was made long before the sale of the Kurdish oil. "When we arrived in Baghdad (in March) we assumed that Iraq was experiencing a financial crisis as a whole. But then we learned there that Iraq's economy was fine, and that the only place affected by the funding cut was the Kurdistan Confederation ," Barzani said. He added that wages were cut on the direct orders of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. "The Iraqi finance minister told us that the budget had been cut on orders from the prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces," said Barzani of a meeting of his Kurdish delegation in Baghdad. Officially, Baghdad is supposed to give Kurdistan 17 percent of the national budget after sovereign expenses, flown in cash from the central bank to Erbil three times a month. But how much is actually paid is disputed. The premier said his government has received only 10 percent in the past. Barzani also said that Iraq owes nearly $5 billion to the Kurdistan Confederation in delayed funding. The premier pledged that his government would “find a way” to pay wages, as Kurdistan seeks alternative sources of finance. “There are no guarantees that Iraq would not cut the KRG’s budget again," he warned. http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/29052014 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 29 14, 9:41 Post #1380 |
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They barked and barked and said kurdistan is a burden we are stealing Basrah oil bla bla bla and the 10% budget they use to send us has to be cut off and they eventually cut it them we did what any Govt in the world would do for it's people, export our oil and pay salaries of the employees but now they are mad dog? I can never comprehend iraqis best we divorce Iraq and let them comprehend one other, and good luck with that. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 29 14, 9:55 Post #1381 |
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Kurdistan’s oil can meet Turkey’s needs for 200 years Based on the inte |
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| Brendar | May 29 14, 11:18 Post #1382 |
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Nechirvan said that the iraqi officials told the Kurdish delegation who visited baghdad earlier that "selling oil is not like selling cucumber or tomatoes" (meaning what we are limited to). |
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| ALAN | May 30 14, 2:55 Post #1383 |
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Maliki gangs talked and talked they barked and barked, we exported oil. |
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| ALAN | May 30 14, 7:39 Post #1384 |
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Kurdish MP: KRG should bring Iraqi Oil Ministry to court A Kurdish MP from the Iraqi parliament said that the words of Hussein Shahristani, the Iraqi Deputy for Energy Affairs, are false and the Kurdistan Confederation should file a complaint against the Iraqi Oil Ministry. According to Muhammad Khalil, the Kurdish MP from the Kurdistan Coalition List, $40 billion of Iraqi public money has been lost due to corruption within Iraqi federal government bodies, and that Iraq is counted as the second most corrupt county in the world. Khalil said that the citizens of South and Central Iraq are without basic living requirements. He said that the Iraqi government denies compensating the victims of Anfal and chemical attack. Hussein Shahristani has already said that any amount of oil sold outside the control of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company, SOMO, is illegal. http://m.basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdish-MP--KRG-should-bring-Iraqi-Oil-Ministry-to-court/21749 |
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| ALAN | May 30 14, 7:42 Post #1385 |
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Yildiz: Kurdish oil export to increase The Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz has announced that from now on, almost 120,000 barrels of oil will be exported daily from the Kurdistan Confederation , and that oil exports from Baghdad have now been stopped. Yildiz, who was participating in the fourth International Caucasian Conference in Turkey, told a press conference: “Negotiations to find a solution for the oil issue between the Kurdistan Confederation and Baghdad are continuing. “From today onwards, 100,000-120,000 oil barrels from Kurdistan Confederation will be exported to Turkey every day. However, the oil that used to be exported by the federal government of Iraq has been halted since the last two months. We have supported the federal government’s exportation of oil via the Kirkuk–Yumurtalik pipeline, which has the capacity to export 1.5 million oil barrels per day.” Regarding the complaints that have been registered by the federal government of Iraq against Turkey, Yildiz stated: “So far we have not been informed about it and once the court’s decision has been delivered to Turkey, we will publicly inform people in Turkey. Regarding the sanctions that have been imposed on Turkish companies by Baghdad, the Turkish Minister of Finance has reviewed the case but no evidence was found. “ Previously, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) exported 100,000 barrels of oil per day to Turkey, but now this rate has been increased to almost 120,000. Copyright © 2014 http://m.basnews.com/en/News/Details/Yildiz--Kurdish-oil-export-to-increase/21743 |
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| ALAN | May 30 14, 7:51 Post #1386 |
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PUK backs KRG oil policies: official A member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political office stated the party backs whatever decisions the regional government makes about oil. Adnan Mufti said the PUK is aware of the KRG oil decisions and the party backs whatever decisions the Kurdish government makes in this regard. “the KRG oil policies are in line with the Iraq Oil and Gas Law and the committee that follows the region’s oil policies include Kurdistan Regional Government PM, his deputy, resource minister and financial minister and two of the officials are members of the PUK and are aware of the Kurdistan Confederation ’s oil issues,” he said, adding that there is almost always a PUK member in talks between Erbil and Ankara officials. He further reiterated not only the PUK but also all parties in the government should back the region’s policies over oil. KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani talked about the KRG attempts after the region’s oil export to Turkey as well as the way Erbil will deal with Ankara about the oil export process to the state to send to Kurdish oil to world markets, he said about a recent meeting between PUK and ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). http://www.kurdpress.ir/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=7465#Title=PUK%20backs%20KRG%20oil%20policies:%20official |
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| ALAN | May 30 14, 7:55 Post #1387 |
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This oil policy/process is taking SK towards the independence all Kurds have been waiting for since our lands and people were deprived of statehood in 1921, any party doesn't support it is a pure traitor to Kurdish people and land, period. |
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| ALAN | May 31 14, 12:58 Post #1388 |
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| ALAN | May 31 14, 7:14 Post #1389 |
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Irish petroceltic oil company to dig Shrin-1 field next month which will take 150 days http://rudaw.net/sorani/business/300520143 |
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| ALAN | May 31 14, 10:13 Post #1390 |
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Reuters: Kurdish oil carrier heading towards US makes a U-turn. BASnews: Kurdish oil was never intended for US but Germany and Italy. |
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| ALAN | May 31 14, 10:51 Post #1391 |
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Dlshad Shaban deputy of MNR in Kurdish parliament: Italy buys 1million Kurdish bpd while Germany 100,000 bpd http://xendan.org/dreja.aspx?=hewal&jmara=91560&Jor=1 |
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| LelleS | Jun 1 14, 6:28 Post #1392 |
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Alan That tanker United Leadership dont look like it know where its going. http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-8.228717/centery:34.76497/zoom:8/oldmmsi:538005502/olddate:lastknown# |
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| ALAN | Jun 1 14, 6:48 Post #1393 |
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So where is it going!? I'm told it's for Italy & Germany |
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| LelleS | Jun 1 14, 7:00 Post #1394 |
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Looks like its anker outside Casablanca for now, guess we just have to wait and see. |
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| Zagros | Jun 1 14, 11:32 Post #1395 |
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Extremist group warns Kurdish Government against oil sales 01.06.2014 BasNews, Iraq Iraqi extremist group Jund al-Islam warned the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) against selling crude oil. The Sunni extremist group published a statement online threatening Kurdish President Massoud Barzani and the Kurdistan Regional Government. The Group also called on Barzani to stop Kurdish oil export immediately. In the statement Jund al-Islam claims that Barzani has only ever acted against Iraq’s interests and “is one of the main problem in Iraq”. Last week Kurdistan began selling crude to international buyers, sparking anger in Baghdad and concern in the US. http://www.basnews.com/en/News/Details/Extremist-group-warns-Kurdish-Government-against-oil-sales/21941 |
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| ALAN | Jun 2 14, 12:01 Post #1396 |
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lol first go take care of ISIS then look up at Kurdistan confederation army.
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| ALAN | Jun 2 14, 11:39 Post #1397 |
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| ALAN | Jun 3 14, 1:18 Post #1398 |
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| ALAN | Jun 3 14, 6:23 Post #1399 |
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Kurdistan oil Tanker in Morocco 02.06.2014 Kurdo Shaban According to information obtained by BasNews, the first cargo of Kurdish crude is currently stationary off the shore of Morocco, at Mahmoodia port and is scheduled to move to Italy next. The tanker, Leadership, is due to empty the oil and will then be transported to Augusta, on Italy’s island of Sicily. It is believed that the same tanker may ship the crude there. Last week, Kurdish oil exportation to the international market started through Cyhan port. It caused international concerns and Iraq filed for arbitration against Turkey, while the US expressed concern regarding the matter, claiming that all oil exports must be done with Baghdad’s consent. http://m.basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdistan-oil-Tanker-in-Morocco/22076 |
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| ALAN | Jun 3 14, 6:25 Post #1400 |
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Kurdish oil revenue to arrive in Kurdistan later this month 01.06.2014 Shwan Barzinji Deputy of Natural Resources committee in the Kurdistan Parliament, Dilshad Sha’ban reveals information about the revenue of Kurdish oil that was sold recently through Turkey. Sha’ban told BasNews that 2,500,000 oil barrels were sold that the revenue will be transferred from Europe to HalkBank in Turkey and on to a Kurdish bank in the Kurdistan Confederation . “Based on the information that I have, the revenue of Kurdish oil will arrive in the Kurdistan Confederation this month because of some routines, the transfer of the revenue from Europe to HalkBank will be delayed,” said Sha’ban. He also stated the Kurdistan’s oil will be sold based on the universal price of oil which is ranged between US $100 - $105. Furthermore, its expected on June 4th, Kurdistan Confederation PM Nechirvan Barzani will be meeting with Kurdish political parties in the parliament to give more information about selling Kurdish oil. Copyright © 2014 http://m.basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdish-oil-revenue-to-arrive-in-Kurdistan-later-this-month-/21994 |
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lol first go take care of ISIS then look up at Kurdistan confederation army.
1:45 AM Jul 12