Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

The Halabja Monument has become a symbol of corruption and tyranny but more importantly is this a protest against Talabani which would then be productive toward al-Jaafari? Until now the brunt of the chaos has reflected badly on Jaafari this Monument stuff shows Talabani in a bad light. Tit for tat, possibly?

Several protests have occurred in recent months against the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which runs western Kurdistan and is led by Massoud Barzani. But nothing has come close to the violence that erupted Thursday in Halabja.