Kurds must stop being each others enemies
KURDISH - HISTORY - MONTH
We start the month with our most important leader:
On 1 March 1979, General Mustafa Barzani, great leader of the Kurdish national movement, passed away
The Baghdad Agreement from 11 March, 1970: Earlier in the 1970s, an agreement would lead to hopes amongst the Kurds in Iraq. After decades of armed conflict between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdish population a ceasefire agreement with Baghdad signed on 11 March, 1970, granted autonomy rights, freedom and the right for self-determination to the country’s Kurds.
The Algiers Agreement from 6 March 1975: With the Agreement of Algier all the hopes of the Kurds of the early 1970s were crushed. The Shah of Persia ended the support of the Peshmerga and brokered an agreement with Baghdad instead, which allowed the Iraqi army to break Kurdish resistance.
1991 Uprisings: In March 1991, at the end and after the second Gulf war the Kurds started uprisings against the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein. However, the uprisings were quashed by Saddam´s regime.
12 March 2004 a soccer match between the al-Jihad team from al-Qamishli and al-Futuwah, the Arab team from Dayr az-Zawr. While the international media generally spoke of an altercation between the fans of two soccer teams that had spun out of control. the incidents that took place that day lead to a full Kurdish uprising.
14 March 1903, General Mustafa Barzani was born. General Mustafa Barzani was born in a patriotic Kurdish family in South-Kurdistan. His brother started the struggle for a free Kurdistan in 1930, during the Amed Barzani Rebellion. They continued their struggle in 1943, during the Second Barzani Revolt.
16 March is Halabja Memorial Day: One of the most heinous acts of Saddam regime’s was a campaign against the Kurdish population of Iraq, which at its peak led to the poisonous gas attack on the city of Halabja on 16 March, 1988.
21 March Celebrating the Kurdish New Year NEWROZ: It marks both the Kurdish New Year as well as the beginning of spring. After a long and cold winter, spring awakening allows people to draw new energy for the upcoming year. "Newroz" literally translates to "the new day".
We start the month with our most important leader:
On 1 March 1979, General Mustafa Barzani, great leader of the Kurdish national movement, passed away
The Baghdad Agreement from 11 March, 1970: Earlier in the 1970s, an agreement would lead to hopes amongst the Kurds in Iraq. After decades of armed conflict between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdish population a ceasefire agreement with Baghdad signed on 11 March, 1970, granted autonomy rights, freedom and the right for self-determination to the country’s Kurds.
- On 11 March 1970, a treaty was signed between the Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq), Saddam Hussein, called the "March Manifesto" and the leader of the Kurdish rebellion, Mustafa al-Barzani, in Tikrit, to end the conflict. The treaty states that the Kurdish militias get merged with the Iraqi Army, cut the ties between Iran and the Kurds and put an end to the rebellion. In return, the Iraqi government promised the Kurds autonomy, with Kurdish persons included in the Iraqi government.
The government encouraged the "Arabization" of the oil-rich Kurdish regions. In 1974, there were lots of problems between the government and the Kurds about the oil of Iraq. The Kurdish ministers left the government, the Kurdish employees left their jobs and Kurdish police and soldiers left the army. The Iraqi government demanded the Kurds to implement the treaty, but they refused. On 11 March 1974, the manifesto became a law in the Iraqi constitution.
The Algiers Agreement from 6 March 1975: With the Agreement of Algier all the hopes of the Kurds of the early 1970s were crushed. The Shah of Persia ended the support of the Peshmerga and brokered an agreement with Baghdad instead, which allowed the Iraqi army to break Kurdish resistance.
1991 Uprisings: In March 1991, at the end and after the second Gulf war the Kurds started uprisings against the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein. However, the uprisings were quashed by Saddam´s regime.
12 March 2004 a soccer match between the al-Jihad team from al-Qamishli and al-Futuwah, the Arab team from Dayr az-Zawr. While the international media generally spoke of an altercation between the fans of two soccer teams that had spun out of control. the incidents that took place that day lead to a full Kurdish uprising.
14 March 1903, General Mustafa Barzani was born. General Mustafa Barzani was born in a patriotic Kurdish family in South-Kurdistan. His brother started the struggle for a free Kurdistan in 1930, during the Amed Barzani Rebellion. They continued their struggle in 1943, during the Second Barzani Revolt.
16 March is Halabja Memorial Day: One of the most heinous acts of Saddam regime’s was a campaign against the Kurdish population of Iraq, which at its peak led to the poisonous gas attack on the city of Halabja on 16 March, 1988.
21 March Celebrating the Kurdish New Year NEWROZ: It marks both the Kurdish New Year as well as the beginning of spring. After a long and cold winter, spring awakening allows people to draw new energy for the upcoming year. "Newroz" literally translates to "the new day".


