In Court, Saddam Criticizes Kurdish Treatment of Assyrians

[King Ashurbanipal]

Wednesday, November 8, 2006, at the trial proceedings of Saddam Hussein, one Kurdish witness, answering a question from his lawyer, testified that the villages destroyed during the Anfal operation of 1988 were not necessarily all Kurdish. Speaking in Kurdish, the witness admitted that one particular village (that he personally is familiar with and mentioned by name) was predominantly inhabited by "fala" (Christians) while others were inhabited by "fala and musilman" (Christians and Muslims). The official certified translator, who was under oath, and who happened to be a Kurd too, translated the statement of the witness as "one particular destroyed village was predominantly inhabited by Christians while others were inhabited by Christians and Kurds."

Additionally, the witness's personal attorney, who was also a Kurd, insisted on portraying all the Christians who were affected by the Anfal as Kurds.

Ironically, Saddam Hussein in his statement stressed that the Christian Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) are the descendents of those who built Iraq thousands of years earlier. He stated that they are the real history of Iraq. Saddam asked, why are the Kurds Kurdifying them forcefully? He then asked, why not give them the freedom and opportunity to express and be who they really are.

Saddam's statement in this regard is important to Assyrians. As a previous president of Iraq, his statement seems a gesture of reparation. Was Saddam apologizing for all the damage he had inflicted on the Assyrians?

The other important question is: Why did the certified and official translator translate the word "musilman" (meaning "Muslims" in Kurdish language) into Kurds but did not translate the word "fala" (meaning "Christians" in Kurdish language) into Assyrians?

Why is the supposedly independent court so careless and where was the judge as he was listening to this attempt by the translator and attorney to undermine and marginalize the Assyrians in the court? Is the court only about defending Kurdish rights and making Anfal a solely Kurdish tragedy when other Iraqis, including Assyrians, suffered by it as well?

The original Arabic article is here.

http://www.zahrira.net

Translated from Arabic by Fred Aprim.

[Diri]

Oh my GOD...

I NEVER thought I would see this... Assyrians using SADDAMS words AFTER ALL THAT HE DID TO ASSYRIANS!!!

[Vladimir]

You must be proud of Saddam now.

"Was Saddam apologizing for all the damage he had inflicted on the Assyrians?" Are you guys serious? He is just using this for his own benefit. And you Assyrians immediately accept it.

[Rumtaya]

Saddam is a B....ard!

He knows his end is coming near!

But still, he is saying finally the truth!

Don´t worry there are just few Assyrians who have any symphatie with this fool!

It is his fault, that Assyrians lost their villages in Assyria mostly in dohuk Province

[Diri]

Saddam is a B....ard!

He knows his end is coming near!

But still, he is saying finally the truth!

Don´t worry there are just few Assyrians who have any symphatie with this fool!

It is his fault, that Assyrians lost their villages in Assyria mostly in dohuk Province

Come ON Rumtaya - don't be a victim to Saddams bullshit...

If you want the TRUTH - I can tell you TARIK AZIZ was a GOOD Assyrian who did what his papa Saddam told him to do...

[Rumtaya]

Saddam is a B....ard!

He knows his end is coming near!

But still, he is saying finally the truth!

Don´t worry there are just few Assyrians who have any symphatie with this fool!

It is his fault, that Assyrians lost their villages in Assyria mostly in dohuk Province

Come ON Rumtaya - don't be a victim to Saddams bullshit...

If you want the TRUTH - I can tell you TARIK AZIZ was a GOOD Assyrian who did what his papa Saddam told him to do...

Hey Bira,

What I meant is that Assyrians are truly indigenious to "Iraq", you deny that I dont think so, so that´s why I said, Saddam seems at this time just saying the truth.

I am not taking site for Saddam, he was/is one of the most dangerous people on earth, he killed thousand and thousand of innocent people!

Tarik Aziz alias Mikhael Youhana is an traitor to his Assyrian Nation in my eyes he was that what Sarkis Aghajan is now in the KDP!

He worked for his own benefit, there are alot of selfish people within every Nation, the Kurds have had many Baathi´s too, some of them are now in the Kurdish Goverment!

Look Diri you can´t blame Tariq Aziz only, because Kurds had the same problem with kurdish Traitor!


You should look near to this part and not what this Idiot Saddam said.

Wednesday, November 8, 2006, at the trial proceedings of Saddam Hussein, one Kurdish witness, answering a question from his lawyer, testified that the villages destroyed during the Anfal operation of 1988 were not necessarily all Kurdish. Speaking in Kurdish, the witness admitted that one particular village (that he personally is familiar with and mentioned by name) was predominantly inhabited by "fala" (Christians) while others were inhabited by "fala and musilman" (Christians and Muslims). The official certified translator, who was under oath, and who happened to be a Kurd too, translated the statement of the witness as "one particular destroyed village was predominantly inhabited by Christians while others were inhabited by Christians and Kurds."

I just can imagine that the translator could be King Diayok since he shares the same ignorant statment to define the indigenious Assyrians as native Christians!

Why is that, that they can´t name Assyrians?

The Anfal wasnt an Kurdish Genozid, it was an Arabziaton Campaigne, in where many thousands Assyrians just like the Kurds lost their lives, had to flee and leave their villages and lands.

The Kurds took an advantage after creation of No-fly-Zone and the Kurdish Autonomy, they could go back build their villages and they have sized plenty of Assyrian villages, of which some have been givin back to the Assyrians who resettled after Saddams Fall back in Assyria!

this is an example of what I mean:

Barwari Bala is an Assyrian region situated on the Iraqi-Turkish borders. It includes many villages with its center at Kani Maseh, known by Assyrians as 'Ayna d' Nooneh. This region has been the center for many armed conflicts between Iraq, Turkey, Iraqi Kurds, and Turkish Kurds. It was for this reason that many of its Assyrian population were forced to abandon their villages. During the past Ba'ath regime, fights between the Iraqi government and Kurdish irregular armed forces turned these Assyrian villages and their churches into rubble.


After the 1991 uprising and the establishment of the No-Fly-Zone in north of Iraq, many families began to return to their villages while taking advantage of the assistance of certain international aid groups. However, during this period, many Kurds have taken advantage of the situation and have left their own villages and settled in these Assyrian villages. One example of this is the presence of more than 15 Kurdish families in Kani Maseh since 1993 despite the repeated Assyrian complaints to the local authorities that these families are illegally occupying Assyrian lands. In fact, the Kurdish authorities did not stop there, they have tried repeatedly to build residential compounds inside the village. The Assyrians of Kani Maseh protested and refused to allow such illegal construction on Assyrian lands. The local municipal office found other ways to infiltrate the village. The local authorities of the municipal office built 15 homes under the pretext that these homes were for local municipal office employees. However, after the completion of construction, the homes were distributed to common Kurds who have nothing to do with the municipal office of the village.


This is not any propaganda and lie, I have talked to an Kurd via MSN who is originaly from Zakho but living in Germany, still he is very often in Iraqi Kurdistan and Assyria.

I asked him, That there are many assyrian villages occupdied by Kurds, he said yes there are, he even told me that KRG is planning helping to creat an Assyrian Autonomy, but this isnt only in the hand of Kurds, since the main assyrian population is in Nineveh Plains, which is still part of Iraq!

and let me show you something else:

Seemingly, the ADM has been working toward the goal of the administrative unit since the resolution in 2003. In reality, they have not offered a public platform on the issue. They tried and succeeded in getting approval from the Iraqi Minister of the Interior to create a police force in the Nineveh Plains made up of Assyrians and Shabaks, replacing KDP police forces from outside of the area. The Kurds managed to block the effort.


Why did the Kurds blocked such effort? Do they want to size the last important part of Assyria? Where Assyrians form an majority according to the map I posted in the other topic?

We know that Nineveh Plains has a very plent land and it has some oil!


What is your thought toward that kak Diri?

[Diri]

My "thought toward" that, is;


Don't write such long posts - I don't have time to comment all that right now!


But I will give you a reply as soon as I have time to!

[King Ashurbanipal]

Well, Tariq Aziz did as much good for his ChaldoAssyrian people as has Mr. Ezat Abraham Al Dori the Kurd, done to his Kurdish people?