Word: kiu
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...While the KIU played a role in inflaming political debate ahead of the election by accusing their rivals of being American and Israeli stooges, the incident reflected the fact that the KDP and PUK rule Kurdistan in part by force and fear...
...often used by the ruling parties as an excuse to crack down on opponents and independent civil organizations, according to these groups. "Our members are regularly thrown in jail for seven or eight months at a time without cause," said Hadi Ali, the Minister of Justice, the token KIU minister in the KDP-dominated Erbil administration. "When they get out I tell them that they are lucky to be alive and to keep quiet...
...forbidden by Iraq's new constitution. Yet Ministries of Awqaf still exist in Kurdistan, and are still used to enforce political orthodoxy. "Instead of one big Saddam, we have a hundred small Saddams in Kurdistan," says mullah Ahmed Wahab, a member of the Iraqi parliament for the KIU and the head cleric of mosque in Erbil until he was fired by the Erbil Awqaf on the pretext that he held two jobs...
...National Guard. So far, as in the rest of Iraq, the performance of these new units has been mixed. "The current invisibility of American soldiers has made people happier. People feel more comfortable with Iraqi soldiers," says Dindar Doskar, head of the Mosul office of the Kurdish Islamic Union (KIU). "But there are not enough Iraqi soldiers and police, and the terrorists have better weapons." Because of that threat, politicians in Mosul say the nationwide elections scheduled for January are likely to be turbulent there. "Who is going to vote under these conditions?" asks the KIU's Doskar. The offices...