Explosion Near Hamdania General Hospital
Ninevah Plain
A Car bomb exploded on 29.06.2009 in front of Hamdania General Hospital killing 8 people from police recruits and innocent citizens that were waiting at the front gate. One police lieutenant was killed and also a Shabak police recruit was seriously injured. We strongly condem these cowardly acts of terror.
US Committee Approves $20 Million for Minorities
USA
Assyrian International News Agency
Washington -- The United States Congress' Sub-Committee on State and Foreign Operations is targeting "not less than $20 million" for vulnerable Iraqi minorities in the Financial Year 2010 State and Foreign Operations Appropriation. On Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009, the Full Appropriations Committee confirmed the decision and the Bill is now moving into the final stages of the legislative process.
Michael Youash, Project Director of the Iraq Sustainable Democracy Project, stated, "ISDP and its partners have been working for months to have targeted assistance focus on ethno-religious minorities, and we are so pleased that the U.S. Congress is well on its way to reaffirming its commitment to protecting ethno-religious minorities such as the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Christians."
The proposal to the Appropriations Sub-Committee was championed by Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL), knowing the full extent of the crisis Iraqi minorities face and the centrality of the Nineveh Plain to the solution. It is clear that Congressman Kirk fought against enormous obstacles in this tight fiscal climate to have some targeted funding included in the Bill. ISDP's research and advocacy work in Washington, DC, developed with its partners in Iraq, the Assyrian Aid Society and the Nineveh Center for Research and Development, ensured that robust research informed the Sub-Committee and produced this outcome.
Dr. Al-Qaddo: "Calls to reject the Constitution in the region of Kurdistan "
Baghdad
Dr. Al-Qaddo pointed out that the new Kurdistan constitution refers the province of Kirkuk and the districts of Sinjar and Shaykhan Hamdania and Ba'shiqah and Zammar and other units of the province of Nineveh as located within the geographical boundaries of the Kurdistan region.
Dr. Al-Qaddo said in a statement issued by his office reporter that the proposed constitution in the Kurdistan region is a challenge to the feelings of the Iraqi components, minorities and the confiscation of their national interests and harms the security and stability of Iraq , let alone the citizens .
Dr. Al-Qaddo: "The Kurdish Peshmerga Must Withdraw From NInevEh Province"
Baghdad
Iraqi politician called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to withdraw the Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) outside the administrative borders of the province of Nineveh, in order to prepare for any possible settlement of the conflict on the current political positions in the Nineveh local administration.
Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo told (AKI) Italian news Thursday that "any mediation, whether by the central government in Baghdad or by the different political parties will not succeed in sorting out differences in the local administration between the kurdish party "AL-Mutakhia" and Al-Hadba Party unless the Government of Kurdistan is to withdrawal all of the Peshmerga forces from Nineveh, "he said.
Al-Qaddo
"This Kurdish military deployment outside the Kurdish territory from its administrative boundaries of the (Kurdistan) is illegal because it violates Article 143 of the Constitution of Iraq, which brings political problems not only in the province of Nineveh, but in the provinces of Kirkuk and Diyalas. " "It is the constitutional duty that the central government security and military forces impose control over all of these three provinces, and not allow any illegal military presence" there.
The Iraqi parliamentary member of the Shi'ite bloc noted that "the differences are differences in Nineveh visions and agendas do not relate mainly in the distribution of positions in the local administration there." He added: "We reject the Kurdish agendas leadership in expanding the geographic reach of the Kurdish territory through the annexation of some adjacent areas, and emphasize that the commitment to the Constitution should be the starting point for dealing with any political problems," according to the source.
Dr. Al-Qaddo Meets With Members of The U.S Embassy
Baghdad
At the request of the U.S. Embassy , Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo Met on June 16 , 2009 each of Mr. Mike Castiglione ( political officer ) , second secretary at the U .S . Embassy , and Mr. Joseph B Cassidyi ( political section) responsible for political issues considering the North of Iraq.
In the meeting they discussed many important issues considering the situation of minorities in the Nineveh Plain and the suffering of the Shabak, Christians and Yeazidis. The inhuman practices against the children of these minorities which are exerted against them by the Kurdish parties in attempts to eliminate and erase their identities.
SHABAK FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CUP
Nineveh Plain
The youth and sport commission from the Shabak Democratic Assembly organised The Shabak Football Championship Cup which started on 21/04/2009.
In the Championship 28 teams participated from all different villages, areas and districts in the Nineveh plain.
LETTER From Dr. AL-Qaddo To The Kurdish Alliance
Baghdad
Below is the letter sent by Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo to the Kurdistan Alliance on the recent abuses against the Shabak people.
Dr. Al-Qaddo Meets With The Assyrian Conference President
Baghdad
Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo met with Mr. Ishaya Icho Assyrian General Conference President and discussed the situation of minorities in Iraq in Nineveh Plain and the need to unite the efforts of Iraq's small components to maintain their privacy. They also agreed on the need to claim the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces in the plain of Nineveh, and activating the role of the Iraqi army and Iraqi police to maintain security and stability in this sensitive area and then to agree on the need for communication between the components of Iraq's minorities.
SHABAK PEOPLE THEIR FACTS, TRADITON AND ORIGIN
Baghdad
On a special TV interview called "Thinking & Politics", Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo Iraqi MP and head of the Shabak Democratic Assembly talked about the origin, tradition and main unknown facts about the Shabak ethnic minority group.
Dr. Al-Qaddo in the interview concentrated on stating that the Shabak people are an ethnic minority who have lived for hundreds of years in the Ninewah plain. They are not in any way Kurds or Arabs and have their special tradition , language and dress. He also stated that the past 30 years the Shabak people have gone through a forced Arabisation phase through Saddams regime and now at present a forced Kurdifying phase where the Kurdish parties are enflicting the Kurdish identity on the Shabak people for political reasons.
A complete interview can be read on the following site www.shabakvoices.net .
The SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING THE SHABAK DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY
Ninevah Plain
The Shabak ethnic minority group celebrated its sixth anniversary of founding the Shabak Democratic Assembly on May 2003. The Shabak Democratic Assembly was founded to represent the Shabak ethnic minority group in the Iraqi Parliament and in the provincial councils, defending and preserving their ethnic rights.
The Shabak Democratic Assembly has fought peacefully to preserve the Shabak identity and also bring main services to the Ninevah plain for all the people in the area.
On 20th May 2009 the Shabak Democratic Assembly in Bartellah celebrated this great occasion while it also opened its new office to all the public in the area. Siting all the achievements that the Shabak Assembly has made in the last 6 years and what is still to come.
Minorities Group Joint Statement
Baghdad
Provincial Elections in Kurdish-administered region: reliability and concerns
It is not known why the provincial elections in the Kurdish-administered region were not organized with the Iraqi provincial elections on 31 January 2009, which would certainly have decreased the expenses - saving both time and effort. Furthermore, the chief of the Kurdish administration, Masoud Barzani rejected calls that the Iraqi High Election Commission (IHEC) should organize the vote, or even to supervise it. All these uncooperative approaches are part of the well-known policy of the Barzani administration to impose its will on the Iraqi state, and negatively influence the reconciliation and state building processes. By forbidding independent monitoring, the Kurdish authorities violate the basics of democracy. In addition to these unwelcome policies, Barzani has requested that the Iraqi government should finance the provincial elections in the Kurdish-administered region. >>>>>>>>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Iraqi MP Demands The RElease Of Prisoners
Mosul
Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo leader of the Shabak Democratic Assembly demanded that the Ninevah Operation head quarters release 370 prisoners, which have been proven innocent by the Iraqi juricidial system but are still being held as prisoners in Mosul.
Dr. Al-Qaddo Stated that " that these prisoners who are still being detained is an infrigement to their human rights."
Shabak Delegation Attend Funeral
Ninevah Plain
On 23rd of April 2009 a delegation from the Shabak Democratic Assembly attended the mourning funeral of Mullah Fathel Hashim from Baiboch village. The Shabak delegation gave their condolences to the family on behalf of Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo.
Dr. AL-Qaddo Interviews on Sattelite TV
Baghdad
In April 2009 Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo leader of the Shabak Democratic Assembly has appeared on many sattelite channels discussing many topics. From the situation in Ninevah province concerning the provincial elections and the power struggle between the Kurdish parties and Hadba Party. Also the general security situation in Iraq.
Iraqi Minorities Issue Joint Statement ON Kurdish Expansion Plans
Statement
Recent media reports about the political situation in northern Iraq expose an escalating conflict between the KRG and the Iraqi government. Several Kurdish leaders have expressed themselves in the media, going as far as saying there will be a war between Arabs and Kurds if the government continues to assert its authority in areas bordering the Kurdish dominated region.
In their comments Kurdish leaders fail to reflect the true nature of the areas bordering the KRG. In many of these so called disputed areas there are very few Kurds to be found. In the Nineveh plain for example the percentage of Kurds is at best 5 percent. Still, Kurdish leaders insist these areas be annexed to the KRG. In fact, the stretch of land bordering the KRG is mostly dominated by Turkmens and minorities such as Yezidies, Assyrians, Shabaks and Kakais. Instead of acknowledging this fact Kurdish political groups have launched a fierce campaign to describe minorities like Yezidies and Shabaks as Kurds, while carrying out different programs in an attempt to Kurdify these minority populations. While oppressed in the past, Iraq's Kurdish political parties have grown to become themselves the new oppressors in Iraq - seen from the perspective of minorities.
The Kurdish Peshmerga forces were successful in the help against Saddam Hussein as part of the Iraqi liberation movement, but today we note with sadness the transformation of the Peshmerga into a militia which is used to enforce Kurdish expansion plans in non-Kurdish settlements against the will of the inhabitants of these areas. The Peshmerga is today used to instil fear in minority communities in order to ensure compliance with KRG expansion scheme. Any referendum on the future of so called disputed areas carried out under Peshmerga presence will not be free and fair.
From being a centre of stability the KRG has turned itself into the major source of instability in Iraq today. While most of Iraq is becoming increasingly secure for all Iraqis, including vulnerable non Muslim communities such as Assyrians and Yezidies, the expansion plans of the KRG threatens to destabilize Iraq, its neighbouring countries and severely affect the vulnerable minorities who live in the areas claimed by Kurdish groups.
The undersigned organizations call on the KRG to refrain from all acts of violence and withdraw its forces from all areas outside the KRG. We also call on Kurdish leaders to respect the rights of minorities, to stop interfering in their internal issues and to stop describing Yezidies and Shabaks as Kurds.
We hope the UN and the EU will hear the calls of Iraqi minorities for justice and respect of their rights in Iraq.
April 16th, 2009
Assyria Council of Europe
Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation
Yezidi Human Rights Organization
Shabak Democratic Assembly
Congratulations !!!
Mosul
The Shabak Democratic Party congratulate Mr. Atheel Al-Najafy after being elected as the new Ninevah Governer. We wish Mr. Al-NAjafy all the best and that Mosul City once again will be secure and that the people of Ninevah can live a normal peacefull life, like every other Iraqi.
Shabak Workshop ON Peaceful COEXISTENCE
Ninevah Plain
On the 10th April 2009 the "Bait AL-Nahrain" group setup a workshop with the main title "Peaceful Coexistence" in the Shabak village Khazna Tapa. The workshop was held in the villages mayors house where many different Shabak people attended the workshop.
The people who attended the workshop discussed how that the Shabak people have lived for hundreds of yeras paecefully with other minorities in the ninevah plain, especially with the christians. They also discussed how the Shabak people should respect other minorities religion and customs.
Shabak Democratic Party Delegation Visit Shabak Villages
Ninevah Plain
On April 4th 2009 a delegation from the Shabak Democratic Party led by Mr. Qusay Abbas visited Khazna Tapa village to oversee the implementation of paving the main crossroad in the village. Mr. Qusay Abbas met with the project managers and discussed with them their requirements for the paving operation plan.
The delegation later visited the home of Mr. Mohammed Ali in the village of Manara to check on the health of Mr. Kazim, who was involved in a car accident.
The delegation later went to visit a few other shabak villages where they gave their condolences to the families who had lost their loved ones.
Shabak Democratic Party Distribute Food Supplies
Ninevah Plain
The Shabak Democratic Party and with alot of effort from Dr.AL-Qaddo, 5000 food supplies was distributed to Shabak families and other poor families from other ethnic minorities in the Ninevah Plain area.
Dr. AL-Qaddo VISITS Hamdaniya General Hospital
Ninevah Plain
On Thursday 2/4/2009 Dr. Al-Qaddo head of the Shabak Democratic Party paid a visit to Hamdaniya General Hospital Situated in the Ninevah plain. With the sincere thanks to Dr. Laith AbdelAziz Hababa general manager of Hamdaniya Hospital, Dr. Al-Qaddo was shown the general management of the hospital and many of its new built units especially the newly built department for infants, its modern medical equipment and how it provides the best possible care for patients in the Ninevah Plain. Dr. Al-Qaddo also gave good well gifts to the patients he met.
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Dr. AL-Qaddo Meets Mr. Al-Najafi in Mosul
Mosul City
Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo made a special visit to Mr. Al-Najfi to congratulate him after their party had won the most seats in the provincial elections in Ninevah province. Their meeting concentrated on finding solutions to bring peace and prosperity to Mosul City in a united Iraq.
The Shabak Democratic Party Mourns
Ninevah Plain
The Shabak Democratic Party mourn the loss of the shabak martyr Mr. Ali Shakir Khaleel , general manager of migration and displacement office in ninevah plain. The martyr was assasinated on 30/03/2009 in Mosul city by terrorists. Our condolences goes to his family.
Dr. AL-Qaddo VISITS his beloved people
Ninevah Plain
From the 27th March until the 3rd April, Dr. Hunain AL-Qaddo paid a visit to his beloved Shabak people in his homeland the Ninevah Plain to oversee their situation.
Dr. Al-Qaddo visited the newly finished Shabak Democratic Party building and met many Shabak people who were waiting for him. He also brought with him 5000 rations of food supplies which will be distributed to the shabak people.
He visited many Shabak villages meeting the Shabak people and trying to help them in their needs.
Dr. AL-Qaddo VISITS IRAQI MINISTER OF MIGRATION & DISPLACEMENT
Baghdad
Dr. Al-Qaddo made a special visit to the Minister of Displacement and Migration where they discussed the situation of the displaced people in the Nineveh plain. Dr. Al-Qaddo thanked the Minister for his tireless efforts to alleviate the suffering of the displaced in and outside Iraq.
Dr. AL-Qaddo Visits Iraqi Head Quarters Intelligence AGency
Baghdad
A delegation of members of the Iraqi parliament visited the Iraqi Council Iraqi intelligence headquarters, to get a better view of the functioning and administration of this agency. Where critical unsecure areas like the provinces of Nineveh and Diyala the need to adopt a strategy to combat terrorism and the shift from defensive to an offensive role to attack and prevent terrorist operations.
Dr. AL-Qaddo Meets U.N Representatives in Mosul
Mosul
The United Nations representatives in Mosul invited Dr. Hunain AL-Qaddo for a meeting to discuss the security situation in Ninevah plain and on the evaluation ,estimation of the Januray provincial election in Ninevah province. The discussion lasted about 90 mins.
Dr.AL-Qaddo Meets Mr. Amer MoUssa
Meeting
Based on the invitation from the League of Arab States, Dr. Al-Qaddo representative of the Shabak people in the Iraqi parliament and the Secretary General of the Democratic Shabak Assembly met with Mr. Amer Moussa. During the meeting Dr. Al-Qaddo pointed out the suffering that the Shabak people are facing in Iraq due to killings, displacement and that the Kurdish parties are trying to Kudify the SHabak people. Dr. AL-Qaddo also dicussed the political and security problems in Iraq that threaten the unity of Iraq and particularly the problems of Kirkuk, the disputed areas and also constitutional amendments which are necessary to achieve a state of balance of powers between the central state, regions and the provinces. Dr. Al-Qaddo also called upon the League of Arab States to play a bigger role in helping the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people to get out of this crisis.
Application For Inserting the Shabak in Iraqi Constitution
Minority Group
After the Shabak Democratic Assembly great victory in the provincial elections, Dr. Hunain AL-Qaddo Iraqi MP and head of the Shabak Democratic Assembly submitted an application to insert the Shabak people as a distinct ethnic minority in the Iraqi constitution.
An evaluation of the preliminary results of the Iraqi provincial elections
Conclusion
The Iraqi Turkmen Foundation for Human Rights wrote an interesting article about the results in the Iraqi Provincial Elections and the negative role which the Kurdish parties played in these elections. Here is only the shortened conclusion about what they wrote concerning the Shabak :-
Shabak reports
The irregularities started during the election campaigns when the posters of the non-Kurdish lists were removed. The candidates from the non-Kurdish lists were not allowed by Kurdish authorities to enter the region to campaign for their lists. Under the pressure of the Kurdish parties, the Independent High Electoral Commission obeyed several Kurdish pressures, for example, 24,000 voters in Nineveh region were added to the voter lists before a few days before the election when the legal time had ended.
“We frequently announced that the presence of the Kurdish Peshmerga in the Nineveh plain will influence negatively the election processes because these militants are going to use threatening and all types of intimidations against the population” said al-Qaddo, member of the Shabak representative in the Iraqi parliament. He continued by saying that the distribution of the security forces in the election centers were as follows: Polices forces and a few soldiers were stationed outside the election centers and large numbers of Peshmerga and pro-Kurdish elements inside the centers. The Peshmerga and pro-Kurdish elements were frightening and threatening those who would not vote for Kurdish lists. As an example, in the Khursanbad center of the Baashiqa there were three policemen, six soldiers, and twenty four Kurdish Peshmergas.
In many instances, the observers of the political parties were not allowed to participate in counting processes, the ballot boxes of the Darawish region, for example, were taken to Baashiqa but the observers were not informed about the whereabouts of the boxes before they went to Mosul.
The Kurdish authorities worked to annul the ballot boxes in which the majority of ballots were not for Kurdish list, for example, the boxes of Khazna Tepe center, where the Shabak list win 2,400 of 3,000 votes.
Some fifty ballot boxes were brought by the deputy director of the al-Shamal center, Nawwaf Ilyas, on the days after the election claiming that these boxes were forgotten.
Despite the fact that the original Shabak candidate won 13,000 votes, and while the pro-Kurdish Shabak candidate won only 2,500, Kurdish authorities worked intensively to reverse the outcome and show that their candidate had won the majority.
The Shabaks were continuously threatened by Kurdish militants who stated that they would not allow them to enter the Shaykhan and Baashiqa regions if the pro-Kurdish Shabak list did not win.
Due to the previous actions of the Kurdish militias and continuous intimidation on opponents, the observers of the non-Kurdish lists are now living in a difficult psychological condition.
The SHABAK MARK the 40th of IMAM HuSEIN (Peace be Upon HIM)
Ali Rash Village
Voices Of Iraq:-Tens of thousands of Shabak, on Sunday night 15.02.2009, gathered at around Mazar-e-Imam Zain Al-Abidine Ben Abi Taleb in the village Ai Rash, marking the anniversary of his martyrdom, and they pilgrimexd from distant villages to mark this holy event.
The Shabak villages and their families provided food for the visitors (processions), who have pilgrimed on foot to the holy shrine on foot. They also set tents for the visitors for resting and distributed fresh water.
The Shabak villages are situated in three districts of the Nineveh province, Hamdania, Mosul and Tall Afar and on Monday 16.02.2009 they will all gather at the junction of Bartalah hand in hand for a mass march a distance of 9 km to Ali Rash village.
The Hamdania police forces stated that "we have a large police protection force to secure the village and its visitors."
The Shabaks speak their own language and have their traditional clothes and customs, which they have inherited from their parents and grandparents and are found only in the province of Nineveh.
The SHABAK PEOPLES VOICES ARE HEARD
Mosul
After a very hard campaign were the Kurdish parties have always stated that the Shabak are Kurds in trying to Kurdify the region and annexing it into the Kurdistan region. While using all tricks and methods to buy some Shabak people, at the end they have failed.
The first results from the provincial election show that the Shabak Democratic Assembly had almost 70% of the votes while the pro Kurdish party Mullah Salim a mere 23%.
We congratulate the Shabak people on this great day , we also congratulate Dr. AL-Qaddo and all members of the Shabak Democratic Assembly on this unforgetable day.
We say once again that we love the Kurdish people and are willing to work and live in peace with all factions and minorities, but the Shabak will stay as Shabak forever.
Long Live Iraq....Long Live The Shabak People...Long Live Dr. Al-Qaddo
First Ever Shabak Marathon HELD
Sport
The first ever Shabak Marathon was held on the 28th January 2009. The long run was organised by the Shabak Democratic Assembly and sposored personally from Dr. Al-Qaddo, also the ShabakNews crew helped in managing this first ever Shabak run.
Over 100 Shabak long distance runners took part from different Shabak villages. The long run was around 9,5 KM long and started from Bartellah crossroads to Ali Rash village.
The ShabkNews crew also took part in the run and were able to complete this hard and gruesome run.
The winners were:-
- Hussain ALi ( Kokjaly Village about 36 mins)
- Ghasi Assi ( Bazwaya Village 37 mins)
- Ahmed Jumaa (Darawesh Village 38 mins)
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Largest Ever Shabak Democratic Assembly Conference
Ninevah Plain
On the 27th January 2009 the Shabak Democratic Assembly lead by Dr. AL-Qaddo Iraqi MP held the largest ever conference with almost 1500 members taking part before the provincial elections regarding the permanent Shabak seat in the upcoming elections.
The main aim of the conference was to unite all the Shabak people together and to let the world hear that the Shabak will not let any party or power steal their rights , identity or their lands.
Dr. AL-Qaddo and Mr. Qusay Abbass speech in the conference centered about the Shabak as an ethnic group uniting the Shabak Shia und Shabak Suniis to work together for the future of the Ninevah plain and the Shabak area particularly stating that they will not allow the Ninevah plain be annexed into the Kurdistan region but rather stay under the rule of the central government in Baghdad.
Television and Sattelite stations from AL-Mousilia and AL-Iraqia broadcasted this huge conference .
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The Shabak Democratic Assembly on Campaign Tour
Ninevah Plain
Two weeks before the provincial elections in Iraq the Shabak Democratic Party led by Dr. AL-Qaddo and all the members of the Shabak Assembly constructed a campaign tour visiting all the Shabak villages in the Ninevah plain. The Shabak Democratic Assembly worked day and night in meeting as much Shabak people as possible, handing out posters and also making speeches infront of hundreds of Shabak sheiks, intellectuals , youth and particuraly the Shabaki women.
The ShabakNews administration crew were allowed to accompany the Shabak Democratic Assembly on their campaign tour,which started early every morning at 08:00 and usually ended at night until 22:00.
We visited almost all the Shabak villages in the Ninevah plain and were always warmly greeted by the local people who ran towards our convoy. The people would come out of their humble houses eagerly greeting Dr. AL-Qaddo and the other members.
Dr. AL-Qaddo and Mr. Qusay Abbass the Shabak representative for the provicial elections would shakehands warmly with all the people urging that these lands are Shabak lands of our forefathers and they will stay forever to the Shabak people.
Children would run behind and infront of our convoy chanting for the Shabak rights.
In one coinsidence I was personally threatened by a Kurdish Peshmerga party leader in Shaqoully Village, he came to me with his bodyguards and wanted to confiscate my camera for taking photos of posters which have been overwritten with the number 511. He also called the main Kurdish Party Headquarters in Ninevah plain were his party leader urged him to arrest me and all of Dr. AL-Qaddos convoy. He replied to his leader by saying "They are too many , how can I arrest all of them... We will send you back up " was the reply of his boss.
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Election Violations Committed By Pro Kurdish Party
Ninevah Plain
The ShabakNews administration crew visited Iraq and its beloved Shabak people in the Ninevah Plain. It was a great honour to meet Dr. Al-Qaddo and we were allowed to accompany Dr. AL-Qaddo and members of the Shabak Democratic Assembly on their campaign tour before the provincial elections on the 31st January 2009 .
As we toured the Shabak villages in the Ninevah Plain we noticed that most of the Posters and Elections banners from the Shabak Democratic Assembly under the number of 509 have been ripped or the number 509 was overwritten with the number 511.
The election number 511 is for the pro Kurdish party which is lead by the traitor Mallah Salim and his gang who are trying to Kurdify the Shabak area and annex it into the Kurdistan region with financial aid and support from the main Kurdish parties.
They have even distributed fake checks a sum of 10 Million Iraqi Dinars for each Shabak family who votes for them.
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Shabak Democratic Party Arrange Shabak Conference
Bartellah
On the 8th of January 2009 the Shabak Democratic Party organised a large Shabak peoples conference to formerly announce the Shabak candidate Mr. Qusay Abbass for the upcoming provincial elections.
Hundreds of Shabaks attended the conference giving full support to the Shabak Democratic Party and its candidate Mr. QUsay Abbass.
The Shabak people and the Shabak Democratic Party critisised some Shabak traitors who are trying to Kurdify the Shabak region and who have also asserted their names as Shabak candidates for the upcoming provincial elections although they have clearly stated in the media that they are Kurds.
Failed Assasination Attempt on Dr. AL-Qaddo
Ali Rash
On 07.01.2009 while DR. AL-Qaddo and other members of the Shabak Democratic Party were greeting and participating in the mourning ceremonies of Ashura at Zaen AL-Abedeen Mosque in Ali Rash Shabak village, a sudden burst of gun fire and ammounition was fired at Dr. AL-Qaddos driver and at Dr. AL-Qaddos car. At that moment of time Dr. AL-Qaddo was close to his car outside the Zaen AL-Abedeen Mosque, he was quickly surrounded by his bodyguards and rushed into the mosque.Eye witnesses viewed that Kurdish militia opened fire on AL-Qaddos car and his driver. No one was injured.
We condemn this cowardly act !!!!
Long live Iraq..Long Live the Shabak..Long Live Dr. AL-Qaddo.
The Shabak people Mourn Ashura
Ali Rash Village
The Shabak Democratic Party arranged and managed the yearly Ashura mourn ceremonies. Thousands of Shabak people flocked to Ali Rash village to participate in the ritual ceremonies at Zaeen Al-Abedeen Mosque.
Dr. Al-Qaddo and the Shabak election delegation participated in the Ashura ceremonies , where they were warmly greeted by thousands of people.
Dr. Al-Qaddo attends a Press Conference in Mosul
Mosul
On 06.01.2009 Dr. Al-Qaddo met with Mr. Atheel Al-Najafy and other political leaders in Mosul City on which they all agreed on the unity of Mosul city, Nineveh province and denounced the actions of Kurdish militias in Mosul who are Kurdifying the region.
Dr. Al-Qaddo and the Shabak election campaign delegation then visited three Shabak villages and attended two funeral services, meeting hundreds of Shabak people.
Dr. Al-Qaddo Election Campaign Trip
Bartellah
On 03.01.2009 Dr. Al-Qaddo and members of the Shabak Democratic Party from Baghdad started their election campaign trip to the Nineveh plain to support Mr. Qusay Abbass (509), the Shabak candidate for the provincial elections in Nineveh province.
On 04.01.2009 Dr. Al-Qaddo and Shabak Democratic Party members were visited by many Shabak noblemen at his residential place. Afterwards he visited Khazna village where he was warmly greeted by fellow Shabak people in the streets. People would gather around Dr. Al-Qaddo wishing him all the best and to keep fighting peacefully for the Shabak cause. The Shabak party delegation with Dr. AL-Qaddo also attended a funeral service in Khazna Gugjaleey and Bazwaia Village. He then visited Lak and Jelukhan village. The Shabak delegation also met Shabak village headsmen.
On 05.01.2009 Dr. Al-Qaddo was visited by many Shabak people at his residential place which he then later visited Qaraqush Village and onto Bazkatan and also then after to Shaqully village. After returning to his residence he was warmly greeted by Shabak youth who vowed their full loyalty and support o the Shabak cause and the Shabak Democratic Party.