This is the online dictionary of Iraq developed by Free Light Software. By clicking on an Arabic word, you can find Iraq related sites from Arabic search engines. By clicking on a globe icon, you can display the locality on a map of Iraq. |
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Massoud Barzani![]() ![]() alternative words: Massoud al-Barzani keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Kurd , Iraqi Governing Council related web sites: http://www.kdp-ankara.org.tr/massoud_barzani.html , http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2480149.stm explanation: Born in 1946, as a son of Mustafa Barzani in the ephemeral republic of Kurdistan in Iran. After the collapse of the republic, he fled to Iraq with his grand father and received the Arabic education there. As a leader of KDP, he negotiated a Kurdish autonomy with the central Iraqi government in 1970 but entered an armed rebellion after the betrayal. He succeeded the general secretary of KDP on his father's death in 1979. After the fall of Saddam's regime, Barzani has been appointed member of IGC. | |