Infobox settlement official name Kirkuk native name image skyline imagesize 250px image caption View of Kirkuk pushpin map Iraq pushpin label position the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Kirkuk s location in Iraq pushpin mapsize subdivision type Country subdivision name Iraq subdivision type1 Governorate subdivision name1 Kirkuk Governorate Kirkuk ... 19 longs 0 longEW E coordinates display inline,title coordinates type type city region IQ Kirkuk ... Kerk k is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate . It is located at 35.47 N, 44.41 E, in the Iraqi Governorates of Iraq governorate of Kirkuk Governorate Kirkuk , 236 kilometres 146 miles north of the capital, Baghdad . Kirkuk city lies 83 km south of Arbil , 149 km southeast ... the Khasa River on the ruins of a 5,000 year old settlement Kirkuk Citadel . Arrapha reached great ... geographical location of the city, Kirkuk was the battle ground for three empires the Neo ... of the Kirkuk Region accessdate 2006 06 05 ref Historically, the city has always been considered by Kurds ... , Aug. 2004, Vol.16, 54. http books.google.com books?id S36CEfg hp4C&pg PA54&dq Kirkuk Kurdish ... onepage&q Kirkuk 20Kurdish 20capital&f false ref and Turkmens ref name kerkukgazetesi.com cite web url ... U.N. wants Iraq Kurds to drop Kirkuk vote diplomat first Tim last Cocks date July 21, 2009 ref Verify ... The ancient name of Kirkuk was the Assyrian Arraphka . During the Parthian Empire Parthian era, a Korkura is mentioned by Ptolemy , which is believed to refer either to Kirkuk or to the site of Baba ... The Epic of the Jewish People in Biblical Times By Joan Comay . p. 384. ref The region around Kirkuk ... of Ethnic Cleansing Onslaught to change national demographic characteristics of the Kirkuk Region ... minute news.php?nuce 144940 Kirkuk and its dependencies Historically part of Kurdistan II by Mufid ... variations of Aryan Garmakan . A cuneiform script found in 1927 at the foot of Kirkuk Citadel ... more details
The Qishla of Kirkuk is a historical building in Kirkuk , Iraq . According to the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Calendars lang ar , , the Qishla was built in 1863 to be the headquarters of the Ottoman Turks Ottoman army in Kirkuk . The building is located in the city centre, occupying about convert 6 acre m2 . The word Qishla is a Turkish language Turkish word means the place where the army stay at the winter. According to The Union of the Turkmen Artists, The Institution of Cultural heritage in Kirkuk is planning to repair the south part of the Qishla to make it a cultural centre and a museum . References http www.kirkukcentre.org coord missing Iraq Category Buildings and structures in Kirkuk Category 1863 architecture ar ... more details
Football club infobox clubname Kirkuk image Image Kirkuk FC Logo.jpg fullname Kirkuk football club nickname founded 1977 as Wahid Huzairan ground Kirkuk Olympic Stadium capacity 30,000 chairman manager flagicon IRQ Khaled Mohammed Sabar league Iraqi Premier League season 2008 09 position Group A, 11th pattern la1 pattern b1 thinblacksides pattern ra1 leftarm1 FFcc00 body1 FFcc00 rightarm1 FFcc00 shorts1 111111 socks1 FFcc00 pattern la2 whiteshoulders pattern b2 thinsidesonwhite pattern ra2 whiteshoulders leftarm2 2662BC body2 FFFFFF rightarm2 2662BC shorts2 FFFFFF socks2 2662BC Kirkuk Football Club lang ar , lang ku is an Iraq i football club based in Kirkuk . It was founded in 1977 as Wahid Huzairan . Notable players flagicon Iraq Younis Mahmoud 1999 01 External links http www.goalzz.com main.aspx?team 1771 Club s page on Goalzz.com Iraq Super League DEFAULTSORT Kirkuk Fc Category Iraqi football clubs ar it Kirkuk FC ... more details
Kirkuk University lang ar is one of the Iraqi Universities established in 2003 in Kirkuk , Iraq . coord missing Iraq Category Universities in Iraq Category Educational institutions established in 2003 iraq struct stub MEast university stub Baghdad stub ar fa ... more details
Kirkuk Field is an oilfield at Baba Gurgur St. Blaze in Kurdish near Kirkuk , Iraq. It was discovered in 1927. The Kirkuk oil field was brought into use by the Iraq Petroleum Company IPC in 1934 and has ever since remained the basis of northern Iraqi oil production with over ten 1000000000 number billion Barrel unit barrel s 1.6 km of proven remaining oil reserves as of 1998. After about seven decades of operation, Kirkuk still produces up to one million barrels a day, almost half of all Iraqi oil exports. Fact date June 2007 Oil from the Kirkuk oilfield is exported through the Kirkuk Ceyhan Oil Pipeline , which runs to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea . Some analysts believe that poor Oil reservoir reservoir management practices during the Saddam Hussein years may have seriously, and even permanently, damaged Kirkuk s oil field. One example showed an estimated 1.5 billion barrels of excess fuel oil being reinjected. Other problems include refinery residue and gas stripped Petroleum oil . Fuel oil reinjection has increased oil viscosity at Kirkuk making it more difficult and expensive to get the oil out of the ground. ref cite web date 2005 07 09 url http www.globalsecurity.org military world iraq kirkuk.htm title Kirkuk publisher GlobalSecurity.org accessdate 2006 06 05 ref References Reflist coord missing Iraq Category Kirkuk Category Kirkuk Governorate Category Oil fields of Iraq oilfield stub iraq stub fr Kirkouk gisement it Kirkuk giacimento ru ... more details
Infobox settlement name Kirkuk District other name native name settlement type Districts of Iraq District image skyline imagesize image caption pushpin map pushpin label position right pushpin map caption coordinates display inline,title coordinates region subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Iraq subdivision type1 Governorates of Iraq Governorate subdivision name1 Kirkuk Governorate seat leader title leader name established title established date area total km2 population as of population footnotes population total population density km2 timezone AST utc offset 3 latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft website footnotes Kirkuk District is a district of the Kirkuk Governorate , Iraq . Districts of Iraq Category Districts of Kirkuk Governorate Iraq geo stub coord missing Iraq ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Kirkuk Governorate, image map Kirkuk map.svg mapsize 200px settlement type Governorate coordinates display inline,title coordinates region IQ subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Iraq subdivision type1 Capital subdivision name1 Kirkuk latd 35 latm 22 latNS N longd 44 longm 8 longEW E population as of 2003 population total 848000 area total km2 9679 density km2 blank name Main language s blank info Arabic language Arabic br Kurdish language Kurdish br South Azeri language br Neo Aramaic languages Neo Aramaic Kirkuk Governorate lang ar Kirk k , lang ku Kerk k is one of the Governorates of Iraq located in the north of the country. From 1976 to mid 2006, it had been called At Ta mim which means Nationalization and refers to the national ownership of the very rich petroleum oil and natural gas reserves. Prior to 1976 it was called Kirkuk Governorate and was a larger area which also included parts which were then added to the neighbouring ... was restored, and the governorate is now known as the Kirkuk Governorate , but without any alteration ... the estimated population was 848,000 people. The provincial capital is the city of Kirkuk . It is divided ... 151,267 Kirkuk or Um al Ma arek 622,249 Provincial Government Governor Najmiddin Karim http en.aswataliraq.info ...?page article page&c slideshow&id 141690 Kurdistan Referendum See Kirkuk status referendum External ... of Iraq Category Kirkuk Governorate Category Governorates of Iraq Category Fertile Crescent ar arc az K rk k el bn da Kirkuk provins de Kirkuk Gouvernement et At Ta m m es Gobernaci n de Kirkuk eu At Ta mim probintzia fa fr Kirkuk province id Governorat At Ta mim it Governatorato di Kirkuk he ku Kerk k par zgeh hu Kirkuk korm nyz s g arz ms Pentadbiran At Ta mim nl At Ta mim ja pl Kirkuk prowincja Iraku ru simple Kirkuk Province sv Kirkuk provins tg tr Kerk k ili zh ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 File Kirkuk citadel.jpg thumb Outside Wall at Kirkuk Citadel The Kirkuk Citadel lang ar Qal at Karkuk is located in the centre of the city of Kirkuk in Iraq , and is considered to be the oldest part of the city. The citadel stands on an artificial mound 130 feet high located on a plateau across the Khasa River . The mound, or tell , is believed to have been built by King Ashurnasirpal II between 884 and 858 BCE as a military defence line of Arrapha . Later King Sluks built a strong Defensive wall rampart with 72 towers around the 72 streets and the two entries to the citadel. A jewel of the citadel is the so called Red Church , with traces of pre Muslim mosaics. It is believed that Timur visited the citadel in 1393 during his military expedition. The modern walls go back to the Ottoman Empire Ottoman period. In the 1990s, Saddam Hussein , the former Iraq i president, announced a campaign to beautify the walled citadel. Some believe that the campaign s intention was to remove the 800 900 mostly Iraqi Turkmen Turkmen and Kurdish people Kurdish families living in its ancient houses. The citadel is considered by Iraqi Turkmen Turkmen as an important factor in their history. There are several Iraqi Turkmen Turkmen neighbourhoods within and around the citadel , such as Topkapi, Helvacilar, Hamam, Agalik, Yedi Kizlar, and Zindan. A large number of historical and religious sites still exist there, such as a tomb that is believed to be the prophet Daniel s Tomb . ref http www.koord.com webbook book aras aras1 kerkuk.htm ref See also Tomb of Daniel References Reflist Coord missing Iraq Category Castles in Iraq Category Buildings and structures in Kirkuk Citadel ar fr Citadelle de Kirkouk it Cittadella di Kirkuk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Kirkuk Olympic Stadium , is a multi use stadium in Kirkuk , Iraq . It is currently used mostly for football soccer football matches and it also has an athletics track. The stadium holds 30,000. Coord 35.443164 44.421308 display title format dms type landmark scale 3000 Category Football venues in Iraq Iraq sports venue stub ar ... more details
logo fur REQUIRED Article Kirkuk FC Use Public facility HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Source http www.goalzz.com main.aspx?team 1771 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Infobox Owner Iraq Football Association Website http www.goalzz.com History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Logo for the Iraqi football club of Kirkuk FC Portion Low resolution Purpose Replaceability other information Used in accordance with the WP LOGO logo guideline Licensing Non free logo Iraqi football logos ... more details
Infobox pipeline name Kirkuk Ceyhan Oil Pipeline type oil map map caption Location of Kirkuk Ceyhan Oil Pipeline country Iraq , Turkey coordinates photo caption operator partners length mi 600 discharge convert 1.6 Moilbbl d direction east west start Kirkuk , Iraq finish Ceyhan , Turkey est 1970 through par Kirkuk Ceyhan Oil Pipeline also Iraq Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline is a convert 600 mi adj on long pipeline. It is Iraq s largest crude oil export line. Technical description The pipeline consists two pipes with diameters of convert 46 in mm 1 and convert 40 in mm 1 and designed capacity of bbl to t 1100 and 500 mlt k per d t per a respectively. Usable capacity of the line is believed to be only bbl to t 300 mlt k per d t per a , with significant repairs still required. ref name upstream1 cite news newspaper Upstream newspaper Upstream Online publisher NHST Media Group url http www.upstreamonline.com live article133371.ece title Gulf states mull over Hormuz bypass date 2007 05 11 accessdate 2008 03 08 ref The line s Iraqi part has been a principal sabotage target since 2003. ref name usatoday cite news publisher USA Today url http www.usatoday.com news world iraq 2003 06 22 iraq oil x.htm title Explosion at fuel pipeline west of Baghdad date 2003 06 22 accessdate 2008 03 08 ref On 26 October 2009, the blast near Mosul halted oil supplies through the pipeline. ref name upstream281009 cite news newspaper Upstream newspaper Upstream Online publisher NHST Media Group url http www.upstreamonline.com live article197086.ece?referrer htmlemail&date 2009 10 28 title Blast rocks Kirkuk ... a new Kirkuk Ceyhan pipeline through Arbil Governorate Arbil and Dahuk Governorate Dahuk governorates ... line 4077 title Iraq considering new Kirkuk Ceyhan line date 2007 09 26 accessdate 2008 03 08 ref See also Kirkuk Banias pipeline Samsun Ceyhan pipeline Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline References Reflist ... Category Kirkuk Category Ceyhan Category Oil and gas pipelines in Turkey ar ... more details
Image Iraqi governorate elections 2008.png right thumb Provinces elected in January are Green Kirkuk is Blue and Iraqi Kurdistan is Red Governorate or provincial elections are due to be held in Kirkuk Governorate in 2009 to replace the governorate council elected in the Iraqi governorate elections of 2005 . ref http www.cnn.com 2008 WORLD meast 09 24 Iraq.main ref ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi middle east 7718687.stm ref The remaining governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 held elections on 31 January 2009. Delay The original draft proposed delaying the election in Kirkuk Governorate until after the referendum to decide its precise status has been held. However ... to the Kirkuk issue. ref http www.iht.com articles ap 2008 07 30 africa ME Iraq Parliament.php Iraqi Parliament calls session on Kirkuk International Herald Tribune Bot generated title ref At that meeting ... reuters 2008 08 04 europe OUKWD UK IRAQ.php Iraqis see compromise on Kirkuk standoff International ... over Kirkuk English Xinhua Bot generated title ref It was then postponed to 9 September 2008 ... content Iraq Passes Poll Law Vote Urged Before Jan 31 1291232.html ref the compromise was that Kirkuk would be dealt with separately, and elections in Kirkuk and the three Kurdish autonomous provinces ... was to work on a solution on Kirkuk and report back by 31 March 2009. ref http www.iht.com articles ... de Mistura proposed holding elections in all governorates except Kirkuk, and deferring the Kirkuk ... Movement who objected to the draft law s reference to the Kirkuk status referendum and insisted on delaying ... www.rferl.org content Iraqi Parliaments Mission To Kirkuk Ends In Failure 1741044.html Iraqi Parliament s Mission To Kirkuk Ends In Failur , Radio Free Europe , 2009 05 27 ref ref http www.nasdaq.com aspx stock market news story.aspx?storyid 200905311540dowjonesdjonline000362&title iraq delays kirkuk election report by a week mp Iraq Delays Kirkuk Election Report By A Week MP , Agence France Presse ... more details
update date November 2010 Politics of Iraq The Kirkuk referendum is the Kirkuk part of a plebiscite that will decide ... Governorate Diyala , Kirkuk Governorate Kirkuk , Salah ad Din Governorate Salah ad Din and Ninawa ..., irks Kurds with call for Kirkuk poll delay , The New Anatolian , 2007 11 08, accessed on 2008 ... Kirkuk, Other Iraq Issues to Be Delayed Bot generated title ref The Kurdish Alliance emphasized ... during the Al Anfal Campaign . Thousands of Kurd s returned to Kirkuk following the 2003 invasion ... Iraq Kurds warn against delaying Kirkuk Referendum RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty ref The Iraqi ... for forced migrants and for the resolution of disputed territories including Kirkuk through arbitration ... Kirkuk, by deporting and expelling individuals from their places of residence, forcing migration ... resolution of disputed territories, including Kirkuk, shall be deferred until after these measures ... and census and concludes with a referendum in Kirkuk and other disputed territories to determine ... 2711 Kirkuk s Article 140 Expired or Not? , Nazar Janabi , Washington Institute for Near East Policy , 2008 01 31 ref De Arabization Image Kirkuk Demonstration.jpg thumb right 250px Kurd s supporting article 140 quote We shall accept a solution for Kirkuk worked out by the parties inside the city ... of the Status of Kirkuk , to implement the de arabization program. The Justice Minister, Hashim Abderrahman ... claimed that Iraqi Kurdistan was planning to annex Kirkuk illegally , and that the rights of Iraqi Turkmen would be violated if Kirkuk joined Iraqi Kurdistan. Shibli resigned as head of the Commission in March 2007, citing disagreements with his own coalition on Kirkuk. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi ...&VNC hnall Profile of New Head of Iraqi Commission on Normalization of Kirkuk Status , BBC Monitoring ... Iraq Kirkuk Referendum Likely To Be Delayed , Radio Free Europe , 2007 09 13, accessed on 2007 ... Sadr http www.juancole.com 2007 06 nearly 50 dead saturday us fires on.html Muqtada Postpone Kirkuk ... more details
Infobox terrorist attack title 2007 Kirkuk bombings image caption location Kirkuk , Iraq target Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK office and a crowded market date 16 July 2007 time begin 8 45 ref name cnn cite news url http www.cnn.com 2007 WORLD meast 07 16 iraq.main index.html title Dozens killed in Kirkuk car bombs accessdate 2007 07 16 publisher CNN Dead link date September 2010 bot RjwilmsiBot ref time end 9 05 ref name Hurriyet 1 citeweb url http www.hurriyet.com.tr dunya 6900597.asp?gid 180 title Kerk k te bombal sald r 85 l accessdate 2007 07 16 language Turkish publisher H rriyet ref timezone UTC 3 type Suicide bombing and car bomb s fatalities 86 ref name Guardian injuries 136 ref citeweb url http www.channel4.com news articles world suicide bombers kill 80 in iraq 603357 title Suicide bombers kill 80 in Iraq accessdate 2007 07 16 publisher Channel 4 ref 180 ref name BBC cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi middle east 6900553.stm title Iraq oil city blasts kill dozens accessdate 2007 07 16 publisher BBC date 2007 07 16 ref perps Status Campaignbox Iraq War bombings The 2007 Kirkuk bombings were a series of 3 suicide and car bomb attacks that occurred on July 16, 2007, in the northern Iraq i oil city of Kirkuk . The bombing killed 86 people with up to 180 injured. The first bomb, which caused most of the casualties, exploded in a crowded market close to the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , a Kurdish people Kurdish political party led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani . The massive explosion left a crater several metres deep. More than 20 cars were destroyed and two buildings collapsed completely. The second attack minutes later targeted a bus station at a nearby market in a commercial area called Iskan and wounded one civilian. Several hours later, a car bomb exploded in southern Kirkuk, killing a police officer and wounding six others. ref ... 2007 07 16 ref References Reflist 1 DEFAULTSORT Kirkuk Bombings, 2007 Category Suicide car and truck ... more details
Infobox airport name Kirkuk Regional Air Base nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA ICAO ORKK type Military airbase Military owner operator United States Air Force US Air Force city served Kirkuk location Iraq elevation f 1,061 elevation m 323 coordinates coord 35 28 10 N 44 20 56 E type airport region IQ TS display inline,title website http www.kirkuk.afcent.af.mil www.kirkuk.afcent.af.mil metric elev metric rwy r1 number 13 31 r1 length f 9,809 r1 length m 2,990 r1 surface Concrete r2 number 14 32 r2 length f 8,535 r2 length m 2,601 r2 surface Concrete r3 number r3 length f 2,624 r3 length m 800 r3 surface Asphalt r4 number r4 length f 1,066 r4 length m 325 r4 surface Graded Earth stat year stat1 header stat1 data stat2 header stat2 data footnotes Source DAFIF ref name WAD WAD ORKK source DAFIF ref Image Iraqi Air Force C 172.jpg thumb right An Iraqi Air Force Cessna 172 lands at Kirkuk Air Base. Kirkuk Air Base airport codes ORKK is a military Military airbase airbase located near Kirkuk , Iraq . General information Kirkuk Regional Air Base is home to the 506th Air Expeditionary Group . The group maintains base security, conducts safe flying operations and actively supports base agencies in support of Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom and other United States Air Forces Central U.S. Air Forces Central and United States Central Command U.S. Central Command contingency ... Infantry Division . Among the base agencies the 506th AEG actively supports is the Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team, ref http iraq.usembassy.gov kirkuk.html Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team ... Flying Training Squadron and 521st Air Expeditionary Advisor Squadron are also based at Kirkuk ... led by the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II . Location Kirkuk RAB lies in northeastern region of Iraq in the outskirts of the city of Kirkuk, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. Kirkuk ... Kirkuk News Category Bases of the United States Air Force in Iraq Category Iraqi Air Force bases ... more details
Kirkuk is an archdiocese of the Chaldean Church . The archdiocese was created in the early years of the nineteenth ..., AC , iii. 17 49 POCN , 63 4 Wilmshurst, EOCE , 175 6 ref Background File Kirkuk citadel.jpg thumb 250px The citadel of Kirkuk The Chaldean archdiocese of Kirkuk was the successor to the classical ... Zab and Diyala rivers and centered on the town of Karka d Beth Slokh modern Kirkuk , was a metropolitan ... offer a reasonable context. A small Assyrian Church of the East community persisted at Kirkuk between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, some of whose scribes are known. Kirkuk was probably ..., and thereafter part of the diocese of Mosul. Yohannan Hormizd and the Chaldeans of Kirkuk The Assyrian people Assyrian community of Kirkuk was still Church of the Est in sympathy in the first half of the eighteenth century. The Carmelite missionary Father Benedict visited Kirkuk on 20 May 1743, where ... missionaries in the district, he said that there are many difficulties at Kirkuk, and few results ... Catholic diocese of Kirkuk has been attributed to Yohannan Hormizd Yohannan VIII Hormizd , who ... Catholic priest Joseph Tfinkdji , Yohannan Hormizd visited the town of Kirkuk in 1789 while travelling ... to have consecrated a Chaldean metropolitan for Kirkuk, Mar Abraham, who resided in transl ar DIN ... of Kirkuk in a colophon publishing colophon of 1798, the Kirkuk region would seem to have been ... a metropolitan for Kirkuk, the sympathies of the town s Assyrian Catholics were clearly of some significance ... tried to persuade the Chaldean catholics of Kirkuk to withdraw their allegiance from Yohannan Hormizd ... blockquote The Chaldean archbishops of Kirkuk A stable Chaldean diocese for Kirkuk seems to have been ... a of Tel Skuf Tel Isqof Metropolitan bishop metropolitan of Kirkuk in 1826 in opposition to Yohannan ... he initially returned to Tel Isqof, but eventually moved to Kirkuk, where he administered his diocese .... He was recommended for the diocese of Kirkuk by Lawrent Sho transl ar DIN a shortly before his death ... more details
multiple issues cleanup August 2007 unreferenced August 2007 File KCPstart.jpg thumb Kirkuk Provincial Council members The Kirkuk Provincial Court KPC is the court of the At Ta mim Governorate formerly Kirkuk Governorate , centered in Kirkuk , Iraq . Its inaugural session was dedicated to having the introduction of its new members then followed by the oath ceremony that was supervised by Judge Thahir Hamza Salman, the Head of Kirkuk Appellate Court. During by the next sessions, sub committees have been formed as the KPC Committees in order to run and handle its duties. The principle of consensus, which was adopted by the Iraqi National Assembly in forming its committees and in forming the Iraqi Transitional Government , has been adopted by KPC in forming its committees. One of the committees is Article 58 and the Victims of Ethnic Cleansing Policies Committee to follow up the procedures of normalizing the situation in Kirkuk Province according to the new Iraqi Constitution. KPC has emphasized promoting the brotherhood spirits and establishing the principles of equality and common work in order to provide services to citizens of the province impartially, in spite of the conspiracies and intimidations of the terrorists, the unbelievers and agents who are the enemies of our people and who attempt in vain to spoil the democratic change process in building the state of law and civil society, and who try to provoke the sectarianism and to create sedition among diverse communities in Kirkuk province. Because of the common goals in the electoral agendas of the different electoral lists, KPC has prioritized a list of aims to be accomplished reconstruction, secure the settlement, promoting the rule of law, improve the works of the government departments and institutions, providing ... Position Rizgar Ali HamaJan KBL 2 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK Chairman of Kirkuk Provincial Council ... & DeBaathification Committee br Public Affairs Committee References references Category Kirkuk ... more details
Kirkuk Banias pipeline is a crude oil pipeline from the Kirkuk Field Kirkuk oil field in Iraq to the Syria n port of Banias . The pipeline is around convert 800 km long and the capacity is convert 300 koilbbl d . ref name reuters cite news agency Reuters url http uk.reuters.com article topNews idUKL1727005820071217 title Iraq picks Russia firm to fix Syria pipeline date 2007 12 17 accessdate 2008 01 14 ref The pipeline was opened on 23 April 1952. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq the pipeline was damaged by U.S. air strikes and remained out of operation since then. ref name lebanonwire cite news publisher Lebanonwire url http www.lebanonwire.com 0712MLN 07121319STR.asp title Iran, Syria Pipeline Repairs and Diplomatic Deals date 2007 12 13 accessdate 2008 01 14 ref On 17 December 2007, Syria and Iraq agreed to rehabilitate the pipeline. The pipeline was to be reconstructed by Stroytransgaz , a subsidiary of Gazprom . ref name upstream1 cite news newspaper Upstream newspaper Upstream Online publisher NHST Media Group url http www.upstreamonline.com live article151163.ece title Russian firm seals Iraq pipe deal date 2008 03 26 accessdate 2008 04 05 ref However, Stroytransgaz failed to start the rehabilitation and the contract was nullified in April 2009. ref name upstream210410 cite news newspaper Upstream newspaper Upstream Online publisher NHST Media Group url http www.upstreamonline.com live article176429.ece title Iraq opens bids for Syria pipe job date 2009 04 21 accessdate 2010 09 21 ref As the rehabilitation of the existing pipeline occurred to be more costly than building a new pipeline, in September 2010 Iraq and Syria agreed to build two new Kirkuk Banias pipelines. ref name bloomber160910 cite news agency Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg url http www.bloomberg.com news 2010 09 16 iraq syria agree to build cross border oil gas pipelines official says.html title Iraq, Syria ... 2010 09 21 ref See also Kirkuk Ceyhan Oil Pipeline References Reflist Category Oil pipelines Category ... more details
Infobox terrorist attack title 2009 Kirkuk bombings image Kirkuk.png caption Location of Kirkuk in Iraq location Kirkuk , Iraq date 30 June 2009 timezone UTC 3 type Suicide bombing and car bomb fatalities 40 ref name Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout cite web url http english.aljazeera.net news middleeast 2009 07 20097135313957256.html title Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout accessdate 2009 06 30 publisher Al Jazeera date 6 1 2009 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5ice74nFs archivedate 2009 07 29 deadurl no ref injuries 136 ref name Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout perps Status Campaignbox Iraq War bombings The 2009 Kirkuk bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on June 30, 2009, in the northern Iraq i oil city of Kirkuk . The bombing killed 40 people with up to 100 injured. ref name Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout The bomb, which exploded in a crowded district came as U.S. troops were leaving major urban cities in Iraq. ref cite web url http pukmedia.com english index.php?option com content&task view&id 11892&Itemid 1 title Suicide explosion in Kirkuk leaves 20 dead, 40 injured accessdate 2009 06 30 publisher Patriotic Union of Kurdistan date 7 1 2009 author Hogr BOT GENERATED AUTHOR archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5iceFX2Xm archivedate 2009 07 29 deadurl no ref A brigade from the Kurdish Peshmerga captured 250KG of Trinitrotoluene TNT shortly after the attack. The vehicle was transporting the explosives from Kirkuk to As Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah ref cite web url http pukmedia.com english index.php?option com content&task view&id 11902&Itemid 1 title Sulaimani Brigade seizes car loaded with 250kg of TNT accessdate 2009 06 30 publisher Patriotic Union of Kurdistan date ... 1 title President Talabani slams terrorist attack in Kirkuk accessdate 2009 06 30 publisher Patriotic ... 1 coord missing Iraq DEFAULTSORT Kirkuk Bombings, 2009 Category Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq Category Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2009 Iraq stub id Pengeboman Kirkuk 30 Juni 2009 pl ... more details
BLP sources date February 2009 Unsourced image removed Image Ismail Ahmed Rejeb.jpg thumb right Ismail Ahmed Rijeb swears in as deputy mayor beside the Kurdish mayor Abdul Rahman Mustafa. Ismail Ahmed Rajab Al Hadidi , the Arabic deputy for the Kurdish people Kurdish mayor governor of city of Kirkuk in Iraq . Al Hadid was born in 1955, was elected as deputy for the mayor of Kirkuk, Abdul Rahman Mustafa in 2003 by the multiethnic city council of Kirkuk, after a Coalition Provisional Authority s organized election for a local city council in Kirkuk in May 2003, in Post Saddam Hussein Iraq . Al Hadidi was wounded in the leg in an assassination bid in November 2003. ref cite news title Wicegubernator Kirkuku ranny url http wyborcza.pl 1,75248,1778197.html work Gazeta Wyborcza date 16 November 2003 accessdate 24 February 2011 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hadidi, Ismail Ahmed Rajab Al ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1955 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hadidi, Ismail Ahmed Rajab Al Category Kirkuk Category 1955 births Category Living people Category People from Kirkuk Category Iraqi Kurdistani politicians Iraq politician stub ... more details
mergeto Arrapha date June 2008 Kingdom of Arraphka was a Hurrian kingdom under Mittani empire centered at Arrapha which represents modern Kirkuk . Babylonia laid to the south and to the west was Assyria , whose revolt against the kingdom probably led to fall of the kingdom in the 14th BC century and ultimately contributed to Mittani empires s collapse. ref http www.hostkingdom.net ancmesop.html Kirkuk ref See also Garmian The information is incorrect Arrapha, Arabcha is a Semitic city founded by the Assyrians, not the Mitani References references Category Mitanni ... more details
unreferenced date August 2009 North Oil Company NOC is situated in Kirkuk , Iraq . The North Oil Company is one of the 16 companies comprising the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. Headquartered in Kirkuk, its boundaries extend from the northern borders to the 32.5 degree parallel, just south of Baghdad. External links http www.noc.gov.iq Category Oil and gas companies of Iraq petroleum company stub ... more details
Taza is a settlement in Iraq located just south of Kirkuk . In 2009 it was the site of the 20 June 2009 Taza bombing where more than 70 people were killed by a suicide bomber . ref http www.msnbc.msn.com id 31459332 ns world news conflict in iraq ref References reflist coord 35 18 12 N 44 19 51 E display title type city region IQ scale 100000 Category Populated places in Kirkuk Governorate ... more details
Hijri Dede was a poet from Kirkuk , Iraq . His poems were written mainly in the Turkish language but he also composed works in Persian language Persian and Kurdish language Kurdish . He was believed to belong to the kurdish Gurani community in Kirkuk. The poet s ethnicity and religious beliefs are still a source of controversy , reflecting the ethnic nature of Kirkuk city. He was a Kurd who simply wrote in the Turkmen language, but steel Turkmen nationalists consider him as one of their own. Citation needed date April 2011 The poet, as almost all of the other Gurani, was usually quite secretive about his religious beliefs and practices when asked by outsiders, he would often claim to be Orthodoxy Orthodox Sunni or, sometimes, Twelver Shi a . According to some sources, Hijri Dede died in December 1952. http www.kurdishacademy.org english articles articles 007.html http al ghassani.net kirkuk group essay excerpts 2003.html Iraq poet stub Category Iraqi poets Category 1952 deaths Category People from Kirkuk ... more details
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