Kurd-Arab tension rising over property disputes in Iraq: Human Rights Watch
AFP, August, 2004
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NEW YORK (AFP) — The US-led coalition in Iraq failed to settle property disputes between displaced Kurds and Arab settlers in Iraq's north, leaving a situation that "could soon explode into open violence," an international human rights organization warned.
Human Rights Watch said in a 78-page report that there was increasing frustration among thousands of Kurds, Turkomans and Assyrians living in "desperate conditions" as they wait for answers regarding their property claims.
"If these property disputes are not addressed as a matter of urgency, rising tensions between returning Kurds and Arab settlers could soon explode into open violence," said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division.
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