Arabs charge Talabani with “neglecting” them – Arab Trend

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: The Arab Project Trend in Kirkuk province charged President Jalal Talabani of “neglecting ” the Arabs and concentrated on other nationalities, denying any Arab-Kurdish proximity, according to the Trend statement.   In a statement, a copy of which was received by IraqiNews.com, the Trend expressed “astonishment for concentrating on other nationalities, rather on the Arabs, forgetting the agonies of the Arabs in Kirkuk for the last eight years”.   It pointed out that there is “no proximity between the Arabs and the Kurds at the present time”.   “We blame Premier Nouri al-Maliki for his silence, and Iraqiyah bloc which we voted for it”, the  statement added.   The statement pointed out that the agenda for the coming Arab Conference has been adopted, which shall be attended all Arab leaders to counter the conspiracy against the Arabs in Kirkuk.   Kirkuk lies 280 city northeast of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TI)/SR 430