Barzani died in 1979 and the leadership of the re- founded KDP was passed to his son, Massoud Barzani ... the Kurds came on on March 16 when his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, directed the poison ...

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“You have been a strong ally,” former US Secretary of State John Kerry told President Masoud Barzani; “Your Peshmerga forces have performed bravely and I honor their sacrifices.” Although ...

group led by Masoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) group led by Jalal Talabani. The original plan was for the US Army to establish a large northern front in Kurdistan and advance ...