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Regarding the KDP security forces’ assault on the village of Lajan, whose residents protested in front of the Masoud Barzani–owned Lanaz refinery located inside the village, here are some English-subtitled vox pops with residents who say they have been forced to leave. They explain that the refinery was built...

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Very unsettling footage shows an exodus-like departure of families from Lajan village near Erbil, the site of protests by residents demanding jobs at the Barzani-owned Lanaz refinery which sits inside the village. The protests have already left two people dead - a protester and a truck driver who was on the protesters’ side when KDP security forces opened fire - and 13 injured, one of them in critical condition. According to local sources, the village has effectively been sealed off for two days by Gulan and special brigades, both led by Mansour Barzani, who also owns the refinery. Electricity and internet have been cut, and representatives of the village - from the Harki tribe - have twice met Erbil governorate officials and KDP security, but no agreement was reached. The KDP side is said to have demanded that villagers hand over several people accused of being armed saboteurs. Residents have been protesting intermittently but regularly for more than a year, and that each time they were promised jobs. Before the elections, the villagers say they were told that at least 120 villagers would be hired; now that the vote is over, they say the KDP has told them there will be no employment. Their core grievance is that the refinery is right inside the village: they bear the pollution but see none of the benefits. Lanaz is not a normal refinery; it is heavily fortified, in part because it is owned by Mansour Barzani. There is also deeper context: Lajan has historically been a stronghold of Mehi Agha, the influential Harki tribal chief and an arch-enemy of the Barzani tribe, with a blood feud between the two sides. Today, Mehi’s son Jawhar Agha leads the tribe, is aligned with the PUK, and lives in Mosul because he is not allowed to enter KDP-controlled areas. Lajan’s villagers are widely seen by the KDP as troublemakers, even though it is unclear why the refinery was built in the village only four years ago. The official KDP narrative is that the protesters do not have genuine demands and are loyalists of Jawhar Agha, directed by the PUK to cause trouble, while the protesters say they are simply demanding that the KDP honour its pre-election promises now that it no longer needs their votes.
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Very unsettling footage shows an exodus-like departure of families from Lajan village near Erbil, the site of protests by residents demanding jobs at the Barzani-owned Lanaz refinery which sits inside the village. The protests have already left two people dead - a protester and a truck driver who was on the protesters’ side when KDP security forces opened fire - and 13 injured, one of them in critical condition. According to local sources, the village has effectively been sealed off for two days by Gulan and special brigades, both led by Mansour Barzani, who also owns the refinery. Electricity and internet have been cut, and representatives of the village - from the Harki tribe - have twice met Erbil governorate officials and KDP security, but no agreement was reached. The KDP side is said to have demanded that villagers hand over several people accused of being armed saboteurs. Residents have been protesting intermittently but regularly for more than a year, and that each time they were promised jobs. Before the elections, the villagers say they were told that at least 120 villagers would be hired; now that the vote is over, they say the KDP has told them there will be no employment. Their core grievance is that the refinery is right inside the village: they bear the pollution but see none of the benefits. Lanaz is not a normal refinery; it is heavily fortified, in part because it is owned by Mansour Barzani. There is also deeper context: Lajan has historically been a stronghold of Mehi Agha, the influential Harki tribal chief and an arch-enemy of the Barzani tribe, with a blood feud between the two sides. Today, Mehi’s son Jawhar Agha leads the tribe, is aligned with the PUK, and lives in Mosul because he is not allowed to enter KDP-controlled areas. Lajan’s villagers are widely seen by the KDP as troublemakers, even though it is unclear why the refinery was built in the village only four years ago. The official KDP narrative is that the protesters do not have genuine demands and are loyalists of Jawhar Agha, directed by the PUK to cause trouble, while the protesters say they are simply demanding that the KDP honour its pre-election promises now that it no longer needs their votes.

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19,240 次观看 • 8 个月前

On the protests in Lajan near Erbil: there is a complete and unprecedented blackout in the village. It has been besieged by KDP special forces using U.S.-supplied Humvees and other weapons, and both electricity and internet have been cut. Since the morning, journalists attempting to cover the events have been detained, expelled, or assaulted. Some protesters have reportedly been held inside the Lanaz refinery, while others have been forced to remain in the village, which is within walking distance of the facility. Lanaz refinery is owned by Mansour Barzani, Masoud Barzani’s son and commander of the KDP special forces. KDP-aligned media, including Rudaw - which until recently was far more outspoken - have remained completely silent. The only KDP outlet to cover the events, AVA Media, has framed the protesters as armed saboteurs who blocked the refinery gate and prevented trucks from moving. The grievances of the villagers, who are from the Harki tribe, are not new. Around four months ago, they also protested to demand jobs at the refinery, saying they have been left with only pollution and disease. The Harki issue is complex. It is a large tribe divided between the KDP and PUK: the main tribal leader is aligned with the PUK due to a historical blood feud with the Barzanis, while some sub-branches now have interests with the KDP. Others, like Khurshid Harki - who clashed with KDP forces when they tried to arrest him - are seen as mavericks driven by their own interests. The PUK media’s extensive coverage of the protests has further angered the KDP. The villagers’ demands are genuine, but their actions are becoming a major headache for the KDP, in part because the area is highly strategic: it hosts not only the refinery but also the KRG oil pipeline passes by it and lies close to the disputed territories and KDP–Iraqi fault lines. Any temporary suppression of the protests risks deepening the underlying problems there.
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On the protests in Lajan near Erbil: there is a complete and unprecedented blackout in the village. It has been besieged by KDP special forces using U.S.-supplied Humvees and other weapons, and both electricity and internet have been cut. Since the morning, journalists attempting to cover the events have been detained, expelled, or assaulted. Some protesters have reportedly been held inside the Lanaz refinery, while others have been forced to remain in the village, which is within walking distance of the facility. Lanaz refinery is owned by Mansour Barzani, Masoud Barzani’s son and commander of the KDP special forces. KDP-aligned media, including Rudaw - which until recently was far more outspoken - have remained completely silent. The only KDP outlet to cover the events, AVA Media, has framed the protesters as armed saboteurs who blocked the refinery gate and prevented trucks from moving. The grievances of the villagers, who are from the Harki tribe, are not new. Around four months ago, they also protested to demand jobs at the refinery, saying they have been left with only pollution and disease. The Harki issue is complex. It is a large tribe divided between the KDP and PUK: the main tribal leader is aligned with the PUK due to a historical blood feud with the Barzanis, while some sub-branches now have interests with the KDP. Others, like Khurshid Harki - who clashed with KDP forces when they tried to arrest him - are seen as mavericks driven by their own interests. The PUK media’s extensive coverage of the protests has further angered the KDP. The villagers’ demands are genuine, but their actions are becoming a major headache for the KDP, in part because the area is highly strategic: it hosts not only the refinery but also the KRG oil pipeline passes by it and lies close to the disputed territories and KDP–Iraqi fault lines. Any temporary suppression of the protests risks deepening the underlying problems there.

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21,089 次观看 • 8 个月前

Clashes, chaos and unrest have broken out in several parts of Khabat district (separate from Lajan, where the earlier protests took place). The common thread is that these villages are home to members of the Harki tribe, who say they won’t accept the forced displacement and humiliation of Harki families earlier today. Protesters have blocked both the Erbil–Duhok and Erbil–Mosul highways, which KDP security forces are trying to reopen. The Harki are not only one of the region’s large tribes; they are also deeply embedded in both KDP and PUK security forces and have many members serving in the Iraqi army as well, especially around Mosul. Many of them are armed, and they played an important role in the war against ISIS.
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Clashes, chaos and unrest have broken out in several parts of Khabat district (separate from Lajan, where the earlier protests took place). The common thread is that these villages are home to members of the Harki tribe, who say they won’t accept the forced displacement and humiliation of Harki families earlier today. Protesters have blocked both the Erbil–Duhok and Erbil–Mosul highways, which KDP security forces are trying to reopen. The Harki are not only one of the region’s large tribes; they are also deeply embedded in both KDP and PUK security forces and have many members serving in the Iraqi army as well, especially around Mosul. Many of them are armed, and they played an important role in the war against ISIS.

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"You need to take your things and leave. There are no longer residents here" 🚨Israeli army expels a Bedouin community in the West Bank Ein Ayoub, near Deir Ammar, West Bank: After the residents had already accepted their fate of displacement by terrorist settlers and were packing to leave their homes in the next couple of days, soldiers arrived at the village late last night. They told the residents their village is now a "closed military zone," and ordered them to leave immediately. After the locals insistently refused to leave at night, the soldiers "allowed" them to stay until 1PM today, in two separate tents - one for the men, the other for the women - on the condition that as long as they're in the village, no one leaves the tents and no one moves between the tents. After they allowed the residents to stay, they forced one of the men to say in front of a camera that no one tried to expel them.

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140,048 次观看 • 1 年前

A huge wildfire has been burning in the Cairngorms National Park for 10 days. Some residents of the village of Nethy Bridge have been evacuated. My thoughts are with the residents in this beautiful part of the Scottish Highlands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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A huge wildfire has been burning in the Cairngorms National Park for 10 days. Some residents of the village of Nethy Bridge have been evacuated. My thoughts are with the residents in this beautiful part of the Scottish Highlands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

James Melville 🚜

37,460 次观看 • 20 天前

Clashes between the Peshmerga and the Harki tribe have been reported this evening in Erbil, Iraq. Gunmen reportedly threatened to destroy an oil refinery in response to alleged displacement of civilians from the village of Lajan by Peshmerga and Erbil security forces.
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Clashes between the Peshmerga and the Harki tribe have been reported this evening in Erbil, Iraq. Gunmen reportedly threatened to destroy an oil refinery in response to alleged displacement of civilians from the village of Lajan by Peshmerga and Erbil security forces.

Joe Truzman

15,918 次观看 • 8 个月前

Reports from the outskirts of Quetta: TTP Khawarijs clashed with local residents in Babrae village, located in the Hanna-Urak area. After the confrontations, the terrorists entered the village. The violence has resulted in the deaths of three locals and injuries to six others. Security forces have arrived in the area and are currently conducting an operation.
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Reports from the outskirts of Quetta: TTP Khawarijs clashed with local residents in Babrae village, located in the Hanna-Urak area. After the confrontations, the terrorists entered the village. The violence has resulted in the deaths of three locals and injuries to six others. Security forces have arrived in the area and are currently conducting an operation.

Mohsin Ali

10,203 次观看 • 1 个月前

🚨🚨🚨Footage coming out of Chenar Village in Asadabad, Hamedan Province. Regime repression forces stormed the village with more than 70 armored vehicles, troop carriers, and buses. The sources on the ground have reported around ~400 people have been arrested, in a village of roughly 4,000 residents. Think about that scale. One in ten people.
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🚨🚨🚨Footage coming out of Chenar Village in Asadabad, Hamedan Province. Regime repression forces stormed the village with more than 70 armored vehicles, troop carriers, and buses. The sources on the ground have reported around ~400 people have been arrested, in a village of roughly 4,000 residents. Think about that scale. One in ten people.

Sana Ebrahimi Ledene

53,670 次观看 • 5 个月前

The mosque in Balgaddy is the 2nd mosque sdcc have approved in the last year. The one in Lucan village was appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála and overturned as the zoning was wrong (in other words it should never have been approved in the first place). Now some residents of Balgaddy are fundraising to appeal the approval of the 2nd mosque. I fully support them in their endeavours and hope they get the same result as Lucan village. Most of the funds have already been raised but if anyone would like to donate you can do so here and thanks on behalf of the residents of Balgaddy 🙏
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The mosque in Balgaddy is the 2nd mosque sdcc have approved in the last year. The one in Lucan village was appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála and overturned as the zoning was wrong (in other words it should never have been approved in the first place). Now some residents of Balgaddy are fundraising to appeal the approval of the 2nd mosque. I fully support them in their endeavours and hope they get the same result as Lucan village. Most of the funds have already been raised but if anyone would like to donate you can do so here and thanks on behalf of the residents of Balgaddy 🙏

Cllr Linda de Courcy MSc. 🇮🇪

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In San Francisco, a group of residents are having to pay for private security guards, as they say conditions in their area have deteriorated after a number of city services, like shelters, have opened in the area. For the last 12 months, residents in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood have had a direct line to a team of private security guards, whom they have spent over $820,000 in the last 12 months for 24/7 security. For more information, click the link below.
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In San Francisco, a group of residents are having to pay for private security guards, as they say conditions in their area have deteriorated after a number of city services, like shelters, have opened in the area. For the last 12 months, residents in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood have had a direct line to a team of private security guards, whom they have spent over $820,000 in the last 12 months for 24/7 security. For more information, click the link below.

ABC7 News

223,546 次观看 • 8 个月前

President Ruto: I am the one who supported the program for hundreds of people around my village to go work in Saudi Arabia or UAE. And they are changing that village.
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President Ruto: I am the one who supported the program for hundreds of people around my village to go work in Saudi Arabia or UAE. And they are changing that village.

NTV Kenya

397,630 次观看 • 2 年前

Residents of a small village of only about 200 people of Stoke Heath in England are furious 21 new-build homes are being given to 81 migrants and they’re so nice they’re being dubbed “The migrant mansions” “They're calling them the migrant mansions because they literally look like the house you would dream for, the house you would die for, the house you could work years and years and years for, and yet never be able to afford in broken Britain” Locals are calling the area “Migrant Street” and arguing it will change the character of the quiet village Residents report feeling “lied to” or kept in the dark. They weren’t told these new homes would be for illegals There are even people that have been waiting on housing lists in the town that are being skipped over to give these homes to illegals
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Residents of a small village of only about 200 people of Stoke Heath in England are furious 21 new-build homes are being given to 81 migrants and they’re so nice they’re being dubbed “The migrant mansions” “They're calling them the migrant mansions because they literally look like the house you would dream for, the house you would die for, the house you could work years and years and years for, and yet never be able to afford in broken Britain” Locals are calling the area “Migrant Street” and arguing it will change the character of the quiet village Residents report feeling “lied to” or kept in the dark. They weren’t told these new homes would be for illegals There are even people that have been waiting on housing lists in the town that are being skipped over to give these homes to illegals

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[WATCH] Residents of Qunu in the Eastern Cape have blocked the busy N2 with burning tyres, stones and trucks, protesting water shortages. They say the village has been without water for more than a decade. Traffic is delayed in both directions. Our reporter Fundiswa Mhlekude has more.

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