"Forcible relocation" by the Iraqi government.

Born at the Crest of the Empire

The Iraqi/Shia government appears to be dealing Kirkuk to the Kurds in order to buy their cooperation. The Sunnis are the ones paying the cost. An Iraqi government committee has decided to relocate tens of thousands of Arabs currently living in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. The Iraqi Higher Committee for the Normalization of Kirkuk ruled that Arabs descended from those who moved to the city after 1957 would be returned to their original home towns and given compensation. (...) It's government ordered "cleansing." (Of every male under 50.) And where exactly are they supposed to go?...

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