"The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people."
— Jalal Talabani

January 1, 1970

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On the first-ever free elections for the Kurds of northern Iraq — reported in Jim Muir (May 15, 1992) "Iraqi Kurds Hope Vote Legitimizes Leadership - Cut off by a harsh blockade, Kurds engage in spirited first-ever election campaign that sets out two different visions of future", Christian Science Monitor, p. 6.