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Do you ask about Michael Rubin, the American scholar who spent some 9 months at the three universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq? If so, no, I have no relations with him whatsoever; and I had no opportunity to either meet him or talk to him, though I would have liked to do so very much. As for your previous posting: Though I fail to understand which significance my answer to Miss Arbuthnot question could have - why not: I have never been with an academic delegation to neither Iraq nor the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. I have traveled in Iraqi Kurdistan for the first time in 1963, stayed there for over 6 months in winter and spring 1966/67 and have ever since returned to the area for shorter and longer periods of time, as I did to Kurdistan of Turkey and Iran and other parts as well. Since 1991, I have been working in the region or for it, since 1992 as an employee of the then newly created and still united Regional Government, partly assigned to duty at the KRG representation to Germany. As I said in the intro to my first posting to this list [the disputed article "Lifting Sanctions...."], I have made my home in the region. And I dearly hope that conditions will allow that this will last. Presently I am posting from Germany. The opinions I voice here are strictly my personal views and should under no circumstances be confounded with those of the Kurdistan Regional Government or any other institution of the Kurds of Iraq. Milan Ray seems to insinuate that this is not so. Thanks for the interest and kind regards. I feel that what is important is not the CV - although it might help you understand the motivation, but jointly and honestly discussing the problems that gravely interfere with the life and the future well-being of the Kurdistanis of Iraq, be them Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkoman, Arab. Best Alexander Sternberg farbuthnot wrote: > Might I respectfully ask if there are connections between Mr Sternberg and > Michael Reubin and still interested in Mr Sternberg's > cv. best, felity a. > > ---------- > >From: Ax.Sternberg@t-online.de (Alexander Sternberg) > >To: milanrai@btinternet.com, "soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk" > <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> > >Subject: Re: Lifting Sanctions on Iraq - dissident view PART ONE > >Date: Sun, Aug 26, 2001, 8:08 pm > > > > > A correction: > > In my communication with Anrew Mandell cited in my first > > response to Milan Ray I wrote > > > > > >> > I was even more stunned by > FAOs Bongard while she was > >> still in office [in Baghdad]. She was outright sabotaging > > >> the FAO activities in Kurdistan, and recommended them to be > >> stopped completely. > Maybe this experience reflected on my > >> harsh judgment over others. But I am here to > learn, and to > >> have a constructive discussion on a largely neglected aspect > >> or focus > was and is the aim of this article. [end quote] > >> > > > > The FAO just slipped through while writing in a hurry. It > > must, of course, read WFP. > > Sorry. > > Alexander Sternberg > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq > > For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > > Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: > > http://www.casi.org.uk > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk