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Viewing cable 09BAGHDAD1922, RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BAGHDAD1922 2009-07-16 03:16 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Baghdad 
VZCZCXYZ0005
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHGB #1922 1970316
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 160316Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3944
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001922 
 
SIPDIS 
For S 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL OPDC IZ
SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President 
of the United States 
 
ΒΆ1. Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following 
letter for transmittal to President Obama  Hard copy will be 
pouched. 
 
Begin text: 
 
Salahaddin 
Kurdistan Region 
Iraq 
29 June 2009 
 
His Excellency President Barack Obama 
President of the United States 
Department of State (NSC) 
Washington, DC 
USA 
 
Dear President Obama, 
 
On behalf of the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and myself, 
I would like to congratulate you on the 213th anniversary of the 
American Independence.  We Kurds like to think we share with 
Americans the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence: 
"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their 
creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, 
liberty and the pursuit of happiness." 
 
Many Americans have given their lives so that we Kurds and Iraqis 
might enjoy unalienable rights.  Policies often change over time but 
we Kurds are loyal to our friends and we will never forget the 
American efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan. 
 
We wish you and all Americans a very happy and safe Fourth of July 
Holiday weekend. 
 
Yours very sincerely, 
Signed 
Masoud Barzani 
President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 
 
End text.  Hill