Mama Risha

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Najmadin Shukr Rauf , called Mama Risha Kurdish : مامه‌ ڕیشه‌ Mama Rişa , translated Bearded Uncle (* 1955 in the village of Talaban, near Kirkuk ; † January 25, 1985 south of Kirkuk) was a well-known Kurdish officer of the Peshmerga in northern Iraq .

Members of the Cebari tribe lived in the village where Risha was born. He has been described as illiterate and nuejker ( Sorani : someone who is strict about Islamic prayer). In 1970 he initially fought in the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The failure of the Kurdish Treaty of Autonomy with the Iraqi government and the introduction of the Arabization policy by the Ba'ath Party in the Kurdish regions of Kirkuk and Chanaqin finally led to the outbreak of the second Kurdish-Iraqi war in 1975. Barzani's defeat in this war led to the establishment of the Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK), which Risa joined.

In the war against the Iraqi government, Risha became the symbol of the indomitable and legendary fighter through his success as a troop leader and military skills among Kurds . According to some Kurdish sources, his nickname "Mama Risha" is based on his vow not to shave his beard until Kurdistan was liberated from the Ba'ath Party. Risha was shot dead on January 25, 1985 in an ambush by Tehsin Sawes, a commander of the Kurdish "Defense Battalions" loyal to the Baath. Among the Kurds from Kirkuk and Sulaimaniyya it is said that he was killed by internal Kurdish enemies and functionaries of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . They conclude this mainly from the fact that the murderer was commissioned by the regime in Baghdad, but as a member of the DPK he still enjoys immunity to this day.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andrea Fischer-Tahir: "We gave many martyrs". Resistance and collective identity formation in Iraqi Kurdistan , ISBN 978-3-89771-015-3 , Münster 2003, pp. 135-136
  2. ↑ Human Rights Wacht Report Website of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch . Retrieved February 2, 2013
  3. ↑ Mama Risha , website of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), archived version. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc/themaking.htm
personal data
SURNAME Risha, mom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rauf, Najmadin Shukr; Rişa, mom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kurdish officer of the Peshmerga in Northern Iraq
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH at Kirkuk
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1985
Place of death Kirkuk