Day Six - Town of Kifri, shots were fired at supporters of the Gorran List

London (KurdishMedia.com) 25 June 2009:

Wednesday afternoon, Kifri, Iraqi Kurdistan: Shots were fired at supporters of the Gorran List (Movement for Change).
Hashim Salih, head of the Kifri Gorran support centre reported, “This afternoon at a time when our supporters were attempting to put up election campaign posters and distribute our electoral programme, two cars both maroon Mazda’s with black tinted windows began to follow them and fired several shots over the heads of our supporters. We believe this was an attempt to provoke our supporters and start some sort of fight; to avoid this our supporters immediately returned to our base.” He added, “Tomorrow we will attempt to lodge a formal complaint through the courts.”

Mr Salih also reported that yesterday they had faced similar problems stating that an Opal type car baring a governmental special issue registration plate caused several obstacles for Gorran supporters who were putting up election posters and banners on the Kifri-Kalar highway.
Hashim Salih added that the supporters of the Kurdistani list (the KDP-PUK joint slate) are attempting to create a tense atmosphere ahead of the ballot; and he added that Gorran are continuing to follow a peaceful route and that they will seek redress the legal system.