ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis report was researched and written by Hania Mufti, London director for the Middle East and North Africa division, and Peter Bouckaert, senior emergencies researcher for Human Rights Watch. We are grateful to the many displaced persons and families as well as Kurdish officials who met with them during their mission to Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2002. Joe Stork, Washington director for the Middle East and North Africa division, and Widney Brown, Human Rights Watch deputy program director, edited the report for publication. Wilder Tayler, legal and policy director, provided legal review. The report was prepared for publication by Human Rights Watch program coordinator Jonathan Horowitz, publications director Patrick Minges, and photo editor Veronica Matushaj. |