1976 – Is involved in armed resistance against the government of Saddam Hussein. 1998 – Talabani and rival Kurdish Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani sign a peace agreement that provides ...

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He was held in incommunicado detention for two days before Jalal Talabani, the secretary general of the PUK, secured his release. However, he was kept under house arrest in Suleimaniya and was not ...

Here’s a look at the life of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.Personal:Birth date: November 12, 1933Death date: ...

1947 – At age 14, joins the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). 1951 – Member of the KDP’s Central Committee. June 1975 – Leaves the KDP to found the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), an ...