Iraqi Kurds Vote: Delayed Results Amidst Tightened Security

A regional election took place in the northern Kurdish provinces of Iraq Saturday. It is reported 78% of the 2.5 million eligible voters headed to the polls. The self-controlled and semiautonomous Kurdish region will select a new President and a 111-seat Parliament. Kurdistan...

Iraqi Kurds Vote in the Polls, Results Not Released Yet

Iraqi Kurds voted in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region today and hundreds lined up for hours before polling places opened to cast their ballot for the local presidential and parliamentary elections. They are...

Newroz: From tradition to politics, why it is important to Kurds

Today in London, the Kurdish community gathered to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, a tradition going across countries in Middle East and Central Asia. It coincides with the spring equinox of 21st of March...

Turkish jets hit PKK targets in N.Iraq-army sources

This is becoming routine.  Itwill be interesting to see ifthere is as much of an uproarin the Arab world about this as there was about Israeli strikesin Gaza, for the same reasons. " Turkish warplanes bombed...

Turkish Embassy in Helsinki Defaced

"The front door of the Turkish Embassy located in the Kaivopuisto area of Helsinki was set on fire around 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Police say it's possible the arson was politically motivated.[...]A Kurdish demonstration was staged by the Turkish Embassy on Monday. Four...

Five Dead in Turkey After Kurdish Rebel Attack on Police Officers

Five people are dead after a militant group ambushed Police officers in Turkey. 19 others were injured, some seriously. Four of the killed were police officers and one was an employee of a local precinct. Turkey's parliament extended their mandate to order strikes against...

Ehud Barak shakes hands with Iraqi president Talabani

The hand shaking between the Iraqi president (and Kurdish) Jalal Talabani, and Israel defence minister Ehud Barak is interesting historically  because of the Israeli connections with the Kurds in the past,...

Iraqi minister warns Turkish raid could destabilise, report

London (ANTARA News/AFP) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned Saturday that Turkey`s ground offensive in northern Iraq should end quickly before it destabilises the region, in an interview with the BBC.Zebari, quoted by the BBC website, said that Iraq did not...

Factbox: Why did Turkey invade Iraq?

 As this photo of  a Typical Kurdish Family, certainly attests to Kurdish Bloodlust, you know they're just asking for a can of Turkish Whup Ass!    These Kurds, so smug and smarmy living...

Turkey Attacks northern Iraq - Turkey Starts a land offensive in northern Iraq

Also see the AP's story on the military operation.KUWAIT - Feb 21 8:47 GMT: A Turkish army communiqué announced that a land offensive have been launched against Kurdish rebels PKK in northern Iraq. The...

Turkish troops enter Iraq

The AP is reporting that about 300 Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq. Ankara hasn’t confirmed the reports but Kurdish officials are saying that Turkish troops entered Iraq overnight and moved up to...

Two Indonesian workers arrive home from Iraq

Tangerang (ANTARA News) - Two female Indonesian workers who had been rescued from a conflict area in Kurdistan, Iraq, by non-governmental organization (NGO) Migrant Care arrived here on Wednesday afternoon aboard an Emirates flight. The two, identified as Ellly Anita and...

The PKK-Kurdistan Trap

Kurdistan, somewhere: Someone is, indeed, supplying the PKK militia with weapons and so-called "intelligence". It is highly unlikely that a simple, isolated terrorist organisation could kill and abduct dozens...

Turkey to knock Stuffing out of Kurdish Rebels.

Turkey on the move, against US governments protests has sent troops along it's Southern Border with Iraq to quash Kurdish Rebels along it's own borders."SIRNAK, Turkey -- Turkey said on Monday eight of its...

Turkey Might Invade Iraq

Kurdish terrorists have recently upped their attacks on Turkey in an effort to gain control over a portion of Turkey for themselves. The Kurdish terrorist group, Kurdistan Workers' Party, has had some recent...

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