I am unconvinced that America has the capacity for Nation Building though it does for Peace Building. Pick an easier subject of focus like the Kurds. They are strategically located to be an excellent ally in the...
Ali Hassan al-Majid, also know as "Chemical Ali," was hanged today in Iraq, according to Iraqi government sources. Al-Majid was a former Iraqi Defense Minister, Interior Minister, military commander and chief of...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2065 views | 36 recommendations | 2 comments
U.S. Secretary of Defence made an unannouced visit to Baghdad today. He will be visiting U.S. troops and Iraqi government officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Gates stated that the security...
Kurdistan is not perfect but it is the least violent area of Iraq.Many Kurds would like to have a fully independent nation but that is unlikely unless Iraq's government falls apart. For now Kurds mostly run...
The following is my commentary concerning, "UN Official Demands Torture Accountability," (by Edger. Antemedius.com. July 2, 2009) and specifically Edger's comment at the end of that post as follows, "Where is the...
opinion by TomUsher | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 273 views | 0 recommendations | 6 comments
My grandfather’s name is Jamal Fuad, but had he never left the Kurdish Babani Tribes of Northern Iraq, he would be known as Jamal Abdul Karim Mohammed Qadir Gafur, in the traditional way Kurdish men string...
opinion by Tracy Fuad | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 573 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by Luis Rubim | 2 years ago 1340 views | 13 recommendations | 1 comment
Trying to resolve this could be a big test for Iraq. If it is done ina peaceful way that could leadto a more united Iraq. Dividingthe city could be an option. " Iraqi leaders and the United Nations are...
Hasankeyf is a small town which had a thousand years past in Batman in the southeast of Turkey. Many valuable historical and cultural works and a thousand historical caves in this town will...
created by Mehmet Masum SÜER | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 319 views | 28 recommendations | 3 comments
On March 16, 1988 the largest scale chemical weapons attack against a civilian population in modern times occured in a town called Halabja, which is located about 150 miles northeast of Baghdad, and between 8...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1225 views | 22 recommendations | 9 comments
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...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1545 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Looks like a War within a War in Iraq between the Kurds and Turkey. From Yahoo news:
ANKARA, Turkey - A car bomb apparently targeting military personnel killed four people and wounded 68 others Thursday in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, officials...
created by djsblack | 4 years ago 291 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"On the Hunt: Bush backer seeks $1 billion for Peru project
DEPARTMENT Washington Babylon
BY Ken Silverstein
PUBLISHED December 18, 2007
Beginning tomorrow and over the next few weeks, the World Bank and other lenders will be voting, apparently in favor, on a package worth...
Acquiescence to Turkish Incursion May Signal Change In Bush Policy
A condemnation of the Turkish military incursion into Iraq will not come from the United States, reported French daily Le Figaro today....
created by candidusmaximus | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 415 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I'm not sure what to make of this. From Drudge, via MyWay:
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military commanders in Iraq didn't know Turkey was sending warplanes to bomb in northern Iraq until the planes had already crossed the border, said defense and diplomatic officials, who were...
created by djsblack | 4 years ago 402 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments