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Secretary of Defence makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq

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...

Iraq Kurds Vote for Regional Leaders.

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...

Obama is a Neocon Liar

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...

A Chance to Discover My Kurdish Heritage

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...

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...

Ethnic Divide in Iraqi City a Test for Nation

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 S.O.S

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...

Remembering Halabja

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...

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...

Just Breaking: Car bomb kills 4, injures 68 in Turkey

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...

On the Hunt: Bush backer seeks $1 billion for Peru project

"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...

"No Dice" Says Rice To Kurds

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....

US Military Not Told of Turkey Bomb Plan

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...

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...

Turkish crescent and star adorns Brussels

  Looking at the headlines on NP I saw the post by Pep, ” Turks Riot in Brussels; Attack Armenians &…”. This remembered me of many things.. To make my point I quote from Pep’s post,…”Buses...

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