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Health Minister: cholera deaths in Kurdistan Alsumaria, Iraq Kurdistan’s Health Minister Ziryan Uthman announced the death of five people from cholera and the infection of more than 2000 others in Sulaymaniya. ...

Iranian agents captured in Kurdistan Kurdish Aspect, CO Kurdish police in the city of Hewler (Arbil) in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) have captured ten Iranian intelligence agents, according to Kurdish ...

Israel aiding terrorists against Iran PRESS TV, Iran  The Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) is a militant Kurdish group based in northern Iraq. PJAK is a branch of the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist ...

Iraq warns Iran over shelling of Kurdish areas Reuters AlertNet, UK  The government in Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdistan region said on Tuesday that 450 families from 20 villages along the border had been evacuated because ...

Three Iraq Wars Outside the Beltway, VA  An American family that lost a son or a daughter in the defense of free Kurdistan or in the struggle against AQM could console itself that the death was in ..

Tensions on Iraq-Turkey border send residents packing South Asian Women's Forum, India - In recent weeks, dozens of Christian families like Emmanuel's that fled Baghdad and other embattled Iraqi cities for towns in Kurdistan, have taken to the ... Report: US Has Prepared to Attack Iran American Chronicle, CA  ... as well as armed popular resistance appear underway inside the Iranian provinces or ethnic areas of the Azeri, Balujistan, Kurdistan and Khuzestan. ... Advocates of Iraq partition make things worse Kuwait Times, Kuwait  According to Iraq's constitution, a referendum is supposed to be held there by the end of this year on whether to join the autonomous region of Kurdistan. ... Why Baghdad's Latest Deal is No Deal TIME  Late on Sunday five Iraqi politicians, representing the country's Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish constituencies, announced a deal to allow some former members ...   Many killed at Iraq Shia festival BBC News, UK It comes just two days after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki announced a deal between Iraqi Shia, Sunni and Kurdish politicians aimed at building national ... Advocates of Iraq partition make things worse Kuwait Times, Kuwait - 47 minutes ago The eastern half of the city and the adjacent Nineveh plains are Kurdish. The west is largely Arab, now the Yezidi are being intimidated to leave. ... Iranian president declares US influence waning in Iraq, Iran ready ... Hays Daily News, KS As long as the Kurdish parties and the main Shiite bloc back al-Maliki, his opponents lack the votes for that. During al-Maliki's visit to Tehran earlier ...

28-08-2007

Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and and its airport authorities are in discussions with Austrian Airlines, and all are hopeful that the airline will ...

Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq  For several days the Iranian forces have been heavily bombarding villages near the town of Penjwin, in the border area between Iran and the Kurdistan Region ... We're fighting at least three of them. Slate  Taking these in reverse order, we can point to Kurdistan as the most outstanding success of the past four years, with its economically flourishing provinces ... The so called “unity accord” is to renew a 41 years old failed ... uruknet.info, Italy  Kurdish and Shiite parties needed to grab power in Iraq from the Sunni Arabs, and then to establish a dialogue with those willing _ as individuals _ to join ...

If Kurdistan is the new front for al-Qaeda Journal Chrétien, France  The villages destroyed were in the region of Sinjar, a Sunni majority zone on the border of Iraqi Kurdistan. As the possibility of an American withdrawal ...

On referendum for an independent Kurdish state American Chronicle, CA  Furthermore, non-Kurds who were encouraged to settle in Kurdistan during the campaign of Arabization must return to their respective homelands. ... Kurdistan delegation to US for security talk Alsumaria, Iraq  Ahead of the anticipated US report on security and political progress made in Iraq, a delegation of the Kurdistan’s alliance is heading to the United States ... Number of suicides by women rises in Kurdish-controlled Iraq Taipei Times, Taiwan  Suicide is a stigma in conservative Muslim societies such as that in rural Kurdistan, where men take second wives and poor, uneducated women in particular ...

We're fighting at least three of them. Slate  Taking these in reverse order, we can point to Kurdistan as the most outstanding success of the past four years, with its economically flourishing provinces ...   Not quite yet for Gul Sofia Echo, Bulgaria  The situation is, nevertheless, aggravated by the fact that the Kurdish party, which for the first time in decades won fewer than a dozen deputy seats in ... Turkey's army warns of efforts to undermine state Canada.com Erdogan, Gul Widen Army Rift, Gain Freer Hand on Turkish Sales Bloomberg

27-08-2007

Iraq: Al-Maliki Announces Agreements Stratfor (subscription)  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared on Iraqi television with leaders of Iraq's major Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political parties Aug. ... What France can do in Iraq International Herald Tribune, France Outside of a highly protected "Green Zone" in Baghdad, and a more or less stable Kurdish region, Iraq is being ripped apart by a storm of hatred and ... Korek in talks to buy Orascom's Iraq assets Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Dubai: Kurdish operator Korek Telecom said on Sunday it was in talks to buy the Iraqi assets of Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding and planned to invest $1 ... CAI:ORTE WORLD at 1700GMT PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria  BAGHDAD _ A US helicopter attacks two Kurdish police outposts, killing four policemen and wounding eight others, a Kurdish security official says. ... Yazidis, fearing extermination, flee their areas Azzaman.com, Iraq  The two villages are located almost on the fringes of what Iraqi Kurds call now ‘Kurdistan’ where Kurdish militias are in control. ...

Baath party spokesman dismisses plan to ease ban on party members International Herald Tribune, France Late Sunday, top Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish leaders signed an agreement which among other things endorsed a draft bill to relax rules preventing many members ... Iraq's leaders agree on key benchmarks Reuters Canada Iraq leaders reach consensus on some benchmarks Reuters India

Austrian Airlines halts flights to Iraqi city of Irbil, citing ... International Herald Tribune, France  The airline said the flight Friday evening was its last until further notice, following a security review in the Kurdish-controlled city about 350 ...

Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon  Iraq's top Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key laws that Washington views as vital to ... Angry Iraqi Leader Lashes Out at Clinton Forbes

US 'Friendly Fire' Strike Kills Four Iraqi Policemen RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic  Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga militia, said the aircraft attacked two police outposts north of Baquba. The US military has not commented 'Accidental' US fire kills Iraqi cops Independent Online US 'friendly fire' strike kills four France24 US military reports air strikes on insurgents in Samarra KRQE

KURDISH MEN QUIZZED OVER EMMA MURDER Glasgow Sunday Mail, UK  By Charles Lavery KURDISH separatists in Scotland have been questioned in connection with murder of prostitute Emma Caldwell. More than a dozen men linked ...

iraq business and investment conference to be held in dubai
Al-Bawaba, Jordan 
Similar conferences earlier in the year were held in the UAE for the western portion of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government. ...

US Troops must not withdraw Arizona Daily Star, AZ  He points out that the Kurdistan Regional Government, for example, now depends on Baghdad for 96 percent of its annual budget. While most Iraqis agree that ... Iraqi Arabs flee to the safest city in Kurdistan region Kurdish Aspect Resignations Weaken US-backed Iraq gov't FinalCall.com New charity to support Iraqi Christians Independent Catholic News, UK  Some have taken refuge in Kurdistan; others in Syria, Jordan and elsewhere in the Middle East. UNHCR have reported that 44% of asylum seekers reaching Syria ... Iraq's leaders finally agree on benchmarks ABC Online, Australia  ... Sunni Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi; Shiite Vice-President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and Masoud Barzani, president of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. ...

26-08-2007

Be honest: We are in the end game
Seattle Post Intelligencer 
The violence simply migrates elsewhere, to the mixed areas south of Kurdistan and the West. Nor can the troops do anything more than keep the lid on ...

Killings, Accusations and Complicities
Kurdish Aspect, CO 
Officials blamed al-Qaeda -linked groups to the attack that was targeting Kurdish-Yęzîdî communities. Others have been blamed as well. ...

Abandon Iraq and see a Vietnam horror show
Times Online, UK -
But alas their progress has not been matched by reconciliation and progress between the Sunni, Shi’ite and Kurdish members of the Iraqi government. ...

J	Iraq : Netherlands « Refusing » To Save Last Jews In Baghdad Journal Chrétien, France  The dentist and his family now live in a Kurdish village in Iraq’s Kurdistan area, where the children can not go to school because they do not speak the ...

Iraq (Kurdistan): NATO Country Turkey Supports Attacks By Iran Radio-Utopie, Germany "In the past six months, Israel and the United States have also been working together in support of a Kurdish resistance group known as the Party for Free ... Iran Troops Cross Border Of Iraq/Kurdistan, Cooperating with Turkey Radio-Utopie

Increased Conflicts and Refugees Kurdish Aspect, CO  Two rare explosions shook the region, one in southern Kurdistan's capital, Hewlęr (Erbil), and the second one, south of the capital in Mexműr. ... Lunch with Komala Jerusalem Post 12 killed in Kurdish-Turkish clash United Press International Clash in Southeast Turkey Leaves 12 Dead Forbes Kurdish mountains alive with weddings Kurdish Aspect, CO  In weddings in Arbil, women and men dance and sing Kurdish, Iraqi and other traditional Arabic songs, and distribute drinks, sweets and cakes. ... How the West Lost the Cold War Brussels Journal, Belgium  In 2003 he involved himself in a heated debate regarding an incident of honor killing where a Kurdish girl was murdered by her two uncles. ...

When Warner talks, we'd better listen Wilmington Morning Star, NC  They are dividing the country into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish regions, and fearful civilians are fleeing to areas where they hope to feel less imperiled. ... US general opposes withdrawal proposal Savannah Morning News

'Chemical Ali' trial rekindles Shiite anger toward US Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - As American troops drove Iraqi forces from Kuwait, anti-Saddam forces in both the Shiite south and Kurdish north rose in revolt. ...

25-08-2007

Kurdish mountains alive with weddings Gulf News, United Arab Emirates  Couples planning to wed in Kurdistan, especially in Arbil, choose to set the ceremonies on the mountain heights of Bekhal and Shaqlawa, and also in public ...

Pascual and Cullin: It's vital to carve out a role for the United ...
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
The ''plus one'' is the timing of a referendum on Kirkuk, which is guaranteed by the constitution but which could trigger pressures for Kurdish independence ...

Kurdish Residents Allege Iranian Shelling of 2 Villages in ...
Voice of America
By VOA News Residents of a Kurdish area in northeastern Iraq are alleging that Iran has fired artillery shells across the border into two villages in Iraq. ...
Tehran troops cross into Iraq The Australian

Turkey: 12 Killed In Military-PKK Clashes
Stratfor (subscription) 
The sources reportedly said the Turkish army is reinforcing its positions near the Iraqi border in response to attempts by Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters ...

Ten Kurdish rebels, two Turkish soldiers killed in fighting
Malaysia Sun, Malaysia -Ten Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting in south-east Turkey, the semi-official Anadolu news agency reported Saturday. ...

Gül lends support to Iran’s anti-PEJAK operation in Iraq
Today's Zaman, Turkey 
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül voiced support for a possible cross-border operation by neighboring Iran into Iraq to fight a wing of the outlawed Kurdistan ...
Turkey to take action to protect interests in Iraq, US report says

Kurdish Residents Allege Iranian Shelling of 2 Villages in ...
Voice of America 
... have clashed with Kurdish rebels in northwestern Iran. The insurgents are believed to be linked to Turkey's separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK.
Iraq Kurds accuse Iran of cross-border shelling Reuters AlertNet
Tehran troops cross into Iraq The Australian
Iranian soldiers cross into Iraq to fire on Kurds Kansas City Star

24-08-2007

Iraq's Kurdish Region Struggles with Power Shortages Voice of America  But power plants being built in the Kurdish region could end the local electrical shortage and send power to the rest of the county. ...   US report: Iraqi government precarious China Daily, China  ... the Iraqi government "will become more precarious over the next six to 12 months" because of criticism from various Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish factions. ... Bush ally breaks ranks with call for troop pullout Times Online, UK  ... was to buy a security “breathing space” so that Mr al-Ma-liki, a Shia, could forge a political compromise between Sunni, Shia and Kurdish factions. ... Report Finds Iraqi Government Precarious Journal Times, WI  ... of criticism from members of Iraqi Shiite parties, Iraq's top Shiite religious figure Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and Sunni and Kurdish factions. ...   Iraqi leadership precarious, US intelligence warns Turkish Press, MI  ... months because of criticism by other members of the major Shia coalition" as well as Sunni and Kurdish parties, the new US intelligence estimate warned. ... Report Finds Iraqi Government Precarious Munster Times An Inconvenient Truth The Nation., NY If the United States ever possessed a shred of moral authority for the invasion of Iraq, it came from Halabja, a Kurdish town of about 70000 people nestling ... Alevi Bektaşi Federations protest History Institution Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey  Halaçoğlu claimed that many Kurdish people were originally Turks while Alevi Turks have Armenian origins. A wide range of circles from Alevi associations to ...   Iraqi Vice President visits Turkey PRESS TV, Iran  Iraq's vice president has arrived in Turkey to discuss the concerns over PKK Kurdish separatists and the sectarian strife in Iraq. ... Iraqi vice president visits Turkey for talks on PKK, Iraq turmoil International Herald Tribune Turkey alarmed with Baghdad disunity moves to help Maliki cabinet ... New Anatolian Iraqi vice president in Turkey for talks to boost ties Focus News Iraq's KRG issues oil and gas law Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan  (MENAFN) A spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government announced that the Kurdish Parliament recently approved of their own regional oil and gas law, ... What is holding up the delivery of the long-awaited Iraqi oil law? ZNet Analysis: Kurd oil law drives Iraq oil Earthtimes.org Why Iraqis oppose US-backed oil law Workers think foreign firms ... ZNet

Huge boost to Iraqi mobile coverage predicted ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates  ... Qatar Telecommunications (Qtel) affiliate AsiaCell and Korek Telecom, which is based in the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. "The most important matter ... "More Precarious" CBS News, NY ... criticism from members of Iraqi Shiite parties, Iraq's top Shiite religious figure Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and other Sunni and Kurdish factions. ..

23-08-2007

Peaceful Kurdish Region Experiencing Growing Pains Voice of America  A Kurdish man walks out of a shop that sells brand new models of cars in downtown Irbil, northern Iraq, 16 Feb. 2005 The city of Irbil is under construction ... Human Rights Group Alleges Torture in Kurdish Prisons Voice of America

breakthrough for troubled Iraqi industry Times Online, UK DNO’s activity in Kurdistan and its Tawke find have fuelled controversy in Iraq and created friction between the KRG and the national Government in Baghdad, ... Spectre of Vietnam looms large over the killing fields of Iraq Times Online, UK  In the north, the Turks would be likely to regard with alarm the spectacle of a Kurdish-run entity, with worrisome implications for Turkey and its Kurdish ... Two ex-aides of Saddam removed from court for unruly behaviour Gulf News, United Arab Emirates  Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan Al Majid, who gained the nickname 'Chemical Ali' after poison gas attacks on Kurdish towns in the 1980s, and 14 others went on ... Kurdistan's oil law 'meant to speed up development' Gulf News, United Arab Emirates  By Basil Adas, Correspondent Arbil: The autonomous Kurdish parliament approved their own regional oil and gas law ahead of the the Baghdad-based ... Analysis: SCO energy ties United Press International  By ANDREA MIHAILESCU By BEN LANDO Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government will not wait for a federal oil law before it starts signing more contracts to ... The Worst since 9/11 Commentary, NY  Kurdistan’s flag is unique among those of Muslims in that it includes a religious symbol, the Yezidi symbol—the sun, instead of a crescent. ... Iraq: Sunni Leader Says Prime Minister 'Finished' uruknet.info, Italy  Abd al-Sattar: The committee is from Al-Tawafuq, [and the United Iraqi Alliance and the Kurdistan Coalition]. RFE/RL: A representative of Shi'ite cleric ... Iran is at War With Iraq - as Well as With America Human Events, DC  According to a deputy minister in Kurdistan's regional government, attempts to destroy the Iranian Kurdish fighters has resulted in several Iraqi border ... Iran to invade Northern Iraq? Foreign Policy (subscription) Iran Shells Iraq's Kurdish Region Voice of America Leaflets said to warn of Iran move into north Iraq ABC News What Is The Future Of Iraq? Evening Bulletin, PA  The regional government of Kurdistan has its own assembly, flag, army and constitution. It serves as the best example of a functioning state and a nascent ...

Discontent simmers over redistribution of country's wealth Kurdish Aspect, CO  Circumstances have changed, but the political structure in Kurdistan should ransack the foundation of its existence, if not its essence. ...

"Bosnia Done Backwards" Atlantic Online  ... hence my call for the 2K solution: draw down and pull back in southern Iraq and move bulk of forces to Kurdistan (where we are small) and Kuwait (where ...

Analysis: Kurd oil law drives Iraq oil United Press International  By BEN LANDO Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government will not wait for a federal oil law before it starts signing more contracts to explore what is thought to ...

22-08-2007

15 Saddam aides on trial in baghdad International Herald Tribune, France  ... carry out the darkest deeds of his regime — Majid has already been given eight death sentences for the crimes in Kurdistan — is now a shuffling old man. ... Chemical Ali: Saddam's most infamous hatchet man Philippine Star 15 Hussein Aides on Trial for Suppressing Uprising New York Times     Bush sees progress, but speaks of 'frustration' with Iraq's leadership CNN International  Those groups -- al-Maliki's Dawa party, the Shiite-led Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and the Kurdish Democratic Party ... Aged Saddam aide still a 'fighter' at trial Houston Chronicle, United States  ... the darkest deeds of his regime — al-Majeed has already been issued multiple death sentences for the crimes in Kurdistan — is now a shuffling old man. ... America-Kurdistan Friendship League Launched On Capitol Hill Evening Bulletin, PA By Joseph Puder, For The Bulletin Washington - The America-Kurdistan Friendship League (AKFL) was formed two weeks ago at a press conference held at the ...

Leaflets said to warn of Iran move into north Iraq Today's Zaman, Turkey ... against an outlawed group, the anti-Iranian Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK), which is linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). ... Iran Shells Iraq's Kurdish Region Voice of America Iran, Iraq: Turkey, the US and the Kurdish Wedge Stratfor (subscription) Iraqi villagers hide in caves, flee Iranian shells Reuters AlertNet DNO ASA: Second Quarter 2007 Asia Corporate News Network (press release), Australia In Kurdistan DNO has commenced long term test production, with offtake being delivered to the domestic market by tanker trucking. ... Yazidis Fear Further Attacks AINA, CA  However, many Yazidis are expected to vote in favour of joining Kurdistan's regional government. Al Jazeera spoke to several Yazidis living in the Sinjar .. Oslo shares TFN at a glance outlook Hemscott, UK  -DNO said it has rejected an unsolicited 700 mln usd bid by 'a large international oil company' for its licenses in Kurdistan and Northern Iraq. ... DNO finds more oil at Tawke in Northern Iraq Hemscott, UK OSLO (Thomson Financial) - DNO ASA said it has found more oil at the Tawke field in Northern Iraq, and that the most productive of the tests had seen a flow ..

KDP points finger at Turkey and Syria for Yezidi massacre New Anatolian, Turkey The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) pointed the finger at Turkish and Syrian intelligence agencies for masterminding the recent bomb attacks against Yezidi ...

Boxers represent new dawn for Iraq Windsor Star, Canada  It seems the Kurdistan Boxing Federation, whose facilities are being used for the workouts, can't understand why the fighters need water. ... Marty Gervais in Iraq: Windsor boxer rediscovers his roots Windsor Star

21-08-2007

The Kurdish miracle
Ha'aretz, Israel 
The director-general of the new airport; the communications minister, there with his family; senior officials from the Kurdish government; and some rich ...

Iraqi Kurdistan: Civilians under Fire in Northern Iraq UNPO, Netherlands  Jabar Yawar, a deputy minister in the Kurdistan regional government, said four days of intermittent shelling by Iranian forces had hit mountain villages ... Helicopter crash kills six Iranian troops International Herald Tribune Six die in Iranian army helicopter crash - media Reuters AlertNet

Iran Shells Iraq's Kurdish Region Voice of America  The insurgents are believed to be linked to Turkey's separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK. Kurdistan Foreign Relations Minister Fala ... Iraqi villagers hide in caves, flee Iranian shells Reuters AlertNet Iran’s military build-up raises Kurdish fears of incursion Today's Zaman Iran shells northern Iraq? World War 4 Report

MTC Atheer gears up for expansion
ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates 
by Michele Howe on Monday, 20 August 2007 Iraqi mobile operator MTC Atheer plans to enter the Kurdistan region as part of its expansion in Iraq under its ...

Kurdish issue a problem for Turkey: DTP official
NTV MSNBC, Turkey 
ANKARA - There was a need to fully discuss Turkey’s Kurdish issue in the parliament, according to Ahmet Turk, the parliamentary group leader of the ...

Military Matters: Refugees and youth gangs
United Press International 
A story in the July 15 New York Times by Theo Emery, "In Nashville, a Street Gang Emerges in a Kurdish Enclave," tells an all-too-common story: "Miles from ...

^t 4 By Gerald A . Honigman  t 4 Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription), NY  And why aren t they reading about the case for Kurdistan in the news the way they are the cause for yet another Arab terror state set up in Israel s ... Yazidis fear further attacks Aljazeera.net, Qatar However, many Yazidis are expected to vote in favour of joining Kurdistan's regional government. Al Jazeera spoke to several Yazidis living in the Sinjar ... Minority sect pleads for help in wake of devastating bombs The Mercury (subscription) Yazidis fear annihilation after suicide attack Peninsula On-line Iranian helicopter downed in Iraq Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey PEJAK is considered by many as an arm of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a terrorist organization. The cause of the incident remains unclear. ... Sterling eyes Kurdish deals AME Info, United Arab Emirates - Commercial Director Paul Griggs said the deal would involve the exploration of specific sites in Kurdistan. Griggs also stated that the recent slump in the ... Iran 'massing troops near northern Kurdish region' Earthtimes.org  Baghdad - Iranian troops are reportedly massing along the northeastern stretch of the Iran-Iraq border near Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, ... Iranian forces shell Iraq's Kurdistan region Earthtimes.org

Sunni bloc to attend political leaders' meeting uruknet.info, Italy The Kurdistan Coalition (KC) is the second largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament with 55 seats, next to the Shiite Unified Iraqi Coalition (UIC) which has ...   Turkish Soldier Killed In Rebel Clash Javno.hr, Croatia  A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels in southeast Turkey near the border with Iraq. ...   Eight killed in Iran army helicopter crash Irish Times, Ireland Another Iranian news agency, Mehr, said it crashed during a military operation against the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an Iranian offshoot of ... Helicopter crash kills six Iranian troops International Herald Tribune Remote northeast Iraq hit by Iran shells-officials Reuters AlertNet Helicopter Crash Kills 6 Iranian Troops Washington Post

DTP in Parliament, crushed between anti-Kurdish establishment and PKK New Anatolian, Turkey - 7 hours ago When the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) was outside the Parliament it had the luxury of falling in line with the PKK imposed politics of ... Kurdish politicians boost Gul’s hopes Gulf Times Gul met warmly by DTP leadership in Ankara Hürriyet Abdullah Gul received backing from DTP Hürriyet

Deadly Suicide Attack in Iraq Shines Light on Little Known Minority Voice of America Before now, little has been said about this Kurdish-speaking community living mostly in the northern province of Mosul. VOA's Margaret Besheer as more on ... Iraqi Yazidis speak out BBC News Mosul curfew extended Azzaman.com Editorial: Sheer Savagery Arab News

Iraq pressures Petraeus The Argus, CA  The Yazidis are a largely peaceful religious minority, concentrated in the Kurdish north of Iraq, an area that since 2003 has been less troubled by attacks ... Suicide blasts sect fears annihilation Scotsman Survivors of bombs left to die in rubble Times Online New Iraqi government to go ahead without Sunnis Euronews.net

Yazidi, Muslim Leaders in Kurdistan Condemn Recent Bombing
Voice of America - USA
US and Kurdish officials say the attack is most likely an attempt to incite violence between the minority Yazidi sect and local Muslims. ...

Parties Oppose New Iraqi Alliance
Alalam News Network - Tehran,Iran
Some of the Kurdish leaders have also criticized Talabani who heads the Patriotic Union of kurdistan (PUK) and head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) ...

Security Council Approves Resolution Widening UN Role in Iraq
Voice of America - USA
This Thursday he and Kurdish President Jalal Talabani announced a new political alliance of mainstream Shi'a and Kurdish parties that does not include any ...

Iraqi Sunnis slam new Shia, Kurdish alliance
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... Shia Dawa party and Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council and the Kurdish factions of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdish Democratic Party (PDK). ...

Yazidis fear annihilation after Iraq bombings
Washington Post, United States 
Zairyan Othman, minister of health in neighboring Kurdistan, Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, said 205 were killed and 235 wounded. ...
Death toll in bombed villages worst of war San Jose Mercury News
Death toll in Iraq bombings could reach 500 Kansas City Star
Al-Qaeda blamed for Yazidi carnage Scotsman

4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in ...
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
The program hosts, Kurdistan Region President Mas'ud Barzani. Asked how he evaluates his experience and whether the Kurdish people attained what they want, ...

Iraq's grim Sinjar toll: 344 dead, 396 injured, says mayor (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... and Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) from Iran, sources said. Kurdish villages in the northern province of Arbil were bombed in the morning by Turkish forces, ...

Iraqi Sunnis slam new Shiite, Kurdish alliance
Anatolian Times - Ankara,Turkey
... Shiite Dawa party and Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council and the Kurdish factions of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdish Democratic Party (PDK). ...

Ruffling feathers - will Turkey invade northern Iraq?
Jane's - Coulsdon,Surrey,UK
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (nephew of KRG President Massoud Barzani) confirmed in early August that Turkish troops ...

Justice for Sara Jaffar Nimat! Infoshop News Sara Jaffar Nimat is an 11-year-old girl from the town of Khanaqin in Iraqi Kurdistan. She was murdered on the 3rd August. The painful, degrading and ... Goodbye, Iraq? Commonweal, NY Kurdistan is already a separate entity under Iraq's Constitution. In my view, it would be a better outcome to have Sunni and Shiite Regions as part of a ... Multi-National Corps-Iraq exceeds goal United Press International  By HIBA DAWOOD Al Sabah Newspaper had on the front page a title said "emergency plan in Kurdistan and Sinjar council demands combining the district to the ... Letter of Appreciation Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription), NY  We have a homeland, Kurdistan, confirmed by history for thousands of years, Arabs and Turks turned up much later, under the banner of Islam they showed ...   Iranian Half Moon in Chile PRESS TV, Iran  The movie has a social theme about music in Iran and Iraq's Kurdistan. It depicts the struggle of an old Kurdish musician to organize a festival in Iraq's ... "Niwemang" in Chile ISNA Al-Maliki's days are numbered Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt The Kurdish administration in the north was displeased by Al-Maliki's promise to expel the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) from the country. ... Iraqi PM, president announce new alliance; 4 children found in ... Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) Death toll from Iraq bombings jumps to 400 Forbes Iraqi PM, president announce new alliance but Sunnis say not yet San Diego Union Tribune Turkish, Iranian forces bomb border cities in Kurdistan Earthtimes.org  Targeted in the attack were the bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has been fighting the Turkish government and the Party for Freedom and Life ...

Iraqi Yazidis speak out BBC News, UK People in the area are due to vote on whether to come under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government later this year. Two Yazidis reflect on the ... Death toll in Iraq bombings could reach 500 Kansas City Star Death toll passes 250 in Iraq bombings Los Angeles Times Frantic hunt in Iraq bomb rubble BBC News

4 Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 200 and Wound 300 at Kurdish ... ABC News  Such a retrenching could increase pressure on small communities such as the Yazidis, a primarily Kurdish group with ancient roots that worships an angel ... Suicide bombers strike Kurdish sect, killing 175 Globe and Mail Workers Search for Bodies in Iraq Bombings NPR Iraq bombs: 250 die in worst terror attack Telegraph.co.uk

Al-Qaeda blamed for suicide attack on Iraqi villages Financial Times, UK ... on Tuesday evening in areas that are home to the Yazidi, a pre-Islamic, mainly Kurdish, sect, near the town of Sinjar close to the Syrian border. ... Al Qaeda suspected after new Iraq massacre Euronews.net Tuesday's Massive Death Toll Blamed on Al-Qaeda ShortNews.com Al-Qaeda blamed in Iraq sect attack Aljazeera.net

Search goes on as Iraq death toll tops 250 Guardian Unlimited, UK  At least 250 bodies had been uncovered by last night, said Zayan Othman, the health minister of the nearby autonomous Kurdish region, which would make it ... Background: the Yezidi Guardian Unlimited Bombers kill 175 in attacks on minority sect in Iraq Guardian Unlimited all 9 news articles »

CHRONOLOGY-Major bombings in Iraq since 2003 Reuters AlertNet, UK 1, 2004 - 117 people are killed when two suicide bombers blow themselves up in Arbil at the offices of the two main Kurdish factions in northern Iraq. ... Scores Killed In Attacks In Iraq KWTX Some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the war began in March ... USA Today BACKGROUND: Deadliest terror attacks in Iraq since 2003 Earthtimes.org

Iran: SSF kills three, provokes public anger in Kurdistan NCR-Iran.org, UK  NCRI - The State Security Forces (SSF) opened fire on a car at the entry point to the city of Baneh in the Iranian Kurdistan on Sunday, killing three and ...

Journal Chrétien

Iraq – Religious ‘Cleansing’ Journal Chrétien, France  He decided to drive to the north, to Kurdistan, where he heard it was safe. A few weeks later he was sitting in a small tract home in Kurdistan. ...

WesternZagros ready to drill in early 2008
Canada.com, Canada 
WesternZagros estimates that its lands, located in the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, could contain up to 1.8 billion barrels of oil. ...

Having A Blast, Wish You Were Here!
Huffington Post, NY
Administered by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)...Youkhana's plans, and the mere existence of a Tourism Ministry, highlight a bullish view of ...

Ignoring PKK terrorism
Washington Times, DC 
The picture was perfect but the talks produced the same old dead-end result: the Iraqi side insists on not recognizing the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) as ...

South Korean consortium signs projects with Kurds Iraq Development Program, UK  ... announced Friday it has signed interim deals worth 25 billion dollars to build dams, highways and houses in Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan. ... Air Travellers Stranded in Iraq SR International - Radio Sweden, Sweden ... shooting of a Nordic Airways aircraft last week, which was flying from Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan to Stockholm with some 130 people on board. ...

Washington Post, United States - 23 hours ago
By YAHYA BARZANJI AP KIRKUK, Iraq -- Neighbors rushed to the house of a 34-year-old Kurdish woman after learning that her husband _ a police officer _ was ...
5 children orphaned when Kurdish woman kills herself in grief over ...

Oasis in Iraq: Universities Flourish in Kurdistan Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
In the middle of Iraq destruction, stumbling on boomtown Dubai Indian Express

Iraq Plans Government Crisis Conference Longview Daily News, WA  ... a moderate Sunni, Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a Shiite, and Massoud Barzani, the leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. ... Sunnis maintain hard line as amid crisis conference Kuwait Times

Kurds build island of calm in Iraq's inferno
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
The Kurdish area, located in the north, relies on its defense forces to keep it that way. In Kurdistan, people still walk through the streets and go to ...

DTP deputy calls for end on ban on Kurdish in politics
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
Tuncel, who was released from prison where she was serving time for being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) upon her election to ...

Kurds refuse to allow oil fields to lie fallow
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
"It's very high quality," expert Leslie Blair says of the Kurdish oil found so far. "You can almost put it in your car." The Kurdistan Regional Government ...

US and the Kurds / Washington has forgotten them
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
... make Kurdistan dependent on the Iraqi government and neighboring countries by withholding assistance for a separate Kurdish industrial infrastructure. ...

Holidays in Iraq, no armoured car required
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Meanwhile, the tranquillity of Kurdistan may not last for ever. A couple of car bombs went off in May and, although Kurdish peshmerga forces have clamped ...

In the middle of Iraq destruction, stumbling on boomtown Dubai
Indian Express, India
Instead, 5-million Kurds know it as Kurdistan, a veritable country within a country. “All the negatives aside, we’ve managed our region,” says Vian Ahmad ...
It's a land of big dreams - in Iraq St. Petersburg Times

The September Charades - Time to Report
NewsBlaze, CA
The Kurds would like to see an independent Kurdistan. Considering the large Kurdish minorities in Iran and Turkey, it is not difficult to see why Shia Iran ...

Iraqis Turn To Christianity Despite Persecution And Bloodshed ...
BosNewsLife, Hungary 
... said a group, or "ministry" it supports managed to distribute 20000 copies of the Bible’s New Testament in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. ...

Report: Kurdish rebels set off roadside bomb injuring 12 soldiers ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Turkey has threatened to invade northern Iraq to eradicate rebel bases there if US or Iraqi forces do not crack down on the separatist Kurdistan Workers ...

It's a land of big dreams - in Iraq
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
The bombers had entered Kurdistan legally, paying a Kurdish sponsor who wanted money to buy his brother a taxi. Still, terrorism is rare enough to allow a ...
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Bomb blast in Turkish court house
CNN International - USA
Authorities said they believed the blast to be the work of the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Bombs are often used by Kurdish militants ...

Turkish and Kurdish nationalism
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
The MHP represents the growing stream of Turkish nationalism that has arisen in response to the Kurdish terrorism of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). ...

From Hyde Park to Iraq
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH 
Baily, 47, is the US Embassy’s regional coordinator for the Kurdistan Regional Government and the deputy team leader for the coalition’s regional ...

Ancient Kurdish City Seeks to Become Tourist, Business Mecca Bloomberg  Kurdistan, the autonomous northern region of Iraq that Saddam Hussein tried to wipe out during an ethnic purge in the late 1980s, is now thriving while the ... Tourists and investors to Iraq? Why not, say Kurds Reuters South Africa Makeshift bomb explodes in Turkish courthouse Independent Online, South Africa Turkish officials blamed the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, for the attack, although the group denied any involvement. - Sapa-AP. Bomb Explosion in Turkish Capital, No Casualties Sofia News Agency Bomb blast hits Ankara court house, no casualties Reuters India Report: Percussion bomb explodes in Turkish capital; no casualties ... International Herald Tribune Turkish and Kurdish nationalism Today's Zaman, Turkey The MHP represents the growing stream of Turkish nationalism that has arisen in response to the Kurdish terrorism of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). ...   Russia hopeful on talks regarding Iraq oil investment (10/08/07) Iraq Development Program, UK  Iraq’s Kurdistan government signed an agreement with DNO in June 2004 for launching oil drilling operations in Kurdistan, and the company is optimistic

Makeshift bomb explodes in Turkish courthouse
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Turkish officials blamed the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, for the attack, although the group denied any involvement. - Sapa-AP.

Heritage Oil releases second quarter 2007 results and operational ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
This law will be passed to the Kurdish Regional Government's Prime Minister for signature and thereafter, it is expected that the Kurdistan Regional ...

Barzani's Hard Choice: Turkey or the PKK
Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey
Interestingly more than 80 percent of all construction business in Iraqi Kurdistan has been carried out by the Turkish companies. ...

America-Kurdistan Friendship League Launched On Capitol Hill
FrontPage magazine.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The demise of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, and the regional autonomy of Iraqi Kurdistan, has created a Kurdish cultural renaissance in Iraqi Kurdistan. ...

Car bomb kills 11 in Iraqi market
Reuters.uk - UK
Kurds see Kirkuk as their historical capital and want it included in their autonomous Kurdistan region. They want the referendum held by year-end, ...

S. Korean builders sign US$25 bln deal to build infrastructure in Iraq
The Hankyoreh - South Korea
A consortium of 13 South Korean builders said Friday it has sealed a temporary accord worth US$25 billion with the Kurdistan Regional Government to improve ...

Canada.com

Ancient Kurdish City Seeks to Become Tourist, Business Mecca Bloomberg  Kurdistan, the autonomous northern region of Iraq that Saddam Hussein tried to wipe out during an ethnic purge in the late 1980s, is now thriving while the ... 'The Other Iraq' calls tourists Economic Times Iraqi Kurdistan: Regional Oil Law as an Example UNPO Third, Secretary of State Rice and Secretary of Defense Gates ... Petroleumworld.com, Venezuela To stage Greater Kurdistan. Everyone in the region, aside from Kurdish militants, ethnic conflict in Iraq. So says the Baker-Hamilton report. ...

Al-Maliki Declines Turkish Terror Treaty; Kurds Pass Oil Law AlterNet, CA He would be open to failing a vote of no confidence without the backing of the Kurdistan Alliance. Therefore, he has to keep Massoud Barzani happy. ... Iraq vows to oust Kurdish rebels BBC News Maliki tours region to shore up support Hindu Iraq vows crackdown on Kurdish group Irish Times

Kurds' dream of independence Aljazeera.net, Qatar Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from the Kurdistan region of Iraq on the quest for their own country. Turkey, home to more than half of all Kurds, ... Barzani says Iraqi Kurds not supporting PKK Today's Zaman Tourism in Iraq? Why not, say Kurds Stuff.co.nz

Plan To Deploy Kurdish Troops To Kirkuk Alarms Iraq's Minorities AINA, CA  Jabbar Yawir, the undersecretary of the autonomous Kurdistan region's Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, says the Kurdish self-rule government and the federal ... Iraq: 6000 Peshmerga Being Sent To Kirkuk Stratfor (subscription)

Iraq Joining Turkish Fight Against PKK IraqSlogger  Dohuk, IRAQ: A PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) patrols during an early morning training session, 20 June 2007 at the Amedia area in Northern Iraq, ... Turkey wins Iraqi pledge to take action against Kurdish militants Daily Star - Lebanon Turkey, Iraq Face Kurdish Rebel Trouble Truthdig Iraqi PM in Turkey For Security Talks Voice of America Syria hosts Iraq security meeting, US to attend San Diego Union Tribune, United States Although the Damascus meeting will focus on Iraq's security concerns, Turkey is expected to raise the issue of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel ...

Turkey, Iraq agree to cooperate
Houston Chronicle - United States
"We have reached an agreement to spend all efforts to end the presence of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK in Iraq," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...

Iraqi Kurds approve regional oil law while federal version still ...
International Herald Tribune - France
"Such revenues will be used to make life better in Kurdistan where we have many problems and needs." In June, the Kurdish regional government said it was ...

Kirkuk Tensions Rise As Fateful Ballot Nears
AINA - Modesto,CA,USA
"They arrest people and hold them for a couple of months in prisons in [Iraqi] Kurdistan." But Kurds have similar fears themselves. In the Kurdish ...

Kurd rebels release kidnapped villagers in Turkey Reuters.uk, UK Teams from the paramilitary gendarmerie police were taking statements from the nine, including four children, who were kidnapped on July 31 by Kurdistan ... Supporting Shiites, Arming Sunnis, Selling Out the Kurds-Bush's ... OpEdNews Turkish Army 'Bombards Northern Iraq; 350 Troops Enter' The Media Line Turkey to Warn Iraq on Rebel Sanctuaries Washington Post

Iraqi banks expanding their activities in Kurdistan (06/08/07) Iraq Development Program, UK  Kurdistan Province has enjoyed security and stability since 1991 and signs of development and reconstructing progress are clearly visible, ...

Turkey to Warn Iraq on Rebel Sanctuaries
Washington Post - United States
Kurdish separatists from Turkey's Kurdistan Workers' Party operate from sanctuaries in northern Iraq. Turkey's ruling party now agrees with the military on ...

Supporting Shiites, Arming Sunnis, Selling Out the Kurds-Bush's ...
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
... President Woodrow Wilson promised a modern Kurdistan at Versailles. The follow-up Treaty of Sčvres stipulated creation of an autonomous Kurdish state in ...

Report: Turkish commando units cross Iraqi border
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
The Internet portal is affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. There has been no confirmation of the ...

Democratic, secular Turkey in best interest of US and West
Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA
Turkey has a large Kurdish minority, and the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (the PKK) uses Iraqi territory to launch terrorist attacks that have taken, ...

DTP, MHP building bridges for dialogue
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
The MHP, which maintains a strong nationalist line, staunchly denounced the DTP in its election campaign, saying it is linked with the outlawed Kurdistan ...

Kurdish Civil War Warning
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
The Kurdish question has been treated too long as a subsidiary of the US occupation of Iraq. The fact is that there is NO occupation of Kurdistan. ...

Iraqi Legislators, on Hiatus in Jordan
New York Times - United States
A growing number of Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers in recent months have complained about the country's obstinate party leaders and the ministries' ...

Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement Worries US
DefenseNews.com (subscription)
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), based in neighboring northern Iraq, is a top security threat for Ankara and since the spring has killed more ...

Tehran rejects EU protests over increase in executions in Iran Monsters and Critics.com, UK  The two were last month sentenced to death by a revolutionary court - in charge of national security offences such as espionage - in the Kurdistan province ...   Iraq's national electricity grid nearing collapse Bangkok Post, Thailand - Northern provinces, including Kurdistan, are doing the same,'' Mr al-Shimari said. He complained that the central government was unable to do anything about ...

Girl who fled Saddam's regime for new life killed in car crash
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates 
Darya was born in Iraq and lived in Kurdistan until 1999 when she moved with her family to England. They faced persecution under the Saddam Hussain regime ...

Three soldiers killed in bomb blast in south-eastern Turkey Monsters and Critics.com, UK  The attack has been blamed on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Turkey ranks as a terrorist organization. Turkish soldiers killed two Kurdish rebels ... Three Turkish soldiers killed in roadside attack B92

Clustered Tomato is grew in the hotbed Iranian Agriculture News Agency, Iran (IANA) – Ali Akbar Mozaffari, Doctorate of Gardening from the University of Kurdistan could introduce new species of this product with growing the new ...

Kurds pin hopes on election bloc victory
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
She and several other Kurdish lawmakers were accused of aiding the guerrillas of the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party, lost their parliamentary immunity and ...

New Turkish parliament sworn in
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
A revived Kurdish party - the Democratic Society Party - will hold 21 seats. For many Kurds, the party's revival hopes for a new era in their struggle for ...

New Turkish parliament convenes for oath-taking
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... and red, the colours of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), whose bloody campaign for Kurdish self-rule was at the time picking up pace. ...

Czech court acquits Kurdish physician Uzunoglu

DTP reassures the skeptics it seeks more democracy
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
But many in Turkey are concerned about the presence in Parliament of the DTP, suspected of being under the influence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), ...

Kurdish leader seeks US help to topple regime
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
In his first visit to Washington, Rahman Haj-Ahmadi, president of the three-year-old Kurdistan Free Life Party, told The Washington Times that the Iranian ...

US organization offers training for Kurdistan teachers (02/08/07) Iraq Development Program, UK  An organization, specialized in educational affairs will

KRG PM inaugurates a number of important projects in Duhok ... Iraq Development Program, UK  While in Duhok, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has inaugurated a number of important projects in the province that ...

Kurdish rebels kidnap 8 Turkish villagers: governor
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) kidnapped eight villagers in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey on Friday ...

Turkey: PKK Kidnaps Villagers In Southeast
Stratfor (subscription) - USA
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels kidnapped eight villagers in predominantly Kurdish southeast Turkey on Aug. 3, the governor of Van province said. ...

Al-Maliki to Visit Turkey, Iran
Alalam News Network - Tehran,Iran
Turkish concerns about the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on the border and the perceived threat to Turkey will be discussed in detail," Dabbagh said. ...

EU calls on Iran to stay execution of journalists
Iran Focus - Iran
Both men were handed down death sentences on 16 July by a court in Iran's north-western province of Kurdistan. The 27-nation block also expressed deep ...

The battle for Kirkuk
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It is widely believed that Kirkuk, which boasts a Kurdish majority, will vote to join Iraqi Kurdistan if such a referendum is held. ...

Weekly Round Up
New Anatolian - Ankara,Turkey
According to the article high-level US officials are working with their Turkish counterparts on a joint military operation to suppress Kurdish terrorists ...

Making an Iraq of Kurdistan
American Spectator - USA
... instead of an inst-o-matic exit from Iraq, an audible known as the "Kurdish Option." By redeploying to Kurdistan, the case is made, we can salvage four ...

PKK and American policy
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
... personnel in North Kurdistan? I am 100% for the creation of the Kurdish state but I understand that the Turks have a right to defend themselves, ...

Turkey should opt for autonomous Kurds over independent Kurds ...
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
"It is much, much, much, much better for Turkey to have a semi- autonomous Kurdish region within a united country than it is to have a united 'Kurdistan' ...

Turkey ready for tug-of-war over Kurdish question
ISN - Zurich,Switzerland
As the new Turkish parliament gets ready to convene on Saturday, rising tensions about Kurdish activities in northern Iraq will be high on the agenda as 22 ...

Turkish troops killed in clashes
BBC News - UK
Three soldiers and eight Kurdish rebels have died in clashes in eastern Turkey's Tunceli province, local officials say. Fighting flared up on Wednesday in ...

Three Kurdish rebels killed in Turkish army clash Reuters AlertNet, UK TUNCELI, Turkey, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed during clashes with the Turkish military in ... 6 Kurds Die in Turkey Clashes Alalam News Network Turkey and USA working out secret plan against Kurdistan Workers ... PanARMENIAN.Net

A new method for economic research: A product of Kurdistan
Kurdish Aspect, CO - 4 hours ago
Recently, a new method has been developed at the University of Kurdistan-Hawler that allows for multiple structural breaks. This method discovers the ...

Maliki coming to Ankara, Turkish expectations too high New Anatolian, Turkey  For Turkey this visit is the last chance for the Iraqis to "do something" about the PKK terrorists holed up in the northern mountains of the Kurdistan ... Turkey and Iraq: Threat of war ISN Turkey protests Austria at OSCE, UN Turkish Daily News (subscription) Turkey taking Austria complaint to United Nations Today's Zaman

Shooting in Iraq
TheStranger.com, WA 
My summer in Kurdistan with a bunch of roughed-up film students, pessimistic American diplomats, and a shortage of actresses. By Bill Cody On my third week ...

KRG PM: 'Civil war' without Kirkuk vote United Press International  Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister has threatened "a real civil war" after the federal government missed a deadline to count voters in disputed territories. ... Iraq: Threat Of 'Real Civil War' Over Kirkuk Stratfor (subscription) Iraq's President Works to Convince Wall Street Journal

Eight dead in Turkish army-rebel clashes
Scotsman, United Kingdom
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers and five separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas were killed in clashes in eastern Turkey on ...

Talks and Articles on Kurdish Nationalism
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
... 'Turkish Nation-State' and the 'Kurdish National Identity' and Rights in the modern secular republic. The presence of a free and democratic "Kurdistan ...

Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
The human rights situation in Iranian Kurdistan has drastically deteriorated over the course of the last three months as pressure on Kurdish intellectuals, ...

TURKISH PARLIAMENT POISED FOR TUG-OF-WAR OVER KURDISH QUESTION
EurasiaNet - New York,NY,USA
Amidst rising tensions about Kurdish activities in northern Iraq, the new Turkish parliament, which will convene for the first time on August 4, ...

KRG PM: 'Civil war' without Kirkuk vote
United Press International - USA
Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister has threatened "a real civil war" after the federal government missed a deadline to count voters in disputed territories. ...

Geopolitical Diary: Beyond Borders
Stratfor (subscription) - USA
Washington is leaking reports that a Turkish invasion of northern Iraq in order to root out Kurdish insurgents is nearly inevitable. ...

US joins Turkey's war against rebel Kurds
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Guerillas of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) near the Turkish border in the remote village of Lewzhe, in northern Iraq. ...

Iran sentences to death two journalists from the country's Kurdish ...
International Herald Tribune - France
The journalists were also seen as activists in Sanandaj, the capital of the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, bordering Iraq. ...

Iran Sentences 2 Journalists to Death
Forbes, NY 
The journalists were deemed activists in Sanandaj, the capital of the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, which borders Iraq. They were detained after ...

Iraq's Kurds fear US pullout
ABC Online, Australia 
The people of the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan are anxious about increasing American talk of withdrawing at least some troops from the country. ...
US Helping Turkey Strike Iraqi Kurds Free Market News Network

Marathon buys Western Oil Sands for $6.6BB
Toronto Star,  Canada
In addition to Marathon's cash and stock, Western Oil Sands investors are to receive one share and one-tenth of a share purchase warrant in the Kurdistan ...

President Bush's Broken Promises
Wall Street Journal 
At the June 2004 NATO summit in Istanbul, President Bush promised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the US military would shut down Kurdistan ...

Iraq: Threat Of 'Real Civil War' Over Kirkuk
Stratfor (subscription) 
The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, warned July 31 that Iraq could descend into a "real civil war" if the government fails to hold a ...

A fragile stability on border Chicago Tribune, United States  He was referring to fighters of the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party, who have been launching guerrilla attacks against Turkey from the borderlands of the ... US says working with Turkey to solve PKK "problem" Washington Post US joins Turkey's war against rebel Kurds Guardian Unlimited Bush's Turkish Gamble Washington Post

US-Turkey operation to suppress PKK
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
... facing some 4000 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters who are hiding in the mountains of northern Iraq. The development of an autonomous Kurdish ...

DUBYA'S DUBIOUS TURKISH TRICK
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
High-level US officials are working with their Turkish counterparts on a joint military operation to suppress Kurdish guerrillas and capture their leaders. ...

Turkish soldier killed in Kurdish rebel clash Reuters India, India DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash with separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in southeast Turkey on Sunday ... Kurd rebels kill Turkish soldier PRESS TV On Iraqi tops, anti-Turkish fighters rule The Brunei Times PKK rebels kill Turkish villager for denying food Reuters AlertNet Separation plan about to be ready Sabah, Turkey  According to the news of the NYT, Iraq will be separated as the "Shiitistan, Sunnistan and Kurdistan." A US president candidate, Joseph Biden, was positive ...

Report: Turkey's pro-Kurdish lawmakers rejoin Kurdish party
International Herald Tribune - France
AP ANKARA, Turkey: A group of 20 Kurdish lawmakers, elected to parliament as independents, rejoined a Kurdish party Sunday that seeks more rights for the ...

Iraqis set aside despair, erupt in celebrations over Asian Cup win
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
It is a main city in Iraq's Kurdish north, where secessionist sentiment has been on the rise. <> said Khalid as other revelers ...

Kurdistan, Not Iraq, is the Success Story (Part 2)
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
A UN enforced demilitarized zone would benefit and protect the people of southern Kurdistan against Turkish invasion. For the Kurdish nation and peoples ...

Crossfire War - Kurdish Leader in N. Iraq States Turkish Offensive ...
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
He was speaking from his base at a remote Kurdish village, Lewzhe, and denied his group used this area to stage attacks in Turkey. The PKK has been fighting ...

Iraqi PM to visit Turkey next month to discuss security issues
International Herald Tribune - France
... neighboring countries like the presence of PKK in northern Iraq," al-Dabbagh said, referring to the acronym for the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party.

In Armenia, an Answer to the Kurdish Question
TIME - USA
Perhaps this is the price the district pays for its open sympathy for the militant separatist guerillas, the Partiya Karkeręn Kurdistan, or Kurdistan ...

Challenges ahead
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
Washington's refusal either to move against camps belonging to the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, or allow Turkey to do so, ...

Honor killings rampant in Iraq
Blogger News Network 
Honor killings have increased exponentially, especially in Kurdistan, a place often depicted as a model of democracy for the rest of Iraq to follow. ...

Iranian Half Moon in Poland PRESS TV, Iran Half Moon has a social theme about music in Iran and Iraq's Kurdistan. It depicts the struggle of an old Kurdish musician to organize a festival in Iraq's ...

USA: Not only weapons, but also diplomacy should also be used by ... PanARMENIAN.Net, Armenia  “Turkey must make use of diplomacy to resolve the terrorist issue of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). As to possible supplies of weapons to PKK by the ... US general: Use diplomacy to resolve the PKK issue Turkish Daily News (subscription) Tuesday Map: Where the Kurds are Foreign Policy (subscription) Former ambassador urges US to mull air strikes on PKK Turkish Daily News (subscription)

 Iraqi Kurds: Sovereignty is Key to Current and Future Prosperity
 American Chronicle, CA 
 Arabs, Turks and Persians have all in their turn forced their occupation on Kurdistan. The authorities  of  these nations have been brutal in their spirits ...

"Kurdistan TV Correspondents Under Pressure"
BİA, Turkey -
Based at the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in Northern Iraq, Kurdistan TV's Diyarbakır bureau chief Eren says they face discrimination and pressure from local ...

Discovery of the Second Persian Geometrical Inscription Cultural Heritage News, Iran The second Persian rock inscription in geometrical script has been discovered in Kaftarlou hill in Kurdistan province. Tehran, 25 July 2007 (CHN Foreign ...

Rubbish wins prize
South Western Rural Advertiser, Australia
He said he had always dreamed of studying art, but that he had not been accepted into art school in Iraqi Kurdistan on racial grounds. ...

The Turkey Verdict
Middle East Online, UK 
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the best known and most radical of the Kurdish movements, launched a guerrilla campaign in 1984 for an ethnic homeland in ...

Oil law to positively impact Iraq's unity - Al Shahristani Gulf News, United Arab Emirates  Al Shahristani said some major Iraqi parties pledged to support its legislation including the Shiite coalition, the Kurdistan Alliance and Tariq Al Hashemi, ...

Jailed rebel in Turkish parliament PRESS TV, Iran  Tuncel was jailed nine months ago and put on trial on charges of belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been fighting a bloody ...

How to Save Iraqi Kurdistan from Itself

US must not abandon Kurds
Concord Monitor, NH
e should not leave Iraq without Turkey agreeing that it won't invade Kurdistan to seize the rich Kirkuk oil fields. The Kurds are a courageous people whom ...
Turkey's pro-Kurdish lawmakers win seats in Parliament International Herald Tribune

From prison to Parliament New Anatolian, Turkey 
Following an operation conducted in Istanbul, Tuncel was arrested with charges of being a member of terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). ...

Iraq leaders to meet in bid to solve political crisis
Reuters AlertNet, UK
It will also involve Masoud Barzani, president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and a top aide of powerful Shi'ite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. ...
 

The Next Invasion of Iraq? Kurdish Mountain Army Awaits Turkish ... AlterNet, CA  A leading Iraqi Kurdish expert on Turkey and spokesman for the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional ... PKK says defeat awaits Turkey's military in Iraq Turkish Daily News Turkey's ruling party wins election San Jose Mercury News

On Iraqi mountain fortress, anti-Turkish fighters rule Daily Times, Pakistan  The mountains are full of PKK,” he added, referring to guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party. A few miles east, at a base of the Iraqi Frontier Guard, ... AP Interview: Kurdish guerrilla leader says defeat awaits Turkey's ... International Herald Tribune Turkey's re-elect ruling party faces multiple tests Xinhua

Zana faces probe for urging state of ‘Kurdistan’
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Former Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana faces an investigation after she called for division of Turkey into administrative states, including a “state of Kurdistan. ...

22-07-2007

Turkey's ruling party poised to win parliamentary majority in ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria 
... Turkey should stage an offensive into northern Iraq to thwart rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, who have bases there. ...

General Seeks Troop Cut in Northern Iraq
The Southern, IL 
But Murat Karayilan, the leader of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, denied charges by Turkey's government that his group was using its bases in Iraq ...

On Iraqi mountain fortress, anti-Turkish fighters rule
Washington Post, United States 
The mountains are full of PKK," he added, referring to guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party. A few miles east, at a base of the Iraqi Frontier Guard, ...
Turkey's pro-Kurdish lawmakers poised to win seats in Parliament International Herald Tribune
AP Interview: Kurdish guerrilla leader says defeat awaits Turkey's ... International Herald Tribune
Turkish PM threatens to invade northern Iraq Independent

Kirkuk Vote Could Touch Off New Civil War in Iraq
AlterNet, CA
"There is still a lot of disappointment," Qubad Talabani, the son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Regional government's representative ...

Turkey goes to polls in war of the veil
Times Online, UK 
Turkey has chilly relations with Baghdad owing to Iraq’s failure to crack down on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers party. The KWP has stepped up attacks on ...

Turkey set to vote in key election Euronews.net, France Key issues include religion and security, in the wake of increasing attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party. The economy has also been central to ... Erdogan warns of Iraq incursion NDTV.com Old versus the new as Turkey finds its way The Age Opinion: All Eyes on Military Leaders After Turkish Election Deutsche Welle Turkey warns of possible Iraq incursion Daily Times

21-07-2007

Two Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey PRESS TV, Iran Turkish troops have killed two Kurdish separatist rebels of the banned Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in a clash in southeastern Turkey. ...

Turkey considers turn to right Toronto Star,  Canada  Bahceli has urged stronger action against the imprisoned Abdullah Ocalan's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and against Iraqi Kurds who many in ... Turkey: The need for friends Journal of Turkish Weekly

Turkey considers turn to right
Toronto Star,  Canada
Bahceli has urged stronger action against the imprisoned Abdullah Ocalan's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and against Iraqi Kurds who many in ...

A turning point for Turkey?
Economist, UK 
The new political landscape is likely to determine whether the army makes good on its repeated threats to attack separatist guerrillas of the Kurdistan ...

Three men get jail for barbaric ‘honour killing’ The Peninsula

'Honour killing' father jailed for life The Times

Pro-Kurdish politician Zana: Time to divide Turkey into states
Today's Zaman, Turkey 
Zana, who was jailed in the past for links to the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), said at an election rally in the far eastern province of Iğdır ...

Turkish PM threatens to invade northern Iraq Independent, UK  Turkish artillery has been firing increasingly heavy barrages at villages

Erdogan under fire over son's new ship
Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon
"Ankara, divide the country into states and establish the state of Kurdistan," Hurriyet newspaper quoted Zana during an election rally in the eastern city ...

Iraqi Kurdistan: Tough Times for Arab Refugee Kids
Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK - 3 hours ago
This has come as a shock to Sulaimaniyah, which was seen as one of the most mono-ethnic cities in Iraqi Kurdistan. While they are now neighbours, ...

Kurds fear post-poll invasion Telegraph.co.uk

Kirkuk vote a test for Iraq
Monsters and Critics.com, UK 
'There is still a lot of disappointment,' Qubad Talabani, the son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Regional government`s representative ...

Analysis: Kirkuk vote a test for Iraq
United Press International - 2 hours ago
"There is still a lot of disappointment," Qubad Talabani, the son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Regional government's representative ...

20-07-2007

US Reportedly Investigating PKK Weapons
IraqSlogger 
... first stressed that Washington considered both the PKK and its offshoot, the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK), to be terrorist organizations, ...

Father, uncle of Kurdish "honor killing" victim sentenced to life ... International Herald Tribune, France Mahmod was a member of an Iraqi Kurd family that had emigrated to Britain in 1998. Her father, Mahmod Mahmod, and uncle Ari Mahmod, were sentenced after ... Honour killing pair jailed for life Guardian Unlimited The sister of a young woman murdered in an "honour" killing has ... BBC News Life for 'honour killing' father BBC News

Deeper than religion Brisbane Times, Australia Fuelling it even more is the insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers Party in the south-east. This year the PKK has stepped up attacks from bases in northern ...

The Kurdish mountain army awaiting the next invasion of Iraq Independent

Two Iranian-Kurdish Activists Sentenced To Death
ToTheCenter.com, NY
As the Iranian government continues to crack down on dissidents, two ethnic Kurds in the northwestern Kurdistan Province have been condemned to death for ...

Blood, oil and the Kurdish nightmare
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates 
In Iraqi Kurdistan, even the mountains betrayed the Kurds. Because the mountains held one of history’s great geological lotteries. ...

Analysis: Turkish army on Iraqi border is just 'saber Jerusalem Post

Woman raped before "honor killing": court

Two-hour rape and torture of honour killing girl murdered by her ...
This is London, UK 
... she had walked out of an unhappy arranged marriage - which she was forced into at just 17 - and fallen in love with Iranian Kurd Rahmat Suleimani, 28. ...
‘Honour’ gang laughed as victim suffered Times Online

19-07-2007

How Lost the War Is AlterNet, CA  On May 30, the Coalition held a ceremony in the Kurdistan town of Erbil to mark its handover of security in Iraq's three Kurdish provinces from the ...

Election anticipation heats up in Turkey Southeast European Times, MD Attacks by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have contributed to this trend, as has the debate over a cross border operation in northern Iraq.

Kurdistance: The Price of Oil
Global Voices Online, MA 
by Deborah Ann Dilley The oil control issue in the Northern Iraq/Southern Kurdistan city of Kirkuk is again at the forefront of Kurdish bloggers’ fingertips ...

Kurdish Journalist, Activist Sentenced To Death In Iran
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic 
July 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Authorities in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan Province have condemned two ethnic Kurds to death for acting against the country's ...

Iraq protests at Turkish shelling of N.Iraq
Reuters Canada, Canada 
Iraq's government condemned the latest shelling of its semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and urged Turkey to hold talks to resolve Ankara's concerns about ...

Carnage In Kirkuk Amid Conflicts Over City’s Future
CounterCurrents.org, India 
The bomber targeted the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the two Kurdish nationalist parties that control the autonomous ...

Iraqi Papers Thur: The Sadrist Return IraqSlogger Turkey demands that the Kurdistan government bans the activities of the Turkish-Kurdish PKK, which still wages a low-intensity conflict against the Turkish ...

Something Appealing, Something Appalling Nashville Scene,  USA  Like him—an exiled Kurdish filmmaker and photographer who had taken up residence in Europe—she came from the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, ...

Austria Allows PKK Terrorist Leader to 'Escape' Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey  A senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Europe, Riza Altun, took a flight from Austria to Arbil in northern Iraq after traveling ...

Iraq: Turkey bombarded northern Iraq
USA Today 
The claim occurred amid rising tension and Turkish threats to strike bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK, which has been launching attacks against ...

Kurds rule out referendum delay for disputed Kirkuk
Reuters 
The Kurds see Kirkuk as their historical capital and want it included in their autonomous Kurdistan region. But the referendum plan has run into bitter ...
 

18-07-2007

Two soldiers killed in Turkish blast RTE.ie, Ireland  Turkey has raised troop levels in the southeast to more than 200000, with many near the Iraq border as part of a crackdown on guerrillas from the Kurdistan ...

Pro-Kurdish lawmakers seek to enter Parliament in Turkey's elections International Herald Tribune

TOP STORY: DID HE LIVE A DOUBLE LIFE? Derby Evening Telegraph, UK  Those who knew Mala Isa, who was from Kurdistan, described him as friendly, generous and kind. A Normanton member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, ...

Bombs put Kirkuk in line as next hotbed
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA 
Even before Monday's attacks -- which damaged the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of President Jalal Talabani -- US commanders ...
 

Iraqi extremists 'moving north' News24
Mass funerals held in Kirkuk Aljazeera.net
Radical Shiite Cleric’s Bloc Returns to Parliament New York Times

AMERICA IN IRAQ
San Jose Mercury News,  USA 
Kurdish leaders are angling to make Kirkuk part of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan and could be driven to isolate the city. ...

Hanging Chemical Ali in Kurdistan rejected
Alsumaria, Iraq
Thus, she concluded that hanging Al Majid in Kurdistan would negatively affect Kurds before human rights defenders and international organizations ...

Government says Anfal sentences will be carried in Baghdad
International Herald Tribune, France
AP BAGHDAD: Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid two other former regime officials will be hanged in Baghdad and not in Kurdistan if their ...

Kurds seek public execution of 'Chemical Ali' Gulf News
Iraq Government Says "Chemical Ali" To Be Executed In Kurdish Town AHN
'Chemical Ali' to be executed in Halabja to mark gas attack: Iraq ... JURIST

US Policy Options in the Iraq Crisis
Middle East Forum, PA 
Nor is redeployment into Iraqi Kurdistan wise. The Iraqi Kurdish leadership's rhetorical declarations that they are America's best regional ally are more ...

Fireside Chat: Getting to a Grand Bargain
The National Interest Online, DC
To avoid this fate, the United States must craft a compromise with Turkey—a grand bargain for an autonomous Kurdistan. Marisa Morrison recently spoke to ...

Finding the new diplomacy Guardian Unlimited
Kurds emerge from wreckage of war The Australian

The Way to Go in Iraq
Mother Jones, CA
On May 30, the Coalition held a ceremony in the Kurdistan town of Erbil to mark its handover of security in Iraq's three Kurdish provinces from the ...

Iraqi Kurdistan: UN Urges Consensus
UNPO, Netherlands 
UN envoy concluded a visit to the Kurdistan Region where he urged consensus on disputed territories aimed at establishing a sound federal system for Iraq . ...

Two Turkish soldiers die in clash with Kurd rebels Reuters AlertNet
As long as we do not distinguish between the PKK and the Kurdish issueTurkish Daily News

One terrorist, two rangers killed in clashes with PKK in SE Turkey
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan 
Cihan ) - One Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist and two rangers were killed in a clash with PKK terrorists in southeastern Turkey. ...

EU Aspects on the Kurdish Option
Newropeans Magazine, France 
Friedmann proposes to pull back US troops to a strategic base in Kurdistan, thereby comforting the Kurd's positive democratic development and still keeping ...

Turkey's Suicide amass is leading to a possible mess in a stone ...
Kurdish Aspect, CO -
The 200 thousands or so Turkish troops amassed behind Kurdistan borders may Cause an all out war in the North, not only killing themselves sparked by a shot ...

17-07-2007

Kirkuk sees its deadliest day
Boston Globe, United States 
The first blast, believed to be a suicide attack, tore through a commercial strip outside the office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the political ...

Syria's Ethnic Cleansing
FrontPage magazine.com, CA
According to Sherkoh Abbas, President of the Kurdistan National Assembly-Syria, “The UAR government was determined to inflict maximum damage on the Kurds ...

US Papers Tue: Carnage in Kirkuk Kills Scores
IraqSlogger -
... to Anbar province; a civil war in southern Iraq between Shi'ite factions; and the solidification of Kurdistan and the invitation to host US troops.

16-07-2007

Photo Gallery: Aftermath of Kirkuk bombing (new)

The Building Blocs for Peace for Kurdistan
OpEdNews, PA 
STEP ONE: Consolidate Southern Kurdistan through increasing defense capabilities, direct diplomacy and economic agreements with other nations in the region. ...

Scores die in Iraq blasts Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 38 minutes ago The market was near an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of President Jalal Talabani. The car bomb exploded minutes later in a ... Bloody blasts kill over 80 Iraqis PRESS TV Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens In Iraq KWTX Suicide bomb kills at least 85 in Iraq's Kirkuk Reuters Canada

Scores die in Iraq blasts Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia  The market was near an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of President Jalal Talabani. The car bomb exploded minutes later in a ...

2 Suicide Car Bombings Kill Scores in Kirkuk New York Times, United States - One bomb severely damaged a headquarters building of one of the main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, but early reports did not ... Car Bombs Kill at Least 80 in Iraq Washington Post 71 killed in twin car bombings in Iraq Times of India 85 Killed, 180 Injured in Bomb Attacks in Kirkuk Sofia News Agency

Iran, Turkey Attack Kurdistan Simultaneously
The Media Line, NY - 3 hours ago
The semi-autonomous northern Iraqi district Kurdistan is heating up as both Iran and Turkey attacked several border towns with artillery fire over the ...
The Kurdish Tug of War Center for Defense Information
Iraq: Kurdish region feels threat of Turkish invasion ISN

Iranian Forces, Kurdish Guerrillas Clash
AINA, CA 
It was the third day of shelling in two areas along the border in northern Iraq, said Jabbar Yawer, spokesman for the Kurdistan protection forces, ...

Prime Minister Barzani launches civil service training programme ...
Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq (KRG.org) - Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani yesterday in Erbil opened the first session of a ...

Kurdish String Orchestra wins second place in Vienna international ...
Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq 
MOSY supported the orchestra’s efforts so that young people in Kurdistan could show their talents abroad and mix with their peers from other parts of the ...

Expert: Washington going to improve relations with Iran PanARMENIAN.Net, Armenia  The US plans a “mild” division of Iraq with further formation of independent Kurdistan. At the same time I should stress that US presence in Iraq doesn’t ...

Twin car bombings in Kirkuk kill 71 NDTV.com, India  ... vehicle near the concrete blast walls of the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. ... Twin Car Bombings In Iraqi City Kill 80 myfoxny.com

Kurds' high hopes over Turkey elections BBC News, UK  "After so many years of conflict, every Kurd here knows someone who has died or is up fighting in the mountains," one local man told me, observing the wake ... Turkey election stirs optimism, change for Kurds Daily Times Parties see no ‘Kurdish problem' in Turkey Kurdish Aspect

25 killed in attacks throughout Iraq Irish Times, Ireland  "It was the most violent attack since 2003," said Mr Ali, who blamed the al Qaeda linked Kurdistan Brigade for the ambush. The semi-autonomous region of ... Seven Border Guards Killed in Iraq's Kurdish Region Voice of America Seven Border Guards Killed In Northern Iraq Ambush RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Seven Kurdish border guards killed - Iraqi police Reuters AlertNet

15-07-2007

Turkey seeks US explanation over rebel weapons
Peninsula On-line, Qatar - 27 minutes ago
Ankara began probing the issue this month after a militant of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who surrendered to the Turkish authorities said he once saw ...

The Kurds: new key to long-term victory Times Online, UK - 2 hours ago If the US can salvage a democratic, peaceful Kurdistan from the wreckage of the Iraq occupation, the war will not have been entirely in vain. ... Kurdish Official Speaks Out Against Iraq Oil Legislation Chosun Ilbo Kirkuk's Arabs oppose oil law United Press International MPs want to put draft oil law to referendum Azzaman.com

Iraqi minister says reducing Turkish troops on border will ease ... International Herald Tribune, France - 10 hours ago Zebari said troop levels in the region were often increased during the spring and summer in response to increased activity by the Kurdistan Workers Party or ... Iraq: Kurdish Region Feels Threat Of Turkish Invasion RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Barzani and Ahmadinejad are Finished The Conservative Voice 225 killed in six months, says rights group Turkish Daily News (subscription) Pace: Independent Iraqi Battalions in Decline Bay Area Indymedia, CA - 9 hours ago My guess is that they are mostly Kurdish Peshmerga on loan from Kurdistan. Ie, Iraq probably has almost no Arab troops who would and could fight ... Iranian forces, PJAK Kurdish guerrillas clash on Iraq-Iran border Kurdish Aspect Iranian forces, Kurdish guerrillas clash on Iraq-Iran border ... International Herald Tribune World Briefly HeraldNet

14-07-2007

Iraq: Kurdish Region Feels Threat Of Turkish Invasion RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - 21 hours ago He believes that the Iraqi government, the Kurdistan regional government, or the coalition forces will have to reach an agreement with the Turkish ... Two soldiers killed in eastern Turkey Canada.com 225 killed in six months, says rights group Turkish Daily News (subscription) Turkey boosts troops at Iraqi border: sources National Post

‘Chemical Ali’ hanging in Kurdistan being eyed Gulf Times, Qatar - Jul 12, 2007 “Thousands of our Kurdish people have requested that Chemical Ali be hanged in Kurdistan,” said Bassim Ridha, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. ...

06-07-2007

Barzani Must Suppress PKK Now
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
Second, the PKK wants the Kurdish area of northern Iraq (aka Greater Kurdistan) to attain full independence from the Baghdad government. DONE. ...

Turkish government, military agree on Iraq incursion plans
International Herald Tribune - France
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul urged the United States and Iraq, which oppose a Turkish military move into Iraq, to crack down on rebels of the Kurdistan ...

Iraq: Kurdish Parties Could Unite, Run In Elections
Stratfor - USA
The five-member alliance includes the Kurdistan Islamic Union, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the Socialist Party of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Communist Party ...

Iraqi Kurdistan's Universities Need Reform
Middle East Online - London,UK
... political system in Iraqi Kurdistan. Farhad Pirbal, a highly influential, Sorbonne-educated Kurdish literature lecturer at the University of Salahaddin, ...

What others say
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
A long lasting Kurdish state is a miracle. Even if they have Kirkuk, they will fail to find a way out to the sea. Americans know that a Kurdistan without ...

Report: detainees tortured in Kurdish-run Iraq
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By AP Security forces in northern Iraq's Kurdistan, the heartland of the Kurdish minority long tormented by Saddam Hussein, routinely torture detainees with ...

What Was The Role Of 'Chemical Ali' In al-Anfal?
Global Politician - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... regime for a series of military campaigns against the peshmerga rebels as well as the mostly Kurdish civilian population of southern Kurdistan . ...

Police targets suspected members of banned Kurdish group in three ...
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
The suspects are accused of ideologically and financially supporting the so-called 'People's Congress

of Kurdistan', the prosecutor's office in Munich ...

Turkish Kurds: some back the state
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
... but Mehmet Gungor says he has every reason to "hate" the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

wenty years ago, armed Kurdish separatists visited his uncle's ...

05-07-2007

4 killed in clashes between Kurdish rebels, Turkish forces in ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Turkish troops killed two members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party who were planting a roadside bomb in the province of Tunceli, the Turkish military said on ...

Kurdish Activists Confirm Damning Human Rights Report
Institute for War and Peace Reporting - London,England,UK
... Democracy and Human Rights Development in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan's main political parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party, ...

Turkish troops kill five Kurdish rebels in clash
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Two female rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed by soldiers near a village in mountainous Tunceli province on Wednesday ...

Kurdistan suggests protecting Samarra Shrine
Alsumaria - Iraq
Kurdistan region's Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani said his government proposed to the central government to send Kurdish forces in order to protect ...

Iraq Flexes Arab Muscle
New Statesman - London,England,UK
But with the new discussions in Opec, the ending of the Kurdistan war and the new round of fighting in Lebanon, its political voice is being heard more and ...

IRAQ: Kurds Wrangle Over Islam
IPS - Italy
The two powerful Kurdish parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by Iraq's president Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by the ...

Barzani warns Turkish intervention into Iraq will ignite regional war
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
... Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from their mountain bases across the border. Barzani, head of the de facto autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, ...

04-07-2007

Once again US military warns Turkey off Iraqi Kurdistan raid
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
WASHINGTON - The US military warned Turkey Tuesday against destabilizing Kurdistan (northern Iraq) by carrying out a threatened cross-border raid on Kurdish ...

Sectarian row stalls Iraq oil bill
Guardian Unlimited - UK
As Mr Sadr's supporters voiced their displeasure with the bill, the Kurdistan regional government (KRG), which administers Iraq's Kurdish north, ...

Human rights
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
Kurdistan and Kurds do not enjoy this luxury. This article reminds me of the comments of a Kurdish MP a few days ago on Kurdish Aspect where he mentioned ...

Senator Clinton Writes Kurds Out of Her Script
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
"Ironically, the creation of the first internationally recognized Kurdish state in Southern Kurdistan is the best outcome for Turkey! ...

Kurdish Government Not Seen Oil Law
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
The local government in Iraq's northern region of Kurdistan said it has seen draft hydrocarbon law approved by the cabinet in Baghdad, possibly complicating ...

Kurdistan government to review
Alsumaria - Iraq
It is to be mentioned that the latest modifications introduced to the oil draft law were not published and that some Kurdish officials considered the ...

Iraq Parliament Expected To Postpone Oil-Bill Debate
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic
July 4, 2007 -- Today's scheduled debate in the Iraqi parliament of a draft oil law may be delayed after officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region said ...

Turkish PM calls on allies to act on promise to crack down on PKK
International Herald Tribune - France
AP ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's prime minister on Wednesday again called on allies to act on a promise to tackle separatist Kurdish rebels who have been staging ...

Peshmerga build up on Turkish borders
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
While a cross-border operation against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is being talked of in Turkey, Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq accused ...

Turkey's Evolving Anti-Terrorism Measures on the Iraqi Border
Global Terrorism Analysis - Washington,DC,USA
At the same time, border guards belonging to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) were also pulled back five kilometers from the border. Kurdish troops ...

Turkey May blast toll rises to 10
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
... to have joined the ranks of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an outlawed group fighting for self-rule in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. ...

Flush with oil, Kurdistan draws Western producers and explorers
International Herald Tribune - France
"Now, I'm building Kurdistan, and the oil will help us." Yousef and the rest of the area's five million Kurds are sitting atop what the Kurdish natural ...

Crimes of the country
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
I first encountered his handiwork in September 1987 in Kurdistan's empty countryside. Traveling north from Baghdad, we entered Iraq's Kurdish region, ...

Oil law awaits ratification by
Alsumaria - Iraq
Upon the agreement, Kurdistan region would receive 17% of oil revenues as money would be deposited in the Kurdish government's account in the Central Bank. ...

Regional Kurdish govt says it's not seen Iraq oil law
Washington Post - United States
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The local government in Iraq's northern region of Kurdistan said it had yet to see a draft hydrocarbon law approved by the cabinet in ...

Iraq cabinet approves draft oil law
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
... is not approving a text with which the [Kurdish administration] disagrees because this would violate the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan region. ...

US forces win against Al Qaeda in west Iraq
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
The report was based on interviews with 158 detainees held by the Asayish, or security in Kurdish, in detention centres in Iraq's Kurdistan region. ...

03-07-2007

Kurdish forces accused of human rights abuses
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Security forces run by the two ruling parties in Iraq's Kurdistan region are holding up to 1200 detainees without charge or access to lawyers and routinely ...

Top Turkish general criticizes lack of international cooperation ...
International Herald Tribune - France
... to fight Kurdish guerrillas targeting Turkey. Last week, Buyukanit criticized the United States and Iraq for inaction against the separatist Kurdistan ...

Iraq cabinet endorses changes to draft oil law
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
... the Kurdistan region would take 17 percent of all oil revenue, with the money deposited into a Kurdistan regional account in the central bank, Kurdish ...

Rights Group: Kurds Torture Detainees
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
The two main political parties, the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, wield significant influence over Kurdish affairs and ...

Report: Detainees tortured and denied rights in Kurdish-run Iraq ...
International Herald Tribune - France
The report listed Kurdish violations of both international human rights law and Iraqi codes. "Kurdistan security forces routinely subject detainees to ...

RIGHTS: Torture Routine in Kurdish Jails, Report Charges
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
The report is based on research conducted at 10 prisons in the Kurdistan region from April to October 2006. While Kurdish authorities from both the KDP and ...

Iraq: Kurdistan Security Forces Torture Detainees
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
The Kurdish authorities should treat all detainees according to international standards and ensure their right to due process and fair trials. ...

Iraqi Arabs enjoy life in Kurdish north
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Some critics have cited alleged corruption and political favoritism in Kurdistan, which has been dominated by two Kurdish parties since the US and Britain ...

02-07-2007

Kurdish Oil Riches Lure Wildcatters Unswayed by Deaths in Iraq
Bloomberg - USA
``Now, I'm building Kurdistan, and the oil will help us.'' Yousef and the rest of the area's 5 million Kurds are sitting atop what the Kurdish natural ...

Kurd rebels said quitting Iraq camps due Turk threat
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ANKARA, July 1 (Reuters) - Four ex-members of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Sunday the guerrillas were vacating camps in northern ...

Life in Kurdistan, Safer and More Normal, Despite Turkey's Threat ...
Arabisto.com - Orlando,FL,USA
According to a UNHCR official, almost 150000 Iraqis have settled in Kurdish areas from central and southern Iraq. Even though life in Kurdistan is ...

Kurdish MP accuses UNAMI of hindering political issues in Iraq
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
He blamed political blocs and their disputes for the delay in reaching an agreement regarding pending issues.The Kurdistan Coalition is a Kurdish bloc with ...

3 Kurdish rebels arrested in Turkey
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Explosives and documents linked to the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, ...

Iraqi Papers Mon: UN Weighs in on Kirkuk
IraqSlogger - USA
The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is a major matter of contention: Kurdish politicians insist that Kirkuk should be made part of Kurdistan, and that a referendum ...

Kurdish Human Rights Activist Arrested in Iran
MEMRI - Washington,DC,USA
On July 1, 2007, Iranian security apparatuses arrested Kurdish journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, secretary of a human rights organization in Kurdistan ...

01-07-2007

IRAQ: Kurdistan government appeals for medical supplies
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Since then, following a popular uprising against Saddam's government, Iraq's Kurdish region was granted autonomy. But during its 15 years of self-rule, ...

Report: Kurdish rebels kill 3 Turkish soldiers in roadside bomb attack
International Herald Tribune - France
AP ANKARA, Turkey: Kurdish guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb, killing three soldiers in eastern Turkey on Saturday, media reports said. ...

Kurds woo investors as Iraq knocks at the door
Middle East Times - Cairo,Egypt
... Kurdistan administration. Bakir works in an office adorned with pictures of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdish ...

Impasses in Honor Killing
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
... and cultural constraints in the Kurdistan Region, which preclude the rule of law. For one, the Kurdish judiciary system is not independent. ...

Kurds woo investors as Iraq knocks at the door
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines
"Kurdistan is going to be an alternative to Dubai," boasted Hoshyar Nuri Abbas, an official with the Turkish-Canadian oil company, TTopco, a joint venture ...

It's time for the Bush Administration to put Turks in their place
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
A free and independent Kurdistan is imminent for it is the will and determination of the Kurdish nation. The will of a nation is impassable and neither you ...

Dog Paddling in the Tigris
New York Times - United States
The first choice for many Kurds is an independent, democratic Kurdistan. In too many cases, the violence that is bedeviling Iraq today -- while carried out ...

Three soldiers killed by mine in eastern Turkey
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
The incident occurred during a clash between troops and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after the separatists barricaded a road ...

30-06-2007

Iraq: Kurdistan Leader Warns Turkey
Stratfor - USA
The statement comes in response to Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's June 29 comments that Turkey has plans for operations against Kurdish rebels in ...

To City-States
Dar Al-Hayat - Beirut,Lebanon
The same thing could be observed in the dispute between the two Iraqi Kurdish parties and the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey, as Kurdish 'brotherhood' ...

Bleak Future for Nineweh Minorities
Institute for War and Peace Reporting - London,England,UK
... near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, the deteriorating security situation in Mosul has prompted some local Shabaks to call for the Kurdish Regional ...
 

Iraqi Arabs Enjoy Life in Kurdish North
Forbes - NY,USA
But in Kurdistan, as the Kurdish region is known, both Iraqi Kurds and Arabs can get their lives back on track, enjoying parties, restaurants and picnics in ...

Turkey: Armed Forces obliged to adopt a "wait and see" strategy in ...
Equilibri.net (subscription) - Italy
The Kurdistan Workers Party can now count on the support of some Iraqi Kurdish political leaders, such as Massoud Barzani, and the militias loyal to them. ...

Turkey warns of plans to invade northern Iraq
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Iraq's Kurdish leaders have said they are willing to help mediate. Ankara, however, refuses to recognise the Kurdistan regional government in Iraq.

Washington Kurdish Institute President commends Anfal trial verdict
Kurdistan Regional Government - Iraq
Dr Karim concluded by calling for restitution and support for Iraqi Kurdistan. He said, "Now is the time for full reparations to the people of Iraqi ...

Why Turkey's Kurds Are Ever More Edgy
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
So change has come only fitfully to southeast Turkey, where separatist guerrillas of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) and Turkish forces fought a vicious ...

Officials say those sentenced to die in Kurdish crackdown will be ...
International Herald Tribune - France
They were convicted Sunday of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in "Operation Anfal," a crackdown on Iranian-backed Kurdish ...

Two decades later, partial justice for the Kurds
Boston Globe - United States
Chemical Ali's reign lasted two years, long enough to crush the Kurdish revolt, level the countryside, and seek to prevent a viable Kurdish national ...

Pointing to Stability, Kurds in Iraq Lure Investors
New York Times - United States
"We're not saying Kurdistan is heaven," said Herish Muharam, chairman of the Kurdish government's

Board of Investment. "But we're telling investors that ...

Will it have to get worse?
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... a secessionist movement in the adjoining Kurdish-majority areas in Turkey, Iran and Syria, with the ultimate aim of creating Greater Kurdistan. ...

Kurdistan enjoying stability in Iraq
United Press International - USA
ERBIL, Iraq, June 27 (UPI) -- Residents of the Kurdish region in Iraq have enjoyed political stability recently

and have begun taking steps to improve their ...

Turkey has plans to move against Iraq Kurds -Gul
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
Ankara has on many occasions threatened to send troops into mainly Kurdish northern Iraq to hunt down thousands of militants from the outlawed Kurdistan ...

20 Decapitated Bodies Found; Turks Brand US Biggest Threat ...
Agoravox - Paris,France
... public are worried that their military will make a cross-border incursion into Iraq to chase PKK Kurdish guerrillas holing up in Iraqi Kurdistan. ...