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• OPPRESSION: CONTINUED . . .

  
  Rast — Authority: 105
  "A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man." ~ Tacitus. Having mentioned the murder of Kurds in Iran by the mullahs yesterday , its rather coincidental that the following was in my inbox today: I am a twenty-seven year Kurdish woman who has been sentenced to death by the Iranian Judiciary ...
  1 day ago

• Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 526
  By JEREMY SCAHILLAt a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, ...
  2 days ago

• HYPOCRISY AND MURDER

  
  Rast — Authority: 105
  "I have never been afraid of death, even now that I feel it closest to me. I can sense it and Im familiar with it, for it is an old acquaintance of this land and this people." ~ Ehsan Fattahian. Awww . . . Boo-Hooo-Hooooo! The mullahtocracy has seized Shirin Ebadis Nobel prize medal : Iran has confiscated the ...
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• Resting at Habur Gate

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 132
  As convoys escort trucks across the border between Turkey and Iraq, Soldiers take advantage of one of Iraqs most accommodating cities to rest between missions.Service members and local nationals at Habur Gate operate a former hotel building, converted into a place where Soldiers eat, sleep, relax and recover while ...
  3 days ago

• kurdish FILMMAKER EXCECUTED IN IRAN BREAKING NEWS ! FILM NAME: Ciao Bella Partisan

  
  iBlognDax - World News and Current Events — Authority: 138
  The kurdish man who made film for the Italian revolutionary song (Bella Ciao) Executed in Iran , - Ehsan fattahian, 28 years old young Kurdish film maker & partisan executed by Iranian regime on 11/11/2009. He completed his film called (Ciao Bella partisan ) & (çaw bella in kurdish) on beginning of year 2008 ...
  6 days ago

• Thursday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 43 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 142
  On the eve of Eid al-Adha, at least nine Iraqis were killed and 43 more wounded. The holiday, which commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, is set to begin Friday for Sunnis and Saturday for Shi’ites.
  6 days ago

• BirdCouple does Kurdistan!!!!

  
  The Birdcouple — Authority: 119
  They made this one for us, darling. Happy Thanksgiving. Wish you were here. Or I was there. (This picture was taken -- where else? -- at a checkpoint).
  1 week ago

• Tuesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 142
  Updated at 8:55 p.m. EST, Nov. 24, 2009The Independent High Electoral Commission warned that it would not set a new election date until the debate over the elections law is over. At least six Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in light violence.
  1 week ago

• Editorial: Turkey and the Kurds

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Turkey’s plan to grant long-denied rights to its Kurdish minority, despite opposition from nationalist politicians, is a show of courage and good sense.
  1 week ago

• Eni to buy Heritage Oils Ugandan interests for 1.5bn

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  Italian energy giant Eni has agreed to buy Heritage Oils Ugandan interests for up to 1.5bn £903m after the UK group walked away from a merger with Turkeys Genel.
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• Cutting out a role for China

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  By Dr Shabir ChoudhryLondon: Statement of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq regarding a role of China in Kashmir dispute has surprised many. We people of Jammu and Kashmir are in limbo mainly because we are occupied by three countries, although it was only two who were considered party to the Kashmir dispute.With exception of ...
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• CREW Calls On State Dept. To Probe Galbraith Over Kurdish Oil Dealings

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 595
  Talking Points Memo reports : A good government group is calling on the State Department to investigate the role of former ambassador Peter Galbraith in drafting Iraq’s constitution in 2005 while he held a lucrative stake in a Kurdish oil field. The letter from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ...
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• Iraq Election Law Vetoed by Sunni Vice President

  
  Kishkushim ?????? ???????? — Authority: 112
  BY AMOS Last week , the Iraqi parliament passed an elections law that was to have resolved some of the contentious issues surrounding voter eligibility. But today, one of Iraqs two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi , vetoed the bill. Hashimi belongs to the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni Islamist coalition. He ...
  2 weeks ago

• What if the Kurds boycott the election?

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 471
  Just when everybody started to celebrate (especially the Americans) the approval of the election law, the Kurds opposed the law once again to take the discussion back to the start point. Barazani threatened to boycott the election if the Kurds demands are not met, which are: - corrects number of the population of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blair, Panetta Clash Over Who Controls Pakistan Drones

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Marc Ambinder has a seriously detailed curtain-raiser on a turf war that’s roiled the intelligence community for months. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, and Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, have clashed over who controls the top U.S. intelligence officer in various foreign countries. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tuesday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 17 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 142
  At least eight Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in new attacks. Perhaps in hopes of further reducing violence, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered security forces to allow citizens to keep one piece of light arms in their homes.
  2 weeks ago

• Riding shotgun in the sky

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 515
  No, not another link to another a story about Sarah Palin. Well, OK , if you insist . But I’m self-aware enough to know that Wegestock is just a manifestation of my inner Sarah , my need for attention , the gratification I get from having others buy me beer. It’s not my good ...
  2 weeks ago

• JOURNALIST AND MINESWEEPER ARE IN THE SAME FIELD

  
  Viceland.com — Authority: 584
  Take a wild guess what the most dangerous profession in Iraqi Kurdistan is. We’re not going to prolong the game and make it fun for you because these intros are supposed to be short–according to a report issued yesterday , the answer is journalist. It’s no secret the government’s into controlling their image ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stop Iranian State Murder of Kurdish Freedom Fighters!

  
  Hevallo. Turkey and The Kurdish Question. — Authority: 122
  On November 11, the Kurdish prisoner Ihsan Fetahiyan was executed by the Iranian regime in the Sine prison. And now 30-year old innocent Şerko Maarfi named Kurdish man has been put in a cell to be executed soon! According to information received about the death penalty with the claim that 30-year-old Şerko Maarfi ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sound Familiar?

  
  Economic Principals — Authority: 444
  A prominent American working as adviser to a foreign government successfully bargains for the details of a new constitution – while quietly arranging a lucrative deal for himself with a foreign company operating in his client state under the new laws. He is exposed and suffers profound embarrassment. Sound ...
  2 weeks ago

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