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• Iraq: A Critical Year Ahead

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  Kenneth Pollack warns that “while [Iraq] has made tremendous progress in both the security and political realms, all of those gains are fragile  and could evaporate quickly if strained.”  Pollack argues “the mistake we are in danger of making in Iraq is that as our military steps back, our civilians are not ...
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• Photos: Kurds, Kurdistan and Kerim?

  
  Hevallo. Turkey and The Kurdish Question. — Authority: 127
  Check out this Italian womens photo website of Kurds and Kurdistan. It is a warm and sympathetic portrayal of the Kurdish people and their struggle. There is even this picture above of a Kurdish man in Amed (Diyarbakir) who bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain Kurdish Human Rights Director. ...
  1 day ago

• Barzani’s unachievable dream of a Kurdish army

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 502
  During his meeting with US Army Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, Barzani said: “one of my dreams to see a unified army of Kurdistan”, a direct reaction came from Maliki’s spokesman Al-Dabagh saying: “This will remain a dream”. In his last article on Asia Times “ Maliki makes his move on Kirkuk issue ”, ...
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• Turkish cinema shrugs off cliches to look at Kurdish conflict

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Turkish cinema has produced a cool-headed look at the bloody Kurdish insurgency in the countrys south-east.
  2 days ago

• Christmas Spirit and Islam

  
  Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian — Authority: 488
  Christmas Spirit and Islam Saturday, 19 December 2009 This is the time of the year that the air is filled with everything Christmas. There is something for everyone: gifts for family and friends, prayers at churches, and Christmas music everywhere. It puts me in a contemplative mood, particularly when I ...
  2 days ago

• Iraq Says New Saddam Hussein-Era Mass Grave Found

  
  The War On Terror And Terrorism — Authority: 112
  Saturday, December 19, 2009 BAGHDAD — A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The ...
  3 days ago

• Iraq Says New Saddam Hussein-Era Mass Grave Found

  
  Military Might Matters — Authority: 116
  Saturday, December 19, 2009 BAGHDAD — A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The ...
  3 days ago

• Iraq Says New Saddam Hussein-Era Mass Grave Found

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 545
  BAGHDAD — A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The grave was originally found nearly two years ago west of Kirkuk, though its ...
  3 days ago

• UKs Shameful Acquiescence in Turkeys Suppression of the Kurds.

  
  Hevallo. Turkey and The Kurdish Question. — Authority: 127
  By Hevall o UK supply Turkeys Otokar (seen here recently suppressing Kurdish civilians) with Land Rover chasis and parts and have billions of pounds worth of arms deals including Heckler and Koch for the licenced production of the Turkish Armys assault weapon the HK 33. Read here for details of ...
  3 days ago

• Iraqi general elections in the north: Perfunctory observation legalizes the fraudulent election and harms the non-Kurdish communities

  
  EUROPE TURKMEN FRIENDSHIPS — Authority: 136
  False ink was used in Iraqi General Election of 2005   Iraqi general elections in the north: Perfunctory observation legalizes the fraudulent election and harms the non-Kurdish communities Posted on SOITM website: http://www.turkmen.nl/1A_soitm/rep.34-L1409.htm   Date:       December 14, 2009 ...
  4 days ago

• Iraq: Iranian Troops Enter Contested Oil Field

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  Iraq officials have confirmed that Iranian soldiers have  entered Iraqi territory  and claimed an oilfield whose ownership is disputed by Iran. A U.S. military spokesman stated “there has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments ...
  4 days ago

• The Extended Finger from the Mullahs’ Clenched Fist

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 817
  Iran crosses the border and takes over an oil well in Iraq — and once again, the West turns the other way.
  4 days ago

• Friday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded; Mass Grave Found

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 144
  Iranian troops briefly entered a disputed border area of Iraq and seized an oil well. No fighting was reported there, but two Iraqis were killed and four others were wounded elsewhere in Iraq. Iraqi investigators have finished excavating a mass grave containing 185 Kurds that dates to the Saddam era. Meanwhile, ...
  4 days ago

• Turkey: Kurds Reconsider Resignations

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  Reuters reports that the Turkish government announced it will  continue as planned  with reforms expanding Kurdish rights despite a court ruling that banned (see previous  post ) the Democratic Society Party (DTP). According to Interior Minister Besir Atalay , “the Kurdish initiative will continue with ...
  4 days ago

• Kurds And The Constitution

  
  Kamil Pasha — Authority: 129
  From Yigal Schleifer’s blog, an interesting insight into the closing of the Kurdish DTP by the Constitutional Court (read the whole essay here ): …[B]ehind the closure case is the same problem that lies at the root of so many of the other roadblocks standing in the way of Turkey’s democratization process: the ...
  5 days ago

• Deep State/Turkish Generals Stoking Ethnic Tensions in Turkey.

  
  Hevallo. Turkey and The Kurdish Question. — Authority: 127
  "They gave me 500TL, so I shot at the DTP demonstrators" Istanbul - Muş - BİA News Center 17 December 2009 After the closure of pro-Kurdish DTP, clashes occurred in the pre-dominantly Kurdish South-East of Turkey and also in Istanbul, claiming the lives of several people. A shop owner from Muş shot to the crowd ...
  5 days ago

• Editorial: Iraq, the Kurds and the Americans

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  In order for the conflicts between Iraq’s Kurds and the rest of the country to be settled, there must be deft and sustained American involvement.
  5 days ago

• Thursday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 144
  At least three Iraqis were killed and four more were wounded in the latest attacks. Meanwhile, Iraq politicians are asking candidates in next years national elections to avoid politicizing recent security lapses. Also, Iraqi militants have apparently used an inexpensive computer program to hack into U.S. military ...
  5 days ago

• Our Kurdish Rights Animated Video and Facebook App

  
  Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead — Authority: 497
  Dear friends, The last couple of weeks have been quite busy for the Alliance for Kurdish Rights campaign, one of our earliest projects. Aside from a complete redesign of our website , we just launched our latest video, which we’ve worked very hard on: Click here to view the embedded video. We hope you can ...
  6 days ago

• Turkey: Protests Turn Deadly

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  AFP reports that two people were shot dead during a Kurdish demonstration in Southeast Turkey on the fifth day of protests since the the largest Kurdish party, the Democratic Society Party (DTP), was banned by the constitutional court.  The protesters were shot by a shopkeeper who fired into the crowd after his ...
  6 days ago

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