2 days ago by KB

The absolute deadline they said was yesterday. But the vote on Kirkuk has been postponed again…now until Saturday. Statements via Twitter and blog postings suggest an ‘acceptable’ resolution might pass this weekend. Four competing proposals have been ‘boiled down to a single text,’ said Kurdish depu ...

Kurdistan Commentary - kurdistancommentary.wordpress.com · 3 references

2 days ago by Joel Wing

One of the major problems with the Iraqi government is its inability to spend its budget effectively. The country’s eighteen provinces do much worse than the central government in Baghdad. The new Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s quarterly report to Congress has the latest numbers ...

The Ground Truth in Iraq - thegroundtruth.blogspot.com · Rank: 87,808 · 19 references

2 days ago by 2guysreadinggibbon

Day 56 – Ken here (DEF v.1, ch.13, pp.380-390) I’m trying writing earlier in the day – we’ll see if there’s a corresponding improvement in content. The Story Description of Treaty with Persia: 1)Persians lose 5 northern satrapies, some form new Roman Mesopotamia province, 2)Tiridates given Armenian ...

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2 days ago by Sahar Zubairy

In the Muslim world, Turkey and Iran are usually perceived as standing on opposite sides. Turkey stands for secularism, while the Shia clerics dominate the Iranian politics. Turkey is a “friend of the West”, and is also a Muslim country that has normal relations with Israel. While Iran, if it is not ...

Iran - iran.foreignpolicyblogs.com · 3 references

4 days ago by Gremil Alessandro Naz

The United States is pressuring the “highest levels of the Kurdish leadership” to accept a compromise that would dictate how national elections would be held in January, a Kurdish member of Iraq’s parliament said Monday. The United States urged the Kurdish majority in the northern oil-rich province ...

The Daily Inquirer - thedailyinquirer.net · Rank: 76,538 · 26 references

4 days ago by Ken Long

From The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army. The book chronicles the careers of four different generals (GEN John Abizaid, GEN George Casey Jr, GEN Peter Chiarelli, and GEN David Petraeus).: A few weeks before he was scheduled to depart, Abizaid ...

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4 days ago by Fréderike Geerdink

ISTANBUL – The Turkish football club Diyarbakirspor, from the Kurdish southeast of Turkey, has withdrawn from the Turkish foot ball competition, after the club was once again deluged with anti-Kurdish slogans at an away-from-home game. Anti-Kurdish sentiments have been on the rise since the Turkish ...

Journalist in Turkey, ... - journalistinturkey.com · 5 references

5 days ago by Jenny White

Kurdish chief, between 1890-1920 The US Library of Congress is a wonderful online resource for historic photographs of Turkey and the Middle East: Introduction to LC Prints and Photographs Middle East materials, click here. Subject overview of LC Prints and Photographs images related to Turkey, clic ...

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6 days ago by William deB. Mills

In a Mideast region being ripped apart by greed, short-sightedness, arrogance, refusal to compromise, a growing addiction to violence, and the virtual absence of wise leadership, Turkey appears to see itself as the leader of a new moderate regional coalition. Can Washington maintain pace? On October ...

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8 days ago by KB

Reporting from Diyarbakır, Anita McNaught of AlJazeera English discusses the recent return of PKK members and the fallout that followed: YouTube, 30 October 2009 Posted in politics Tagged: Kurds, PKK, Turkey

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