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Kurdish Life articles from June 2008
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Kurdish Life archives from June 2008
Kirkuk: eye of the storm.
June 22, 2008... In few words the British officer known at the time as "the panegyrist of all things Kurdish," cast doubt on the Kurdish claim that Kirkuk is "historically a Kurdish city." But it matters not. As American poet Walt Whitman explained in two...
Mosul: in Kurdish sites.(BETWEEN KURD AND ARAB)
June 22, 2008... To the best of my knowledge, Kurds never claimed that Mosul was "historically" a Kurdish city--until now. And why not? The U.S. military gave them the keys to the city in the early days of the invasion. And they been trying to lock it up ever...
Voices from other rooms.(MINORITIES)
June 22, 2008... In the Winter 2007 issue of Middle East Quarterly there was a detailed article by Yucel Guclu, first counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Washington. Under the "Who Owns Kirkuk? The Turkoman Case," Guclu penned a detailed history of the city....
What lies beneath.(OIL)
June 22, 2008... What lies beneath Iraq, if not proven oil reserves, alive in Kirkuk and dormant in areas disputed between Arabs and Kurds and coveted by foreign powers, not least by the United States.
Last July questions arose in a Congressional committee...
Business as usual.(THE KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT)
June 22, 2008... Back in 1915, Sir Mark Sykes wrote of Kurds, "their industry immense." And so it is today. In late July the KRG announced that Germany would be opening a consulate-general in Erbil, the current capitol of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In...
Behind Israel's curtain wall.(ISRAEL)
June 22, 2008... Last June word leaked out that members of the U.S. Congress were pressing for the establishment of Iraq-Israel ties. African American Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Florida Democrat joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Israel's 60th anniversary...
Once upon a time in Mosul.(THE WAY IT WAS)
June 22, 2008... From Sir Mark Sykens, The Caliph's Last Heritage, 1915
Down into that sea we descended--down, down, to Akra, the last town of Kurdistan, and Akra is Kurdish indeed. It clings lovingly to the rock, and with the dread of a mountaineer for...