Iraq
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Iraq’s Constitution, Kirkuk and the Disputed Territories
in IraqUnder Iraq’s constitution of 2005 the political status of the “governorate” (province) of Kirkuk, and other disputed territories, was scheduled to be formally resolved by the end of December 2007. The prospective referendum affecting the status of Kirkuk governorate was, by agreement, postponed for six months, until the summer of 2008. The Kurdistan Regional Government…
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A Major Political Test for Iraq
Published: August 4, 2008 Since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk has been a political tinderbox-in-waiting that was […]
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Blood and Belief – Kurdish Identity
The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence by Aliza Marcus New York: New York University Press, 2007. 349 pp. $35 Reviewed by Michael Rubin […]
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Kurds ask for US bases to be built near Iran border
As part of a long-term security agreement with Iraq, US forces could be stationed in Kurdistan. [sic.] The Iraqi government and the head of northern […]
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Turkish déjà vu
By Soner Cagaptay Friday, July 18, 2008 If Washington were to pursue a military solution in its efforts to halt the Iranian nuclear program, Turkey […]
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Kurdish village Akre’s last Muslim with Jewish roots wants to visit family in Israel
AKRE, Iraq, May 24 (AFP) – Hajj Khalil is the last Muslim with Jewish roots in the Iraqi Kurdish village of Akre. One of his […]