Iraqi Kurds

Kurdish Oil Pipeline Could Split Iraq

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 05.24.2012

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Daniel J. Graeber

Kurdish leaders in the north aim to defy Baghdad by exporting oil to Turkey through a new pipeline. Given simmering acrimony between the Kurdish government and Baghdad, that pipeline may be the tether that formally pulls Iraq in two.

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Iran Seizes Kurdish Opposition Bases In Iraq

Posted 09.17.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have taken control of three bases of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in neighboring Iraq,...

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Turkish Jets Raid Northern Iraq, Clashes Kill 23

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes launched air raids at suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq Saturday after a rebel attack on a m...

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Iraq Elections: Kurds Show Influence With Strong Turnout

guardian.co.uk | Martin Chulov | Posted 05.25.2011

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A strong turnout from Iraq's Kurds in national elections on Sunday has enhanced their status of kingmakers in forming the central government, with pre...

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Kurdistan PM Barzani Condemns Post-Election Violence

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister on Monday condemned post-election violence in the autonomous region that left one person dead and 12 injured, as oppo...

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Iraq: Kurd-Arab Strife Takes Center Stage

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louis Khno is a city councilman whose city is beyond his control. In his barricaded streets are militiamen -- in baseball caps and jeans, wielding Kal...

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Turkish President Pays Historic Visit To Iraq, Bomb Blasts Disrupt Trip

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck a tent filled Monday with Kurdish funeral mourners, unleashing a huge fireball that killed at least 23 people ...

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Iraq Faces A New War That Threatens To Complicate Obama's Withdrawal Plans

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Mosul | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new war is threatening Iraq just as the world believes the country is returning to peace. While violence is dropping in Baghdad and in the south of ...

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