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My Father's Paradise: A Memoir About a Lost Jewish World

Alex Remington | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Judaism, Aramaic, My Father's Paradise, Book Reviews, Ariel Sabar, Memoir, Kurdistan, Kurdish Jewry, Israel, Kurdish Jews, Books News
Alex Remington

I recently read Ariel Sabar's memoir My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, which was published last year. It begi...

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Bush Oil Buddies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil, Now Joined By "Liberal Scion" Peter Galbraith

Jackson Williams | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Age of Turbulence, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Kurdistan, Exxon-Mobil, Iraq, Joe Biden, Osama Bin Laden, Ray Hunt, Hunt Oil, Kuwait, John Kerry, Kurds, Desert Storm, Oil, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraqi Oil, Alan Greenspan, Peter Galbraith, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Peter Galbraith, son of the famed economist, is in line to reap $100 million dollars -- maybe more -- from contracts between a Norwegian oil company and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

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Mother Jones Publishes Story by Writer Detained in Iran

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Private Contractors, Iraq, Shane Bauer, Mother Jones, Pentagon, The Sheikh Down, Iraq Government Contracts, Iran Americans, The Awakening, Americans Missing, Kurdistan, Iran American Journalists Detained, World News
Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

A magazine has published a major investigative article by Shane Bauer, one of three Americans detained in Iran after accidentally crossing the border while hiking in Kurdistan.

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Iran: Americans' Arrest Can Not Be Confirmed Or Denied

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Sarah Shourd, Joshua Fattal, Iran Americans, Foreign Affairs, Iran Foreign Ministry, Kurdistan, Iran, Iraq, Shane Bauer, Advocacy, World News

Though three American backpackers have been detained in Iran for inadvertantly crossing the Iraqi border, Iran's Foreign Ministry has not yet decided ...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Venezuela, Israeli Settlements, Foreign Affairs, Nigeria, Spain, Iran, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George MItchell, Robert Gates, Spain ETA, Honduras, Kurdistan, Farc, Israel, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart pe...

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Kurdistan PM Barzani Condemns Post-Election Violence

AFP | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Kurds, Iraq Kurds, Massoud Barzani, Kurds, Kurd, Foreign Affairs, Kurdish Election, Kurdistan, Kurdish Rebels, Nechirvan Barzani, Iraq, Advocacy, World News

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 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Kurds, Iraq Kurds, Arabs, Kurds, Kurd, Foreign Affairs, Kurds Arabs, Kurdistan, Kurdish Rebels, Iraq, Kurd-Arab Tension, Advocacy, War Wire, World News

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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The Other Iraq

Jeff Johnson | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Elections, Democracy, Kurdistan, Kurds, Iraq, International, President Obama, World News
Jeff Johnson

This region of Iraq has not seen a coalition casualty in nearly three years and has been able to create a social reality that stands in stark contradiction to the ongoing violence in Baghdad.

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Sandstorm In Middle East May Be Largest In Modern History (PHOTO FROM SPACE)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Sandstorms, Sandstorm, Iraq Sandstorm, Foreign Affairs, Baghdad, Kurdistan, Joe Biden, Iraq, Advocacy, Sand Storm, Sand Storm Iran, Sandstorm in Middle East, Iran Sand Storm, Iran Sandstorm, Sandstorm Iran, Sandstorm in Iraq, World News

In what is said to be the worst in recent memory, a massive week-long sandstorm descended on Iraq last week, sending hundreds of people to the hospita...

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Israel May Retaliate Against Turkey by Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

Harut Sassounian | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Capitol Hill, Gaza Israel, Jerusalem, Washington, Kurdistan, Olmert, Tzipi Livni, Majalli Whbee, Tom Lantos, Ankara, Congress, Local Elections, Knesset, Hamas, Armenian Genocide, Jerusalem Post, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, Pkk, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Genocide Resolution, Debkafile, Hurriyet, World News
Harut Sassounian

Enraged by the abrasive tone of Turkey's condemnation of Israel's attack on Gaza, Israeli officials and Turkish analysts are now raising the possibility that Tel Aviv may retaliate.

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George W. Bush is to Georgia as George H.W. Bush is to Kurdistan

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, George W. Bush, Kurdistan, South Ossetia, Kurds, Georgia, Iraq, Russia Georgia War, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

I'm not bothered by 41 having an Oedipal thing to work out with 43. I just wish it they could do it around the dinner table, instead of breaking so much crockery on the world stage.

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Iraq According To Its Sheikhs

David A. Andelman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Balkanization of Iraq, Kurdish Independence, Kurds, Yugoslavia, Kurdistan, Iraq, Sheiks, Politics News
David A. Andelman

Yugoslavia has come apart, creating (so far) seven new and relatively peaceful nations. I asked 11 Iraqi sheikhs and provincial governors, Why not do this in Iraq today?

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Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq

NY Times | Sabrina Tavernise | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Turkey and Iraq, Turkey, Turkey Kurds, Turkey Iraq Invasion, Kurdistan, Kurdish Rebels, Turkey Iraq, Politics News

Turkish fighter jets bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish military said, the fifth major strike against Kurdish rebels this year. I...

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Turkey Closer To Invading Northern Iraq After Kurdish Rebels Kill 12 Soldiers

Times of London | Suna Erdem | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The prospect of Turkey invading northern Iraq drew closer today after Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 soldiers in an ambush, blowing up a bridge nea...

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