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| Iraq |
| Iraq Kurd Chief Asks MPs to Organize Independence Vote |
| 2014-07-05 |
| [AnNahar] The leader of Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling Thursday for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, another setback for international efforts to unite the country's politicians against a krazed killer offensive. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki broadened an amnesty offer aimed at undercutting support for jihadists, whose onslaught has have overrun areas of the country and who proclaimed a caliphate straddling Iraq and Syria. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Tribes = Vig for the head families. Doesn't matter if they're Arab, Kurd or Democrat Party |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-07-05 20:37 |
| #3 It's not the military corruption I'm talking about. It's the families at the top of the food chain. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-07-05 17:09 |
| #2 Corruption is far larger a problem in the Shia areas. Not nearly such a problem in the peshmerga. That's why the Kurdish units have held, and pushed back. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-07-05 17:01 |
| #1 Perhaps if the Kurds get their independence, they can then spend their energies working on their corruption problem. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-07-05 10:44 |