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2014-07-05 Iraq

Iraq Kurd Chief Asks MPs to Organize Independence Vote

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#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|| 2014-07-05 10:44|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-07-05 17:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-07-05 17:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-07-05 20:37|| Front Page Top

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