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2006-09-01 Iraq

Fleeing violence, Iraq's Arabs flock to Kurdistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now let's watch the sectarian violence start to really escalate in Kurdistan.

Posted by Flitle Thogum8651 2006-09-01 06:34|| 2006-09-01 06:34|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm afraid you're right, FT.

Prejudice and myopia are baggage seldom left behind.

Posted by flyover 2006-09-01 06:44|| 2006-09-01 06:44|| Front Page Top

But some Arabs complain of feeling unwelcome in the far north and Arab-Kurd struggles for control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk remain a potential flash point for conflict.

bawawaaaaa

The trend is a stunning reversal for Iraq's Kurdistan, home mainly to non-Arab Kurds. During the 1980s, tens of thousands of Kurds were killed in the region during Saddam Hussein's military campaign, which emptied entire villages.

The Kurds were killed and driven out of Kirkuk en-mass and then Saddam's/henchmen gave the Kurd's houses and property out as patronage to his loyal/tribal Sunni families.

opinion: if the 'state' of Iraq is eventually partitioned, of course I'd like to see the Kurds lock up the oil reserves and have dominion over Kirkuk. I may be mistaken [don't think so] but I fear that our very own State Department may still pull off an act of massive treachery against the Kurds and sell out their interests to the Turks, or some other Half-brite ME strategery etc.

While violence has left much of Iraq's economy in tatters, cities in Kurdistan are prosperous with building cranes popping up and foreign firms looking for bases. Rents have soared, the region offers tax breaks to firms, profits can be transferred out of Kurdistan and foreign companies can own land.

yep that be the litmus test, the Kurds are serious.
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Question: as for more Arab Sunnis or Arab Shi'ites living in Kurdistan?

Answer: What is the default character of Arab Sunnis or Arab Shi'ites living in your neighborhood?

Posted by RD 2006-09-01 07:52|| 2006-09-01 07:52|| Front Page Top

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