tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59405662011-12-15T06:07:57.038+03:00Kurdo's WorldKurdo's World is where Kurds are given their full self-determination-rights in their historical lands of Kurdistan.
Kurds ask for a peaceful life with their neighbours; Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Kurdonoreply@blogger.comBlogger3111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1135848699952542802005-12-29T12:23:00.000+03:002005-12-29T12:31:40.006+03:00Democracy Kurdish styleA Kurdish writer was thrown into prison for 30 years in a court in Kurdistan just 4 days after the Iraqi elections for swearing at the President of Kurdistan Massoud Barzani.Kurdish media networks are approaching the case nervously and some are even scared to report about the news. Some newspapers haven't even reported about this anti-democracy and human rights decision.TheKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1134824976409883422005-12-17T15:21:00.000+03:002005-12-17T16:12:34.920+03:00Iraqi Elections in Kurdistan :Because of the nature of my work, I could not report about the elections on the day. I have collected photos, reports, interviews, and results in this post from different forums and news websites as well as blogs.I would like to thank all these forums and blogs and websites.Photos:Election Photos 1 Election photos 2Election Celeberation photos 3 Election photos 3 (Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1134653268434557402005-12-15T16:25:00.000+03:002005-12-15T16:27:48.450+03:00Iraqi Election!It has been a quite day for Kurdistan...I will post a detailed description of events in the following hours.Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1133228581680949372005-11-29T04:39:00.000+03:002005-11-29T04:43:01.690+03:00Saddam TrialStayed in all day yesterday to watch Saddam's trial.I think the trial is unfair - (not to Saddam, but to his victims) because :1. The trial is not live. We get 30 minutes delay. Let's hear what the man has to say. Why he did that to us LIVE and without censors.2. The trial video is edited and censored. This is not fair. So many people have died and so many mothers and fathers and Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1132745156999249372005-11-23T14:21:00.000+03:002005-11-23T14:25:57.016+03:00Get paid up to $800 for blogging from Iraq/KurdistanSalam Pax, sent this to emigre : Channel 4 Documentaries are making an Iraq season for the new year, and they're thinking of promoting the diary of an Iraqi on the website for a week. (This has nothing to do with Channel 4 News, they're just asking me as a favour to pass this on to Iraqis I know). They're willing to pay the blogger £500 for a 7Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1132682267907833102005-11-22T20:41:00.000+03:002005-11-22T20:57:47.956+03:00Ideology change in KurdistanSo remember all these hyper pro-independence minded opinions out of Kurdistan ? Well, there has been a very sharp obvious change in ideologies in Kurdistan, perhaps more important than that of Ariel Sharon's.Currently, and especially after the end of the transitional period in Iraq following the approval of the Iraqi constitution, there have been more calls by Kurds Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1132307259679337972005-11-18T12:30:00.000+03:002005-11-18T12:47:39.693+03:00Iraq abuse claims...Both sides of the storyThis week there have been some terrible news for those who still have hope of peace and democracy...I hope these were just a bad nightmare but unfortunately they are not...1st....reports of using chemical weapons by the Americans in Fallujah and then reports of prisoners abuse and torture by the Iraqi government...These reports destroy the hopes of the Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1132140153817352962005-11-16T14:07:00.000+03:002005-11-16T14:26:13.590+03:00Iraqi Elections and KurdistanIn the following days I will try to shed lights on the coming Iraqi elections which is exactly about 29 days from now.This time, there will be no Kurdistan elections. Only Iraqi elections. This is because the Kurdistan elections in January was for 4 years (permanent government).Well we have not yet seen this permanent government. There are still 2 Kurdish governments Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1131642352283723022005-11-10T20:02:00.000+03:002005-11-10T20:08:38.746+03:00THE OTHER IRAQThe Other Iraq Have you seen THE OTHER IRAQ ? (check out the videos, they are very cool with a funny nice Kurdish accent )Why not visit it ? Direct flights from Europe to Kurdistan (no need to go through Baghdad). Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1131492853400929662005-11-09T02:01:00.000+03:002005-11-09T02:38:53.883+03:00Re-turnHello All.I have been on a break for almost five months now. It just seems like yesterday when my last post was, but can you beleive it that it was almost 4 months ago ? (4 months and 4 days).I have been very busy especially in the summer. My break was excellent, to be away from "thinking" is something everyone should do. I know we are told "think think think all the time" but to take a Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1120468694435385472005-07-04T13:15:00.000+04:002005-07-04T13:18:14.510+04:00I just posted my happy birthday post at KBU.I will be away for quite a while. I have received all your emails and I will now sit and reply to every single one. But please bear with me as they are quite a few now and might take some time.If I was away for long and you wanted to find information about Kurdistan please visit these websites :www.KurdishMedia.comwww.thekurdistani.com (Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1119998169352448432005-06-29T02:35:00.000+04:002005-06-29T02:36:09.360+04:00One year of independence Of course, Iraqi independence. Not Kurdish one.Let's see how things have gone after 1 year of independence from American occupation.1. Iraqi government ? Does it have any control ?Not outside the Green zone. The suicide bombings in the Green Zone shows that it is about to lose control inside that 1-2 KM zone as well.2. The American forces.The American forces are not Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1119450713774709732005-06-22T18:21:00.000+04:002005-06-22T18:31:53.780+04:00my updatesHello AllI am sorry I haven't been able to keep up with all just like usual. I have been extremly busy with life...doing this and going there ....been away for a while....Anyways just wanted to give you some updates...First I would like to apologise for all because my email account is getting funny...The hotmail still haven't upgraded my account to 250 MB....so the account gets jammed Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1118065072695011132005-06-06T17:32:00.000+04:002005-06-06T17:37:53.070+04:00update on Qamishlo uprising in Syrian KurdistanVienna : Kurds occupy Syrian embassy and replace Syrian flag with Kurdistan flag. (www.amude.net)Photos of Kurdish shops looted by Arab militia and Syrian police. (more here)Photos of Kurds tortued and shot at by Arab Syrian policeBBC's report. Still no condemnation by the international world. Guess we are not as worthy as the Lebanese.Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1117998939780840512005-06-05T23:01:00.000+04:002005-06-05T23:15:39.786+04:00Forget the Parliament, Forget the Lebanese Writer, Why no one talks about the Kurds in Syria ?!First I apologise for the long hitaus. I am very sorry but recently I am very busy and really couldn't have access to the internet. Today I managed to have a look at the internet and guess what ? My email is packed. Many nice people have sent me emails and I promise to send them a personal reply to all Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1116630713307005762005-05-21T03:02:00.000+04:002005-05-21T03:11:53.330+04:00Iraqi TarzanThe greatest photo of the year. I don't care if they sue this newspaper or not, I don't care if this is against Geneva Convictions.I personally was scared from Saddam even in my dreams. I have seen this guy in my dreams and I have started to shiver.To see this man (Sa'ed Al-Ra'es) (Mr. President) as he used to call himself like that in a pair of Iraqi underwear, is the strongest Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1116099390834618212005-05-14T23:31:00.000+04:002005-05-15T00:12:30.843+04:00The best description of Iraq I have ever heard. Huner Saleem, a Kurdish director of the Kilometer Zero movie who is representing Kurdistan at the Cannes Film Festival said this :"The problem with Iraq is that it was not born of the will of a single people, but because Churchill wanted it. Power went to the people who had the most Kalashnikovs."I have never seen such a correct description about Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1115587618194467352005-05-09T01:19:00.000+04:002005-05-09T01:45:39.670+04:00Update on "How Jafaari changed the Iraqi Democratic Oath"This is for those who don't speak Arabic. In my last post I didn't explain this properly.Watch this short movie for Al-Jaafari taking the oath.Before you do read these notes :1. Jaafaari brings in his own "oath". 2. Jafaari starts to replace the "original" oath which has the word "democratic & federal" with his own one which doesn't have "Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1115543734444846472005-05-08T12:57:00.000+04:002005-05-08T21:04:46.460+04:00Iraqis lie to Kurds again : No democratic & federal IraqI somehow managed to find some time to come back and post about this important issue which is now clouding over Kurdistan.During the "oath" taking ceremony for the new Iraqi government, the Arab members removed the words "democratic" and "federal" from their scripts.These two videos from KurdistanNet.org shows the way Dr. Ibrahim Jafaari andKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114697600452401652005-04-30T20:01:00.000+04:002005-04-30T04:56:43.750+04:00Another HitausI think we are being hit by another hitaus. I will be away for a couple of weeks. If you have any questions or want updates on Kurdistan and Iraq related news please visit the lively discussions at these forums here. Women are becoming super-strong in post-war Kurdistan and also somehow Iraq. Imagine if one of these Peshmerga women was your wife : (Stop snoring or else ! )Just to Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114646868945611262005-04-28T08:37:00.000+04:002005-04-28T04:09:21.350+04:00And the pain continues..........A photo from the Arabic TV station (Al-Arabia) in which it shows photos taken by Iraqi officials of the killed Madain hostages. The corpses were found in the river Tigris and were killed by terrorist killers to create a Shia-Sunni conflict. The corpses of the Madain hostages.The ID card of the woman MP Lameah Al Sakri who was killed by cowards outside her house in Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114465305366504622005-04-26T01:00:00.000+04:002005-04-26T18:06:15.530+04:00The British Elections and Iraq WarAs a follower of the British elections campaign, I noticed that the Iraq war is now being used as a political pawn to gain the seat of the British PM.I find it very disturbing if the British public judged Tony Blair over his decision to get rid of Saddam Hussein. It will be a humiliating defeat for freedom and democracy if the British people, the prime founders Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114334201808094242005-04-24T13:10:00.000+04:002005-04-24T13:16:41.810+04:00Qaladzi : 24th April 1974This is not a painting, or a computer generated photo. This is a real "live" photo of Qaladzi City in 1974. The city was bombed by the Iraqi government on this day (24th of April) in 1974 just after 1 month of the Kurdish autonomy agreement with the Iraqi government. Heavy artileries and fighter jets were used to level the city down to Earth.Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114090738354861182005-04-21T17:09:00.000+04:002005-04-24T14:14:58.130+04:00An Open Letter to George Galloway: Re Salam PaxDear Mr. Galloway,I know that you are campaigning hard to win the hearts and minds of the British public, and I wish you good luck in failing. I and many other people from Iraq, just like the father of the Iraqi blogs, Salam Pax, will never forget the scenes in which you were sitting and joking with Saddam Hussein on the screens of the Iraqi Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114078975101613282005-04-21T13:43:00.000+04:002005-04-21T14:28:19.250+04:00Anti-Kurdish campaign in KirkukA Kurdish journalist (Saman Abdulla) was killed in a car show. There has been an intense anti-Kurdish campaign in Kirkuk in the last couple of weeks. Kurdish journalists had been killed or received death threats, suicide bombings against police forces and Kurdish neighbourboods are also on the increase.The Kirkuk council is in a deadlock as the Turkmen and Arab Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1114007137505434202005-04-20T18:02:00.000+04:002005-04-20T18:28:08.073+04:00Rare Photos of terrorist Mullah KrekarI was looking at an ID photo of "Aso Hawleri", one of the terrorist leading figures of Ansar Al-Islam, which was sent to me by Trevor.Have a look at the ID (which was found on an Al-Qaeda harddrive in Afghanistan) and try to figure out if this is Mullah Krekar or Aso Hawleri. If you have a photo of this guy (Aso Hawleri) please contact Trevor who is doing a Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1113738373057472652005-04-17T15:31:00.000+04:002005-04-21T14:29:26.260+04:00In between the lines : (News that you might miss)+ A South Korean soldier is detained for 18 months after killing a Kurdish Peshmerga by mistake 5 months ago. The report says that the South Korean did not know that his gun was loaded with live ammunitions. In that report says that South Korean soldiers do not carry ammunitions. Or carry it without loading them. Strange !+ A Norwegian TV has Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1113641179026197672005-04-16T12:36:00.000+04:002005-04-16T15:46:52.980+04:00Did you see this photo in America and the world ?!This is Rumsfeld and Barzani. I am sure no one in the world apart from Kurds would have seen this photo as it shows that this is more like a state visit rather than a regional visit.This is what the Kurdistan government does when a non-Kurdish figure visits Kurdistan, they have this team which plays the Kurdistan and the other country's national Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1113300822968430752005-04-12T14:04:00.000+04:002005-04-12T19:21:35.076+04:00Rumsfeld to meet with would-be Kurdistan PresidentReuters has just reported that US defence Minister would meet the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party which is expected to be sworn in as the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the coming weeks.The report says that Mr. Rumsfeld would meet Barzani in Mosul.Barzani is not based in Mosul but in a nearby tourist's attraction. I Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1113176744899141272005-04-11T02:15:00.000+04:002005-04-11T03:54:31.823+04:00My comments on Jalal Talabani: The Kurd President of Arab IraqI intentionally did not comment on Talabani's presidential post on the day he was chosen as a president of Iraq. The whole world that day was waiting for the reaction of the Kurds, Talabani's media TV , satellite, newspapers and websites made sure that they showed how happy the Kurds are.In opposite move of the world, I watched how theKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1113132793105963732005-04-10T15:14:00.000+04:002005-04-10T18:52:02.760+04:00Started from students now to teachers: Another democratic move in KurdistanToday several thousands teachers in Suleimani demonestrated in demands for higher wages and better education sysetms in Kurdistan. The move is of a great importance to Kurdistan because it can be a start of civil socieities and democratic movements in which the power of people is respected.Unfortunately in Kurdistan the Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1113001760947709692005-04-09T02:59:00.000+04:002005-04-09T15:33:39.616+04:00"Expectations and evaluations of two years of occuberation" The evening of April the 9th 2005 marks the second anniversary of the time when I jumped up and down and started congratulating families and friends for the fall of the statute in Ferdows Square in Baghdad. The statute which turned our lives into miseries and created a new sister river for Tigris and Euphrates and called it River Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112874003925245522005-04-07T15:24:00.000+04:002005-04-07T15:40:03.926+04:00Ghazi Al-Yawar asked Monthly $1 Million Salary for Parliament Speaker PostGhazi Al-Yawar on right shows mixed feelings as he was chosen as deputy president yesterday.According to the Kurdish Weekly Hawlati issue: 6th of April 2005, when the former Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawar was offered the post of the "Speaker of Parliament" he demanded that his $1 Million a month salary to be kept, when the Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112808497086263382005-04-06T20:48:00.000+04:002005-04-06T21:28:28.893+04:00The history of the current Iraqi President in photos :Born in 1933, Jalal Talabani joined the Kurdish activist movements at the age of 13.He then ran up through the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Pary until he became the leader of the Kurdish Peshmerga Forces in the begining of 1960s. He is a law graduate from Baghdad's University where he was involved in publishing a few Kurdish newspapers. Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112785575723222222005-04-06T15:04:00.000+04:002005-04-06T15:07:37.366+04:00Watch celeberationsThousands carrying Kurdistan flags and photos of Talabani have gone out to the streets to celeberate electing Jalal Talabani as the first Kurdish president for Iraq all over Kurdistan.To watch the celeberations live watch KurdSat TV here. Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112695934809782022005-04-05T14:08:00.000+04:002005-04-05T14:45:11.853+04:00The Future University Students Start their Protest.Girls wearing tight jeans and belly revealing tops, and boys in jeans and gelled up hair, and managers and government officials in their 40s who are students now, are gathering for another night infront of the Kurdistan Government's Cabinet building in Suleimani. Kurdistan.This time the protest is carried out by the students at the private "Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112619209151623172005-04-04T16:34:00.000+04:002005-04-05T00:39:11.483+04:00Gratitude for The Pope in KurdistanThe Saint Joseph Church, 3rd of April 2005, Kurdistan, Suliemani.Yesterday in most of the churches in Kurdistan, Kurdish Christians, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Armenians gathered to send their prayers and gratitude for Pope John II.The Ministry of Religious Duties and the Kurdish political parties have also sent their gratitude for the Christians in Kurdistan.p.s.Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112607440449845272005-04-04T13:17:00.000+04:002005-04-04T13:38:30.896+04:00Students Win in Kurdistan : Controversial University will be closed downStudents demonstrating infront of "The Future University". After two months of peaceful demonstrations and strikes by the students at the University of Suleimani, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Suleimani has decided to close down the controversial private Future University.Peyamner.com quoting Beyar Abdulla, the speakerKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112468589893762052005-04-03T13:27:00.000+04:002005-04-03T16:18:11.710+04:00Iraq's Democracy & International InterventionThe Iraqi Sistani backed Shia group are now asking international figures to intervene in the creation of Iraq's democracy.Al-Jafaari has asked Tony Blair to "put pressure" on the Kurds to give up their demands and "give in" to the Arab majority in Iraq.Something which has puzzled me since February is that the Americans this time have not intervened in Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112437344834138392005-04-02T14:08:00.000+04:002005-04-02T22:08:36.013+04:00The Hewler GlobeA new weekly called (The Hewler Globe) has been published in Hewler (Erbil). It is the first Kurdish newspaper in English. It has a mix of international events such as Jacko's trial, Beckham's plan to quit Real Madrid, Brad Pitt's and Jeniffer Aniston's divorce and several excellent Kurdistan and Iraq related analytical articles by prominent Kurdish and International writers such as Seb Walker, Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112350623877123252005-04-01T13:52:00.000+04:002005-04-02T03:15:51.483+04:00Saddam Hussein died in US custody ?!A Kurdish newspaper have reported that Saddam Hussein have died in US custody a couple of days ago, qouting high ranking Kurdish officials in the Iraqi government. The paper says that Iraqi government and the Americans are in disagreement for announcing the news as the Iraqis want to report it after the formation of the new government. Check it out here, (real pdf file in Kurdish) (pdf file). Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1112223416679693342005-03-31T08:35:00.000+03:002005-03-31T01:56:56.680+03:00Mr. Annan , what was the point of the sanctions ?!Seriously, what was the point of the sanctions ? 13 years of a vicious embargo imposed on a suppressed people in the name of punishing its dictator ?!I remember in the begining of the sancitons once Saddam Hussein appeared in one of his usual tours on Iraqi TV. He was in an Iraqi village where he was eating slaughtered sheeps "Iraqi BBQ style" he Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111978513738833832005-03-28T09:54:00.000+03:002005-03-28T06:03:39.510+03:00Iraq : The Cancer Case Ever wondered why Iraq has never worked as a state since its artificial creation in 1921 ?! Many people link Iraq's current failure in security and stability to the presence of the foreign forces.Looking at Iraq's history since the day it was established in 1921, there has never been a peaceful period of time that we could identify. When the (Americans+Britons et. al., 2003Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111887381287093882005-03-27T09:22:00.000+03:002005-03-27T14:14:55.806+03:00Traditional Kurdish Clothes Record Sale in the Last Couple of WeeksA few Kurdish newspapers reported that during the Newroz celeberations "Kurdish 2705 New Year", sales of traditional Kurdish clothes have reached a new record-high.The last 8 days (starting from 19th of March) were with no doubt, the best time for party and celeberations in Kurdistan's history.Kurdish clothes need to be designed Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111716844021455602005-03-25T05:07:00.000+03:002005-03-25T14:12:04.196+03:00Kurdistan or Northern Iraq ?!During the first session of the elected Iraqi parliament, the oldest member of the assembly said his blessing for Saddam's victims. He said "My blessing for the people of the North". Some of the 77 MPs from Kurdistan were insulted. They shouted "Kurdistan, Kurdistan. What North". The old man said "Sorry, Kurdistan".If you watch this slide-show, you'd see that why Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111628350029740742005-03-24T08:50:00.000+03:002005-03-27T14:09:12.370+03:00Sistani is Angry !!click here for the photoWhich is more spiritual ?! Iraqi Al-cohol or Al-Sistani ?! Saint Al-Sistani, the indirect Iraqi President and Prime Minister and Noble-Prize Superman, has become angry over the delay of the government talks due to the Kurdish New Year holidays.Doesn't Al-Sistani know that the people in Kurdistan are now busy drinking to his health ?! People are busy Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111571809644414142005-03-23T12:52:00.000+03:002005-03-23T12:56:49.646+03:00Vote for Medya's photoblog Medya, the blogger who is risking his life by blogging from Iranian Kurdistan has been nominated for the Photobloggies Awards for the Middle Eastern & African Photoblogs cateogory.It would be a good tap on the shoulders for Medya if we all voted for his blog. Visit http://www.photobloggies.org/ and scroll down to the Best African / Middle Eastern Photoblog and vote for Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111506666025912042005-03-22T18:17:00.000+03:002005-03-23T12:12:16.186+03:00Newroz News from all parts of Greater KurdistanI have covered Newroz (Kurdish New Year) celeberations in South Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan), I think now it is time to talk about the rest of the areas of Greater Kurdistan.(p.s. Kurds don't give a damn about those artificial borders which are imposed on us, so we are looking at ourselves as Kurds first, before being Iraqis, Iranians, Turkish or Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111361235378087232005-03-21T08:06:00.000+03:002005-03-21T16:14:05.216+03:00Newroz Photos from Kurdistan Newroz Fire, Suleimani, Kurdistan, 20th of March 2005. A Kurdish child smiles for Newroz. Behind, Newroz's Fire ! Fire is a symbol of NewrozThe Newroz Fire today in Suleimani, Kurdistan, with the Kurdistan flag. A Kurdish girl in tradtional clothes celeberating Newroz, in Istanbul, Turkey. A Kurdish Police (Peshmerga) protecting the streets in Suleimani Kurdistan. Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111335789643200072005-03-20T18:43:00.000+03:002005-03-20T21:15:13.150+03:00Happy New Kurdish Year ! Happy Newroz 2705Kurdish girls wearing traditional Kurdish clothes are dancing in Newroz celeberations in schools.Tomorrow, is the first day of Newroz (Newroz means New Day) ,the first day of 2705 in the Kurdish calendar.Since yesterday, 19th of March, the celeberations have already started. People have turned into wild party-animals. There are no places in Kurdistan Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111243164348046532005-03-19T17:35:00.000+03:002005-03-19T17:40:18.173+03:00The Gasha School ~ European Teaching in KurdistanThe Gasha School is an primary and secondary school made for those children who have returned to Kurdistan from Europe/USA etc.The school was opened by the Kurdistan Save The Children , a charity organisation supported by the British Save The Children.Last week the Kurdish weekly "Hawlati" reported that there is a clash of cultures between the Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1111098895039959132005-03-18T07:22:00.001+03:002005-03-19T15:48:21.213+03:00So what is the hottest issue now among young Kurds?! (updated)"The protest in which 3000 students denounced the opening of the private Future University in Slemani, Kurdistan, 13th March 2005".First I had to wait 20 minutes for blogger to show me the Dashboard. My coffee is all cold thanks to blogger.So what is the most talked about issue in Kurdistan ?!Kirkuk ?!! Federalism ?!! Independence ?!!Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1110942260913902122005-03-16T05:23:00.000+03:002005-03-17T21:04:47.003+03:00The Unrealistic Kurdish Demands On Halabja AnniversaryThe photo which became the symbol for the 1988's chemical attack on Halabja. A father tries to protect his child but they both die from the attack. I had a little chat with Mister Ghost over the current issues the other day, but I couldn't resist talking about the "unrealistic Kurdish demands" here. If you remember the beginning of this blog, Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1110452520525826092005-03-10T14:01:00.000+03:002005-03-10T14:23:50.393+03:00Halabja: Silence Was ApprovalEvery March, mixed feelings of joy and sorrow fills the skies of Kurdistan. From the first few days of March up to the middle of the month, there are celeberations of the anniversary of the 1991 uprising which was a begining for self-rule and freedom.Then comes 16th of March, the Wednesday, 16th of March 1988 where Halabja was chemically and barbarically Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109630082897631422005-03-01T01:13:00.000+03:002005-03-01T11:44:52.686+03:00LacunaLacunas are sometimes very good. Especially when you are clogged with albatross.I have called and emailed Jemawer Newspaper about the Mazi store incident. If they reply, I will email it to one of my cronies here.Meanwhile, for an update from Kurdistan, check out the Northern Iraq website. There is a complete list of bloggers.Better late than never, (laminal I will borrow this please !) thisKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109584649642093602005-02-28T12:30:00.000+03:002005-02-28T13:02:56.516+03:00My French ConnectionsJust before I was going to add the "French translated" version of this blog to the sidebar, I received an email from Theirry "not Theirry Henry" about the kidnapping of Florence Aubenas, the French journalist.OK I have a confession. I have some French Connections. Back in the 1970s, my uncle fled Saddam's henchmen to France, where he met a French lady and decided to settle Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109412928879513522005-02-26T12:54:00.000+03:002005-02-26T14:16:36.476+03:00So what's a photocopier ?! I was just reading the comments section here, and it seems that most people are not able to accept the report which was published in Jemawer a couple of days ago. Psychologically speaking, I can understand why some Americans are not ready to accept the reality of what their soldiers do. Their brain, automatically rejects any negative stories about themselves. For Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109196037075749142005-02-24T00:34:00.000+03:002005-02-24T12:27:07.406+03:00US soldiers misbehave in DuhokThe Mazi Supermarket in Duhok, Kurdistan.According to the Kurdish newspaper "Jemawer" (Jemawer 21/02/05 PDF file page 1), a group of US soldiers attacked the Mazi Supermarket, the biggest supermarket in Kurdistan and all over Iraq (8000 meter square), after they were refused a refund.Apparently the US soldiers from Mosul bought a photocopier in Mazi Supermarket a Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109120947571963892005-02-23T08:47:00.000+03:002005-02-23T04:14:42.086+03:00Why 2 Million Kurdistanis voted for "Independence" ?! On 30th of January 2005, as well as participating in the Iraqi elections, around 2 Million people participated in the unofficial poll on independence. Around %98 of the voters, voted for an independent Kurdistan state. Watching the news headlines, the commentators were stunned by this massive figure of people wanting to break away from Iraq, Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109037603590222182005-02-22T04:51:00.000+03:002005-02-22T05:01:44.110+03:00Free Mojtaba and Arash Day Kurdistan Bloggers Support Iranian BloggersIt has never been safe for bloggers, especially in Iran. As called by BBC, let's today stand with the imprisoned Iranians, Mojtaba and Arash , who were arrested just because they blogged.thanks Karzan for the graphicKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1109019918828452862005-02-22T00:02:00.000+03:002005-02-22T00:07:30.600+03:00Himalaya ?! Darbaz's blog for more photos from KurdistanKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108906758291797442005-02-20T16:12:00.000+03:002005-02-20T16:41:20.026+03:00A reply to a Turkish bloggerI accidently ended up in some Turkish blogs. I came across Zikzak's blog in which he points out to Hiwa, and Medya's rather not very friendly remarks against the Turks in general.We, the people of Kurdistan, don't hate Turks. I don't share Medya's and Hiwa's remarks.We don't like the Turkish government's racist remarks and threats against us, and that is probably beingKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108808804501870122005-02-19T12:48:00.000+03:002005-02-19T13:26:44.506+03:00President Jalal Talabani ??!!I don't know if many of you know this guy. He is the general secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The reason why I am writing this, is that because he is the strong candidate for the post of Iraq's first elected President.He is 72, and has been involved in politics since he was 13. So imagine 60 years of his life has been covered by politics.Kurds are Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108573777492070242005-02-16T19:52:00.000+03:002005-02-17T01:33:01.736+03:00Welcome the Ladies We have a bunch of new Kurdish blogs, first, let's welcome the ladies..Ladies and gentlemen,Naz from Kirkuk and her friend Lala (another girl I suppose) are writing in Pamaee (PINK) blog...Check out their photos and their talk about Valentine in Kurdistan.Suzan another Kurdish girl from USA writes a new blog called Kurdish Lily....Nice music and photos and an excellent design..Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108482741834366922005-02-15T18:51:00.000+03:002005-02-15T20:44:55.693+03:00*Seb Walker from Erbil has an excellent report on Iraq's next President's profile .*Turkish Democracy ?!!!Can you see how much hate is there in that Turkish soldiers eyes against that old probably 70 years old Kurdish man ??!This was today during a march by the Kurdish Democratic People's Party in Turkey (DEHAP).Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108391317418154832005-02-14T17:25:00.000+03:002005-03-04T13:42:59.233+03:00I am preparing a photoblog for all the photos of the snow and the massive celeberations of last night.It is very funny how people in a place like Kurdistan celeberate Valentine's Day. After all these bloodshed, there is something which never dies, guess what it is ?!!Hint. It is not capitalism.Kurdish girls, kurdish girls photos, kurdish women photos, kurd girl photo, picture of kurdish girls, Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108303842955616092005-02-13T17:07:00.000+03:002005-02-13T19:05:53.060+03:00Kirkuk & Mosul : Kurdistani Lists Win ! Kurdistan list for Mosul province council : 109 000 votes (Majority).Kurdistan Brotherhood List in Kirkuk : 237 300 out of 400 000 despite cancelling 90 000 Kurdish votes in Kirkuk. (%59.3).Kurdistan List overall in Iraq : 2 175 000 = %25.4 of the votes.Welcome back to Kurdistan MOSUL & KIRKUK !!Kurdistan Parliament ResultsKurdistan List (PUK-KDP and co) : Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108235683429659092005-02-12T21:59:00.000+03:002005-02-12T22:33:50.820+03:00Americans sent their sons and daughters for "Painting" in Kurdistan not for fightingIf you have been watching this blog, you might remember about the US team which removed a Kurdistan flag back in December 2004. Many didn't beleive. But now the American army is proud of their "Paint Team". Let's see what is the American "Paint Team" is in Kirkuk :According to Reuters, this team is set up by US Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1108113506822580642005-02-11T12:00:00.000+03:002005-02-11T12:37:20.736+03:00PUK and KDP joint list win in Kurdistani Parliament ElectionsThe Kurdish weekly "Hawlati" published the results of the Kurdistan Parliament Elections on Wednesday. I couldn't care less about the results as they were not encouraging. The two ruling parties with some other small Kurdish, ChaldoAssyrian and Turkmen parties announced their "Kurdistani Democratic List" before the elections. The Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107634518196524352005-02-05T22:24:00.000+03:002005-02-06T02:07:44.160+03:00The Christians in Kurdistan
The Mar Yousef (Joseph) Church in Sulaimani
A while ago Dr. Benjami of HyScience sent me an article about prosecution of the Christians in Kurdistan. I was busy at that time with the elections, but I think now it is time for me to reply.
While I don't deny that racism exists in Kurdistan as much as it exists in any other part of the world, but the good thing is Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107521116407219212005-02-04T15:36:00.000+03:002005-02-04T15:45:16.406+03:00Kurds win in Mosul as well
The Kurdistan Alliance List and the Kurdistani-Brotherhood List in Mosul (162) have managed to get encouraging results.
PUKMedia reported that Kurdistan Alliance List has won about 35-40% of the votes in Mosul and the Kurdistani-Brotherhood List in Mosul has won %60 of the votes.
This is despite that around 200,000 voters of Kurdish and Assyrian and Chaldean Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107382623410266952005-02-03T01:08:00.000+03:002005-02-03T01:17:03.413+03:0095% of a total of 2.1 Million vote for "Independence".
Ex-US diplomat : Independent Kurdistan in 10 years
The referundum card which was given out outside polling station on Sunday, 30th January 2005.
Around 95% of the participants in the informal independence poll in Kurdistan have voted for an independent Kurdistan.
This comes as reports suggest that the Kurdistan Alliance List has won %30Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107300631985247782005-02-02T08:28:00.000+03:002005-02-02T17:02:27.310+03:00Kurdish woman born in 1893 was not allowed to vote !
Aged 120 years, Rabia Mohammad Bakr, probably Kurdistan and Iraq's oldest human being, was not allowed to vote in Sunday's democratic elections.
Rabia was eager to vote, she turned up 3 times to vote, but because her name wasn't registered, she wasn't allowed to vote. She cried 3 times, but unfortunately, she wasn't allowed.
What a shameKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107186729975802732005-01-31T18:49:00.000+03:002005-01-31T18:52:09.976+03:00Election Results
There are rumours about the city council results and I am now working to confirm them then I will post them here. It seems that PUK has won in Sulaimani and KDP has won in Hawler and Duhok.
The Kurdish-Turkmen-Arab Brotherhood list of Kirkuk seems to have won the majority of the voters according to Hawlati, a Kurdish newspaper. Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107185864593208572005-01-31T18:24:00.000+03:002005-01-31T18:38:18.306+03:00Bush's blue finger
I received this via email.
There is an 11 year old girl in Montana that is trying to get all Americans to ink their finger in Support of Iraq. I doubt if it will get off the
ground but that is exactly how all of us feel.
M Milne
Denver, CO
So let's have a Blue Finger's Day for the support of democracy in the world !
(HELP....the blue has turned purple and then black and Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107129892512522482005-01-31T08:04:00.000+03:002005-01-31T18:20:59.016+03:00Historic Day For Democracy
All these fingers are up for you terrorist, anti-democracy, pro-beheading, suicide-bombers, Baathiest, Saddamist and anti-peace people.
In Kurdistan and Iraq now, people check each others index finger, "Oh you have a normal finger ?!! How come it is not blue ?! You are NOT democratic at all"
Ironically, Al-Zarqawi, the head of the terrorists and co, means "The Blue"Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1107025119851259342005-01-29T21:56:00.001+03:002005-01-30T04:39:47.726+03:00London Kurd blog has voted in the Iraqi elections and posted some photos of the elections in the UK.
A website for the Kurdish Institute for Elections for more information about the tomorrow's elections.
Also check Dilnareen, Xosh 7al & Hiwa's posts (photos) for more personal stories of the Iraqi voting system.
Curfew is in place now in Kurdistan and the organisers have arranged "Safe" buses Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106956684972364382005-01-29T02:43:00.000+03:002005-01-31T18:24:02.550+03:00Tomorrow 30th January 2005 (for the historians to remember):
1. Iraqi Elections.
2. Kurdistani elections.
3. City Council Elections.
4. Referendum on Kurdistan (Unofficial)
Tomorrow will be a historic day in the Middle East and the whole world generally. I think the Iraqi elections are now as famous as the American elections back in November.
As usual, the recent few nights people have been Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106867319342150672005-01-28T02:03:00.000+03:002005-01-28T17:55:50.260+03:00Campaigning for elections by Text-Messages (SMS)
A mobile telecomunications company called Korak Telecoms has sent thousands of text-messages (SMS) to its subscribers promoting the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (List 296) for the Sulaimani, Duhok and Erbil Council elections.
Mobile users have received text-messages saying "Vote for the No. 296 List in the Council elections for Sulaimani, Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106858248061734792005-01-27T23:17:00.000+03:002005-01-28T16:45:58.610+03:00Celeberation for the Elections in the Snow !
It has been a few nights when everyone goes out at night celeberating the elections campaign in the freezing cold.
Snow has been falling in the recent days in some parts of Kurdistan but despite that people are happy for the elections coming up.
Here are the photos :
Snow in the Azmar mountains
Vehicles like this are being used with loud Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106838761401065022005-01-27T18:03:00.000+03:002005-01-27T18:14:39.806+03:00American blogs about elections on BBC in Kurdistan.
Susan Raymond. It says that her location is near Kirkuk. I think I know where is that precisely. But for security reasons BBC might not be giving the exact location.
Enjoy her post :
As a foreigner living and working in northern Iraq, I am able to observe
some of the election activity up close. Some of the time, since I'm so busy
with my Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106788147388154302005-01-27T08:55:00.000+03:002005-01-27T04:14:47.796+03:00Some posters from the Kurdistani elections
Some posters of the united list of the KDP-PUK and Co. (Kurdistan National Democratic Alliance) running for the Kurdistan parliament.
This poster says"Installing the federalism system in Iraq's permenant constitution based on a voluntary union (means between Kurdistan and Iraq)."
My comments"Well that is if the Arabs agree with it. "
This poster Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106700168657521682005-01-26T10:32:00.000+03:002005-01-26T12:31:32.560+03:00F.A.Q Elections !
1) Why did you change your mind about participating in the elections ?
After allowing about 100,000 Kurdish refugees to participate in the Kirkuk elections, and seeing these letters from the US ambassidor in Iraq and Ayad Allawi giving their guarantees for a peaceful solution for the Kirkuk issue , I decided to participate.
2) Are you voting for Hungary in the Iraqi Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106608667361354532005-01-25T02:14:00.000+03:002005-01-25T19:30:34.343+03:00This poster by the Al-Sistani blessed Iraqi Alliance List has 2 photos of Allawi (current PM) and Shalaan (current Defence Minister and dubbed Sahaaf Number 2) says :
The Baath is returning...Are you going to allow it ?! Your vote is able to stop them. Don't hesitate to give your vote to who they deserve.
Note: Both Allawi & Shalaan were ex-Baathiest members of Saddam's Baath Party.
Al-SistaniKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106569092503655702005-01-24T15:13:00.000+03:002005-01-24T15:18:12.503+03:00I will be posting more elections posters soon. Check some of them in my previous post.
Yad has a very interesting story of a Kurdish family returning to Sulaimani this month after spending 20 years in Baghdad.
He asks :
"The Iraqis are between tow choices now, one they have to determine their future, the other they have to protect their life, both of them are important but if you were an Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106510452894571922005-01-24T01:00:00.000+03:002005-01-24T15:26:31.923+03:00Some photos of the Iraqi and Kurdistani elections
The 8000 years old castle of Arbil (Hawler) has two posters of the Kurdistani Alliance List (coalition of the two Kurdish ruling parties plus some other sattelite Kurdish, Islamic, Turkmen Chaldean , and Assyrian parties).
Hawlati, Kurdistan's most popular weekly newspaper has an advert for the Independents & Toilers list (number 173 for Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106438992521438552005-01-23T02:57:00.000+03:002005-01-23T03:09:52.520+03:00Allahu Akbar ?!
Two innocents are being beheaded by Zarqawi's group in public, infront of a few open shops in an uknown location in Iraq.
(NOTE : WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK)Victim one seems to resist a bit, and victim two seems to be breathless when they are beheaded.
The terrorists shout "Allahu Akbar" when they kill these people. In what religion God says "Say my name when you kill innocents" ?!Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106315738706440582005-01-21T16:38:00.000+03:002005-01-21T16:59:42.596+03:00Iraqi President defends Anfal genocide leader
Three wife-d Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawar defends Sultan Hashem, the leader of the Iraqi Army in the genocide operations nicknamed "Anfal" (Spoils of War). Anfal was carried out by the former Iraqi government and anything "Kurdish" was meant to be destroyed in the 1980s. Around 5000 Kurdish villages were destroyed and estimated 200 000 Kurds were Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106313215734951992005-01-21T15:58:00.000+03:002005-01-21T16:13:35.736+03:00Polls show PUK will win in Sulaimani
A poll carried out by the Kudish weekly (Hawlati) shows that the PUK which already controlls Sulaimani , will win the majority of votes for the Sulaimani Council. (Different from Iraqi and Kurdistani parliaments elections).
The poll showed that PUK might get %37 of the votes while its rival KDP might only get %6 of the votes.
Sulaimani has been a PUK Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106185715793588952005-01-20T09:44:00.000+03:002005-01-20T04:50:41.003+03:00Everyone talks about "Elections"
London's Kurd blog is talking about his/her experience in trying to register and a somehow a funny story of a clash between pro and anti elections in London with photos.
Dilnareen has another interesting story to tell.
Got more interesting elections stories ? Share it in the comments.
Happy Elections.
Oh and Happy Jezhni Qurban (Happy Eid)Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106062105295458822005-01-18T18:13:00.000+03:002005-01-18T18:28:25.296+03:00Iraq The Model is a Model not a fake
I just want to add my comments to a report by BBC regarding theories by Anti-War people that the great Iraqi blog is CIA-funded.
Iraq The Model is currently the best Iraqi if not Middle Eastern blog. I also support Mohammad, Ali and Omar's efforts to boost out postive views from Iraq.
People see negative things all the time on the news. In fact, most Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1106056081965040432005-01-18T16:45:00.000+03:002005-01-18T16:48:01.966+03:002 very interesting reports
My favourite editor Asos Hardi (Hawlati newspaper) is giving his views on the elections here, (a report from Sulaimani), and another report from the capital of the Kurdistan government (Hawler aka Arbil) here :
But Kurds face an uncertain future. Many in Arbil fear an Arab-dominated government in Baghdad will curtail the freedoms they achieved after decades of Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105957516747422292005-01-17T13:09:00.000+03:002005-01-17T13:27:23.473+03:00Vote 'Em Out
To all those who think to participate in the coming elections, and to those who think that they will boyocott it, please consider reading the following paragraph and use your judgemental skills to understand its concerns.
I , as many other angry ordinary Kurdish people decided before not to vote. Following a few discussions with friends, I came to the conclusion that without me Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105802637326544612005-01-15T18:17:00.000+03:002005-01-15T18:28:23.863+03:00Kurdish participation in the elections will be higher
More Kurds are expected to participate in the upcoming elections after 170,000 refugees in Kirkuk were let to vote.
The Election Committee has extended registering voters in Kirkuk until 25th of January 2005. Hence allowing more returning Kurdish refugees estimated to be 145,000 to be participating in the elections.
Before this stage, the Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105698563388573142005-01-14T13:08:00.000+03:002005-01-14T13:29:23.386+03:00Some mad news from Kurdistan before the elections
+ A house of 6 bed rooms (1000 meter square) costs $2,000,000 in central Sulaimani in Kurdistan. $2 Million ! That is mad. Sulaimani is currently the most expensive city in Kurdistan and also in Iraq. A kilo of meat costs between $3.5 to 5. A plain land of (200 meters square) in the outskirts of Sulaimani near the newly built Sulaimani Airport Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105623139884743732005-01-13T16:24:00.000+03:002005-01-13T16:41:41.426+03:00Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party
I will try to cover most of the Kurdish parties that are participating in the elections. The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party is entering both the Kurdistani and the Iraqi elections by a seperate list.
This party was established in March 2002 and it was headed by a Kurdistan Parliament MP. There are speculations that this party is the Iraqi Kurdistan wingKurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105445062931927402005-01-11T14:17:00.000+03:002005-01-11T16:03:37.960+03:00Iraqi & Kurdistani Elections Coverage.
The political parties have started campaigning for the elections. In Kurdistan, on 31st of January 2005, the people of Kurdistan (except Kirkuk) will go to polls to vote for :
1. Iraqi Parliament (Iraqi National Assembly)
2. Kurdistani Parliament (Kurdistan National Assembly)
3. City councils.
4. Kurdistan Referendum (Unofficial referendum conducted by The Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105264540090529852005-01-09T13:34:00.000+03:002005-01-09T12:56:52.390+03:00Euphoria is over, let the hangover begins
Just after April 2003, euphoria started all over Kurdistan. After 80 years of wait, we thought that is it. We are in charge of ourselves for the first time.
At that time, I read a "Reuters" report qouting a western diplomat as saying "The Kurds are now in euphoria, when they wake up tomorrow and see the political dilemmas, that is when their hangover Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105194269984360752005-01-08T17:24:00.000+03:002005-01-08T17:30:28.483+03:00Elections, Bombing Kurds, and the American policy in Iraq
I received some emails telling me to express my opinions regarding the latest series of US attacks on Erbil (Hawler) and the Kurdish villages around Kirkuk.
First, many in Kurdistan think that the Americans, have not returned the true alliance that they were given by the Kurds.
Soon after the Kurdish forces liberated Kirkuk & Mosul in Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940566.post-1105131072744511732005-01-07T23:40:00.000+03:002005-01-07T23:51:12.743+03:00Another US attack on Kurds in just 2 days
Last night US helicopters backed up by Iraqi National Guards and US Marines attacked Dar Jeel village near Kirkuk, reported Kurdistan TV.
Several Kurds were injuried and one man was killed in the attack. The US Marines as usual captured several innocents, according to Kurdistan TV.
The villagers were very angry at the US attack because they said their Kurdonoreply@blogger.com0