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Iraqi Kurds aren't feeling Arabs' pain



By Robert F. Worth The New York Times
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2006

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq Like most young Kurds in this northern city, Asad Ali does not speak Arabic. He has heard about the rising wave of sectarian killings down in Baghdad, but it seems a world away from the quiet rhythms of daily life here in Kurdistan.


  

Iraq's president warns of civil war after bombings



Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:43 AM ET
By Ross Colvin and Mariam Karouny

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's president pressed political parties on Monday to accelerate efforts to form a broad government to arrest a slide into civil war after bomb blasts in a Baghdad Shi'ite slum killed 52 people.


  

The Kurd Card



By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, March 10, 2006; A19

Lost amid the news of all the bloodletting in Iraq is an important political development: The Kurds have switched sides. In the first parliament after the first set of elections, they allied themselves with the Shiite slate to produce the current Shiite-dominated government led by Ibrahim al-Jafari.


  

`No evidence` proving death squad killed Kurd`s parents


13 March 2006

BRUSSELS — A report from the Belgian ambassador in Turkey has poured cold water on suspicions that the death of the parents of Kurdish activist Derwish Ferho was the work of a death squad.


  

Talabani Postpones Decision on Parliament


By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Mar 7, 10:31 AM ET

Iraq's president postponed a decision Tuesday on when to call the new parliament into session after the dominant Shiite alliance requested a delay to resolve a deadlock over the composition of the government.


  

Turkish journalists accused of helping Kurd rebels


  03 Mar 2006 13:24:18 GMT
TUNCELI, Turkey, March 3 (Reuters) - A Turkish court heard charges on Friday that nine journalists and human rights workers, including a reporter for Reuters, had given help to Kurdish rebel fighters.

  

Broadcasts in Kurdish on private channels to start in March


Ntvmsnbc10:50 ET 20 February 2006 Monday / Ankara -Turkey's media watchdog has announced that broadcasts in the Kurdish language may commence in March on private radio and television stations.

Allowing broadcasts in languages other than Turkish was one of the requirements set by the European Union.

  

Shiite-Kurd rift threatens to delay new government


  Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.20.2006

BAGHDAD Iraqi political parties have run into major obstacles in talks on a new national unity government, officials said Sunday, raising the possibility of a major delay that could set back U.S. hopes for a significant reduction in troop levels this year.


  

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Ibrahim ...


Posted on Wed, Feb. 15, 2006 By Borzou Daragahi and Raheem SalmanLOS ANGELES TIMESBAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, named his Shiite Muslim coalition's candidate to continue leading the country for the next four years, outlined plans Tuesday to build a broad-based government to tackle the country's woeful security conditions.

  

U.S. orders Iraqi Kurd deported for lying


SEATTLE, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- An Iraqi Kurd suspected of helping al-Qaida while living in Seattle has been ordered deported for lying on his political asylum application.