ARBIL, Iraq, Aug 6 (AFP) - 14h03 - The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, said Saturday that the Kurds would not accept an Islamic identity for Iraq when the war-torn country's new constitution is finalised.
Iraqi transitional assembly elects Kurdish leader
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's new transitional assembly took an expected but historic step Wednesday, electing Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the nation's president -- a symbol of the new Kurdish clout in the largely Arab nation.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States tried on Tuesday to ease Turkey's concerns instability in Iraq was threatening its security, pledging continued support for Ankara's fight against the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Associated Press - September 7, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's president said Tuesday that Saddam Hussein had confessed to killings and other "crimes" committed during his regime, including the massacre of thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s.
ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 17 (AFP) - 22h29 - Kurdish leaders and tearful family members on Monday met 512 coffins carrying the remains of Kurds who have been missing for two decades during a somber ceremony in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil.
December 30, 2006
Washington Op-Ed Contributor / By NAJMALDIN KARIM
MY personal battle with Saddam Hussein — which began in 1972 when I abandoned my medical career in Mosul, Iraq, and joined the Kurdish armed resistance — is at an end. To execute such a criminal, a man who reveled in his atrocities, is an act of justice.
18 March 2008
Erbil, Kurdistan - Iraq (KRG.org) - US Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by his wife Lynne, became the highest ranking official to visit the Kurdistan Region when he arrived today for meetings with President Masoud Barzani and senior officials in Erbil.
By Sarah Rainsford / BBC News, Van
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) - Iraq's transitional National Assembly chose a president and two vice presidents Wednesday in a televised session reportedly watched by ousted dictator Saddam Hussein
May 20, 2008 | Sonia Verma in Sharm el-Sheikh
Iraq dramatically increased the official size of its oil reserves yesterday after new data suggested that they could exceed Saudi Arabia’s and be the largest in the world.
