Saddam Admits Approving Death Sentences



By MARIAM FAM
The Associated Press - Wednesday, April 5, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death sentences for 148 Shiites, saying he was convinced they tried to assassinate him.


  

Syrian Kurds, spurred by peers in Iraq, seek their rights


DAMASCUS, June 8 (AFP) - 6h02 - Spurred by the Kurds' political advance in Iraq, the Kurdish minority in Syria is hoping the Baath party congress in Damascus will help resolve their problems, which have been compounded by the recent murder of one of their leaders.

  

Kurds and the New Iraq



February 10, 2008

To the Editor: “Kurds Lose Sway in Iraq as Arabs Resist Demands” (front page, Feb. 1):

The Kurds are not seeking to “seize control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.” We have consistently called for implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution to address the future of Kirkuk and other towns that were ethnically cleansed by Saddam Hussein.


  

The Kurdish Question



Sunday, December 9, 2007 | Reviewed by Quil Lawrence

How a rebel group has tried to capture a people's aspirations.


  

US envoy expected in Ankara for talks on Turkish-US ties, Kurdish rebels


ANKARA, Aug 23 (AFP) - 12h02 - A ranking US official is expected here Thursday for talks on bilateral ties and particularly measures to combat armed Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the mountains of northern Iraq, a US spokesman said.

  

Interrogator Shares Saddam's Confessions



January 27, 2008

(CBS) For a man who drew America into two wars and countless military engagements, we never knew what Saddam Hussein was thinking. But you are going to hear more than has ever been revealed before.

After his capture, Saddam met every day with one man, an American he knew as "Mr. George." George is FBI agent George Piro, who was the front man for a team of FBI and CIA analysts who were trying to answer some of the great mysteries of recent history. What happened to the weapons of mass destruction? Was Saddam in league with al Qaeda? Why did he choose war with the United States?

As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, Piro is the man who came to know Saddam better than anyone, as they sat face to face in a windowless room.


  

Opening session of a new Kurdish parliament


Associated Pres - 4 June 2005 — Jalal Talabani, the first Kurdish President of Iraq smiles beside Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region

  

Kurdistan not like other parts of Iraq



September 16, 2007

Four years ago, photographer Hal Yeager and I came home to Birmingham after nearly six weeks on assignment with an Alabama Army National Guard unit in northern Iraq.


  

Iraq's Kurdish Jews Cautiously Return to Homeland



December, 8, 2007 by Ivan Watson

All Things Considered,  Lana was a teenager when her family made a clandestine journey from Kurdistan to Israel.


  

KRG statement on first high-level talks with Turkey



1 May. 2008

Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) – A Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation led by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani today in Baghdad met with a delegation from the Republic of Turkey headed by Mr Ahmet Davutoğlu, the senior advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister; Mr Murat Özçelik, the Special Coordinator for Iraqi Affairs at the Turkish Foreign Ministry; and Mr Derya Kanbay, Turkey's Ambassador in Baghdad.