The "Other" Iraq?
Oh yes indeed:Kurdistan - The Other Iraq
While the Sunni-controlled province of Anbar burns, and Bahgdad is being ripped apart by civil war, it sure looks a lot sunnier up there in the Kurdish north. After looking at that website, you might even guess it was a completely seperate country! By the way, that's exactly what the Kurds want, and it seems they're well on their way.
After the Gulf War, nestled under the northern no-fly zone, they were left pretty much to their own devices, and they formed a government, an army, and many of the other institutions a people would need to function autonomously.
I've read a bit about how things were going much better in Kurdistan than they were in the south, but I never dreamed I could find that out by watching a commercial!
In all seriousness, now that Iraq has been effectively broken into three parts, I hope the Kurds make their piece a great nation.
posted by FuzzFinger @ 9/13/2006 09:51:00 PM
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