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Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region (Kurdish: Herêmî Kurdistanî , Arabic: إقليم كردستان, Iqlĩm Kurdistãn ) also referred to as Southern Kurdistan as part of Greater Kurdistan (Kurdish: باشووری ...
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Kurdistan (Kurdish: كوردستان / Kurdistan , literally meaning "the land of Kurds", formerly Curdia , Curdistan Ancient Corduene ) is an extensive plateau and mountainous area in the Middle E...
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* Kurds in northern Iraq -- under a British mandate -- revolt in 1919, 1923 and 1932, but are crushed. ... * 1991: After Persian Gulf War, northern Iraq's Kurdish area comes under international protection. ... In Iraq, Kurds have faced similar repression. After the Kurds supported Iran in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war,
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KIRKUK, Iraq -- Providing money, building materials and even schematic drawings, Kurdish political parties have repatriated thousands of Kurds into this tense northern oil city and its surrounding villages, operating outside the framework of Iraq's newly ratified constitution and sparking... ... More Iraq Coverage...
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the word Northern Iraq is an offend to the Kurds, Please use Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan instead of northern iraq ... if you want to respect Kurds , please remember our homeland's name is Kurdistan not "northern iraq".
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The role of the Kurds in northern Iraq continues to be a source of considerable tension between the US and its NATO partner Turkey. ... They fear that a Kurdish state, or broad autonomy for the Kurds in northern Iraq, could re-ignite demands for Kurdish self-determination inside Turkey itself,
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The BBC obtains evidence that Israelis have been giving military training to Kurds in northern Iraq. ... A report on the BBC TV programme Newsnight showed Israeli experts in northern Iraq, drilling Kurdish militias in shooting techniques. ... The news will most probably increase tension between the Kurds and Iraq's Arab population,
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The history of Iraqi threatment of the Kurds in northern Iraq ... The contemporary history in general of the Republic of Iraq; The history of the Kurds and Kurdistan ... Imperialism Sabotaged Kurds' National Struggle By Jack Barnes, excerpt an article based on a talk given on 30 March 1991. Following Gulf War,
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The leaflets were distributed in the northern province of Irbil on Aug. 19 as Iranian troops began deployment along the Iraqi border. Kurdish sources said Iran appeared ready to launch an offensive against Kurdish insurgents from the so-called Party of Freedom of Life, which demands autonomy for Kurds in Iran.
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