Iraqi Kurd politician warns of ‘ethnic cleansing’
He did not specify to whom he was referring, but the remarks appeared aimed at Maliki. Relations between the Kurdistan region and Baghdad have been tense in recent months. Baghdad and Arbil are also...
View ArticleTotal must end Kurd deal or lose oil stake: Baghdad
Iraqi Kurdistan has been making deals with Big Oil thus bypassing the central government in Baghdad. There seems to be a push by Big oil, and the US, to create another new US donor state in the Middle...
View ArticleKurd rebels attack Turkey security post, 29 dead: sources
Turkey abandoned it’s neutral stance in middle eastern matters when it backed the so called Arab Spring. Now it discovers that what goes around comes around. bertb news feed
View ArticleTurkish commandos hit PKK Kurd rebel bases in Iraq:
Since the 1990s Turkey has maintained several military bases in the autonomous Kurdistan region of north Iraq, where the PKK also has bases. bertb news feed
View ArticleTurkish jets ‘hit over 50 Kurd rebel targets in Iraq’
While the world is watching Mali, Ankara is busy with a combination of negotiation with, the assassination of and the bombing to smithereens of the Kurds. More than 50 targets were hit in the...
View ArticleIraq PM trades blame with Kurd leader in row
With elections in 3 months time, Iraq seems to be heading for a new civil war between the Shiiti, Sunni and Kurds. I wonder if this was the scenario all along. bertb news feed
View ArticleIraq TV bombed after airing criticism of Kurd leader
The explosion in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah came as Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised the autonomous Iraqi region for infringing on free speech by wrongly detaining journalists, activists and...
View ArticleSpecial Report: In Paris Kurd killings, a suspect and a mystery.
Only a few weeks after the execution style killings of top Kurdish activists the jailed leader of the Kurdish PKK agreed to a cease fire with arch nemesis Turkey after a decades long civil war. bertb...
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