Can Kurds and Arabs be reunited? Iraq's Kurds.(Iraq's Kurds fight for their patch)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: September 20, 2003 | Copyright information

Will Kurdish fighters be welcome in Basra?

Kurdish doubts about reintegration

ALTHOUGH basking this week in a visit from Colin Powell, America's secretary of state, who promised that they would not be abandoned, Iraqi Kurds are beginning to question the future. America's victory could even achieve what 35 years of Saddam Hussein's rule failed to do: reintegrate the north back into Iraq.

Ever since their northern safe haven was set up in 1991, the Kurds have run their own affairs. They flew their flag over the territory they call Kurdistan, circulated their own money, ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

We've never had it so good; The Kurds of northern Iraq.
; ...to centre-stage in Baghdad has been a long...the north. Yet the Kurds now appear the most...hard-won gains. The Kurds, says Mr Zebari...regime takes over in Baghdad, it does not threaten...twofold. First, the Kurds must protect what...of whoever is in Baghdad. At the same time...
Trying to get their own back; Iraq's Kurds.(How will the Kurds fit into the new Iraq?)
; ...the south, the Kurds in the north are...the bickering in Baghdad over the internal...Americans. The Kurds suspect Mr Bremer...reimpose rule from Baghdad. But Kirkuk's other...around in chaotic Baghdad. In the past week or so, Kurds have been calling...
The temptation to break free; Iraq's Kurds.(Iraq's Kurds in the coming general election)
; ...election. For now, the Kurds are revelling in their...stalk the streets of Baghdad and the Sunni triangle...perhaps another 750,000 in Baghdad. Kurds make up, in all, about...office last summer in Baghdad, the Kurds have had a prickly relationship...
Want another war? If not, accept second-best for the Kurds. (editorial)
; ...the first time the Kurds have risen against Baghdad. The previous uprisings...entitled to rescue the Kurds from Baghdad, should it ignore those...Gaza-like misery for the Kurds, while the world uses...house-train the regime in Baghdad, may be a lesser evil...
Kurds organizing anti-Hussein forces
; ...its autonomy from Baghdad, and the Kurds have been fighting...own destiny. The Kurds have suffered decades...murderous conflict with Baghdad in which hundreds...entering Iraq, and Baghdad then chokes off further supplies to the Kurds. Still, there is...
Kurds looking forward to enjoying better life for all in the new Iraq
; ...satisfaction by most Kurds, who are set to...city in Iraq after Baghdad and Basra, Mosul...enmity between the Baghdad administration and the Kurds is long- standing...Federation of Iraq with Baghdad's power being decentralised...essence and the Kurds to have a say in...
The urge to stay apart may grow; Iraq and the Kurds.(The consequences of bloodshed in Iraqi Kurdistan)
; ...independence, Kurds are champing...Kurdish-controlled land that Baghdad wants to integrate...the views of Baghdadis who claim that the Kurds need help protecting...their fellow Kurds themselves. Some in Baghdad are tempted to call the Kurds' bluff and let...
Kurds gather to join liberation by coalition; Force had to choose between freeing traditional ethnic strongholds and joining push on Baghdad.(PAGE ONE)
; ...the main road from Baghdad to Kirkuk 18 miles...little fanfare, both Kurds and Americans have...northern route to Baghdad comes during a major...political shift for the Kurds, who have apparently...north. He said the Kurds had made a tough...efforts to take Baghdad. He held open the ...
Iraqi Kurds: hour of power?
; ...central government in Baghdad. Yet, looming over the Kurds is the possibility...its people. The Kurds among them, as...often a burden to Baghdad, and a community...II, nationalist Kurds under the leadership...central government in Baghdad and cooperated...
Now stop bickering; Iraq's Kurds.(Ructions among Iraq's Kurds)(political aspects)
; ...is to succeed THE Kurds were delighted that...region on her way to Baghdad. She was welcomed...the national one in Baghdad. To the delight of most Kurds, the two leaders had...two parties? How can Kurds go to Baghdad to fight for a federal...