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Dr. Barham Salih, the Prime Minster of the Sulaimani-based Kurdistan Regional Government has arrived in Ankara , Turkey for talks with officials amid concerns in Ankara over a Kurdish push for expanded self-rule in the Iraqi Kurdistan. Dr. Barham told reporters outside the airport "I am here to discuss the recent developments in the Kurdistan region," PM Saleh said "Barham Salih: "Within

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Abdullaha Gul, the Turkish Foreign Minister will not receive Dr. Berham Salih, the Prime Minister of the Slemani-based Kurdistan Regional Government, reported the Turkish media. Dr. Barham Saleh is in Ankara for official meetings about the developments in Iraq and Kurdistan. Turkish newspapers and media outlets stated that the reason for Gul's decision is based on the PUK Official's

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After a long break, KurdNews.tk is happy to announce its return. We try to update our website on a regular basis. We are also working on creating a discussion forum for this website !

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The Patriotic Union for Kurdistan (PUK) general secretary, Jalal Talabani, will go to Turkey on November 19, reported the leftist Turkish newspaper, Radikal. Talabani will be the president of the Iraqi Governing Council in November. The paper said that "Turkey's determination on Iraq's territorial integrity and preservation of Iraq's political unity are expected to be conveyed to Talabani

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The ousted Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein urged tribal leaders to start their wars on Americans and their co-operates, reported the AFP. The letter had the same tone as all Saddam's previous letters. The ousted dictator called to continue the resistance against the Americans and said that "victory is close". "Your strikes, which they did not expect hurt them. Their demons made them

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The terorist leader of the terrorist Al-Qaeda organisation attacked Kurdish political parties in a voice message broadcasted on the Arabic Al-Jazeera TV today. The speaker, presumable Bin Laden, lashed out at “infidel parties,” singling out the Baath Party of toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and “Kurdish democratic parties.” Bin Laden also praised the terrorist outlawed “Ansar Al Islam,

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Turkish officials have put the brakes on what was to be one of country's first Kurdish-language teaching centers because its classroom doors were not wide enough, reported AFP. During a preliminary inspection at the center in Batman city in Northern Kurdistan this week, inspectors established that the doors of its six classrooms were 85 centimeters wide, whereas the rules said they had to

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The number of the Arab tourists in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan has boosted up the Kurdish economy. Since the fall of the dictatorship rule in Iraq, vast numbers of Arab tourists are arriving in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan. Saddam effectively sealed off the south (Iraqi) Kurdistan to most ordinary Iraqis after the great Kurdish uprising in 1991. The Kurds established their own government in a free

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According to a statement by the terrorist toppled Arab Baath party, four top Kurdish politicians are on their assassination list. The statement is issued on 6th of October 2003 and it urges its terrorist member to "kill" 15 Iraqi and Kurdish politicians. The Kurdish politicians are; Massoud Barzani, the president of Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP, Jalal Talabani, the general secretary of the

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The retrial of Kurdish freedom idol. Leyla Zana and three of her colleagues has resumed in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Miss Zana was arrested for and found guilty of membership of a the PKK organisation in 1994. But her trial was considered unfair by the European Court of Human Rights. The retrial has become something of a test case. It is only taking place because of reforms

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An Iraqi suicide car bomber was gunned down by Kurdish security agents before he could blow up the Kurdistani interior ministry building in the city of Arbil, an official from the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) said. "A terrorist Iraqi in a Toyota carrying more than 100 kilograms of TNT sped towards the interior ministry building around 12:35 pm (0935 GMT) before trying to activate the

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The general secretary of the PUK has arrived in Egypt, reported Kurdistani Newi, the PUK Kurdish daily. Talabani has arrived in Egypt after the the Barzani's visit to Egypt. Talabani has met with Omar Sleman, the head of Egypt's secret services and with Osama Al-Baz, Egytp's presidential adviser.

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$100= 1205 Iraqi Dinars 1000 (Iraqi Saddam Dinar)= 6.15 (Kurdish Swiss Dinars) 100 Euros= 1390 Kurdish Swiss Dinars

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At least five villagers were wounded in a clash which erupted when terrorist Turkish forces raided a village in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), local officials and the country's main Kurdish party said Wednesday. The Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) said seven villagers sustained injuries when the terrorist Turkish gendarmes swooped down on the village and

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The forieng Minister of the Turkish republic threatened Kurds saying that his country could have negotiated with Saddam Hussein to decapitate the Kurds. Replying to Zebari's comments, the Kurdish foriegn Minister of Iraq, , “We have reservations about Turkey’s sending troops to Iraq. Turkey has never accepted the cities of Kerkuk (Kirkuk) and Musul (Mosul) in Kurdistan as part of Iraq”, Gul

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The ousted Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein tried to negotiate with Turkey to destroy the Kurdish nation, reported the Turkish daily, Zaman. Yesterday, the Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul revealed that overthrown Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein made proposals to Turkey before the war urging cooperation against Kurdish groups in Iraq. Gul stated that the proposals were made through Iraq’s

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A terrorist leader of the Ansar Al-Islam was captured by US forces, reporetd Reuters. The arrest of Aso Hawleri, also known as Asad Muhammad Hasan, late last week in the northern city of Mosul has not been announced. He was taken by soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division, said a defense official, who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity. The officials said Hawleri is thought to

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The general secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and member of the governing council of Iraq Jalal Talabani arrived in Tehran on Monday. Speaking to reporters at Mehrabad international airport on the activities carried out by the Iraqi governing council, he said the council has undertaken crucial tasks such as the appointment of the cabinet ministers. He said the ministries

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The Kurdistan parliament issued a law last week to ban flying the IRAQI flag in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan. The KDP-Kurdistan government was not flying the Iraqi flag but the Sulaimani based-PUK Kurdistan government was flying both the Kurdistani and the Iraqi flag. This means that the bloody Iraqi flag will be stripped from Sulaimani and its surrounding areas. The Kurdistani Parliament banned

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A Kurdish man burnt to death in a car accident in West Yorkshire, England, police said. But his passenger, another Kurdish man, was rescued by a passing motorcyclist. The car collided with a lamp post in Manchester Road, Milns Bridge, Huddersfield, at about 0135 BST on Sunday. It then burst into flames with the 21-year-old driver, trapped inside. West Yorkshire Police said a

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88% of the 36055 + participants in a poll on Al-Jazeera.net website opposed the deployment of Turkish troops inside Iraq. Only 12% of the participants approved the Turkish decision to send troops to Iraq. Please vote against Turkish troops in Iraq by visit the Al-Jazeera.net website www.aljazeera.net

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Massoud Barzani, the president of the KDP and a member of the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council arrived in Cairo on Saturday for talks with Egyptian officials over the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq, according to an Arab official. Massoud Barzani, is heading a delegation of five KDP members for talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, and

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Terrorist Muqtada Sader's group are sending thousands of Shias to the Kurdistani capital of Kirkuk where they are being housed by the Iraqi aid agencies. This new arabisation campaign is being planned by Muqtada Sader and his terrorist group, reported the Kurdish newspaper, The Kurdish Tribune. Arabs are being housed and fed by the Iraqi Human Rights group under the leadership of Mu'aeed

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Our freedom fighter boys and girls are planning to operate inside the occupied territories of Northern Kurdistan (so called south-east Turkey). The freedom fighters of KADEK are planning to leave their bases in south Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan) and return to their occupied lands in North Kurdistan. According to the Turkish daily, Zaman, KADEK is planning to respond to the Turkish

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The president of the KDP, Massoud Barzani, threatened to resign from the US appointed Iraqi Govering Council IGC, if Turkish troops entered Kurdistan, reported the Kuwaiti daily, Al-Qabis.

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The airport of Bakrajoo in Sulaimani is near complete, according to our sources in Kurdistan. The American leader of 101st American forces, General Patrios visited the airport and congratulated the workers for their hard work to finish off the works at the airport.

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The president of the KDP, Massoud Barzani, told the Arabic Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram, why the Arab nation denies the Kurdish rights of independence. Barzani was asked about the establishment of a Kurdish state. Barzani aslo added that Kurds are not part of the Arab, Turkish, Persian nations but Kurds are a nation themselves. Barzani said that Kurdistan was divided between the neighbouring

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Some crucial stages of the Goyzha-Taroota tourist project have been completed, reported Kurdistani Newi today. The project which aims to turn the Goyza moutains into a tourist attractionv started before the war on Saddam. Water from Qala-Chwalan moor has been transferred to the top of the mountains. Roads have been built so that tourists can visit the mountain easily. The project is to be

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A statue from shoes is to be made for Chemical Ali, the man responsible for ordering the chemical gas attack on Halabja. Mohammed Hamasalih, the man who thought up the idea after U.S. forces captured Chemical Ali. "We want him to know that he is lower than a shoe." Hamasalih said.

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Asia-Cell company has launched its official website. The Asia-cell company is the first Kurdish mobile company that has won the bid to work in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan as the official Iraqi telecom company. Many Kurds would like the company to be called Kurd-Cell instead of Asia-Cell. Take a look at Asia-Cell's website

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Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Tuesday received Massoud Barzani, the president of Kurdistan Democratic Party and a Kurdish member of Iraq's interim Governing Council, the state KUNA news agency reported. He also said that the issue of the war reparations demanded by Kuwait for Iraq's 1990 invasion was a small matter that could be resolved easily, but insisted the Iraqi people

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New Iraqi dinars 1 Kurdish Dinar = 150 new Iraqi dinars More pictures to come soon in the nearing future. One of the pictures on the Iraqi dinar is of a Kurdish farmer and another one is of Gali Ali Bag tourist attraction in Shaqlawa, Kurdistan.

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Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) general secretary, Jalal Talabani will visit Turkey soon, reported the Turkish news provider, Anadolu Agency. During the contacts of PUK PM, Barham Saleh in Ankara, the wish of Talabani to visit Ankara also came to agenda. Turkish side was also positive about that demand and studies started to determine a date.

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$100 = 1165 (Kurdish Dinars Swiss Print K.D.) (down) 100 Euros=1335 (Kurdish Dinars Swiss Print K.D.) (down)

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An Arab man has shot his wife and 4 children on 30th of September in Kirkuk, reported PUK daily, Kurdistani Newi.

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The Kurdish telecom company headed by Faroq Mala-Mustafa, AsiaCell, has won the bid to increase its telecom activities in south Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan). A Kuwaiti official speaking on condition of anonymity said AsiaCell, which operated in the Kurdish north during Saddam Hussein's rule, had taken Kuwait National Telecom as a small percentage partner, reported AFP. Once the networks are

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Dr. Barham Saleh, the Prime Minister of the PUK government said in an interveiw with the Turkish NTV news channel that his party will ask the Turkish foriegn Ministry to open consulates in the Kurdish cities of Sulaimani and Erbil in south Kurdistan. The PUK top man told the Turks that his party will oppose the deployment of any Turkish troops in Iraq and said that Turkey can contribute by

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Turkey and the US have not reached a solid agreement regarding what to do about the existence of the Kurdistan Workers Party - Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (PKK-KADEK) in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan. Reportedly, the Turkish authorities hold the view that the US side is less and less committed to their original position, describing a difference in 'priorities'. Furthermore, a

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On 4th of October 2003, 22 Kurdish families who were displaced by the former Iraqi regime, returned to their homes in Kirkuk, the Kurdistani capital. The families were settled in Takiya Camp after their expulsion on the hands of the Iraqi regime. The camp's population is consisted of 72 families. The rest are promised to be returned home soon.

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$100 = 1167 (Kurdish Dinars Swiss Print K.D.) (down) 100 Euros=1340 (Kurdish Dinars Swiss Print K.D.) (down)

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The plan to create a new special flag for Kirkuk was cancelled, reported Kurdistan Monitor. The artists who were called to create the new flag has issued a statement declaring that there are no reasons behind the new Kirkuk flag. "We think that people must decide on this issue through a referendum" the statement said.

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Kurdish Jews who were displaced by the former Iraqi regimes from Kurdistan are supposed to return back home, reported the Turkish daily Zaman. Zaman claims that a high-ranking Israeli delegation met with the Mesud Barzani the president of KDP and Jalal Talabani the secretary of PUK after the war. It was reported that the Israel delegation discussed the return of Kurdish Jews to south (Iraqi)

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$100 = 1177 (Kurdish Dinars Swiss Print K.D.) 100 Euros: 1355 K.D.S.T

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One Turkish soldier was killed in a firefight with Kurdish freedom fighters in North Kurdistan (south east Turkey), citing security officials a foreign news agency said on Monday. The clash between Turkey's military and Kurdish militants, who ended a unilateral ceasefire on September 1, raged on in remote terrain on the mountainous border of Tunceli and Bingol provinces. One soldier was

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US forces close down a Turkoman newspaper in Mosul, south (Iraqi) Kurdistan, reported the international press. "Sada Tala'far" was closed down because the paper asked for the intervention of Turkish military troops in Iraqi Kurdistan and also declared that the "Mosul Wilayat" (Iraqi Kurdistan) was part of the republic of Turkey.

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Kindal Nizan, the president of the Kurdish Institue in Paris announced yesterday that the Kurdish representative in the new established Iraqi council told the members of the council that if Kurds would not get a federal state inside Iraq, they will announce independence. Nizan said that the USA's latest comment about federalism in Iraq was due to Turkish pressure. source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat

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Exchange rates will be published daily on KurdNews : $100 = 1123 Kurdish Dinars (Iraqi swiss printed dinras) 5.45 Kurdish Dinar = 1000 Iraqi Saddam print Dinars 100 Euros= 1275

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1:150 is the exchange rate for the Kurdish dinars against the new UK printed Iraqi dinars. The new Iraqi dinars will be available from October. The deadline for exchanging the Kurdish dinars to the new Iraqi dinars is January 2004.

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Jalal Talabani, the secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan suggeted the establishment of Koya University, reported Kurdistani Newi , the PUK official newspaper. The PUK secretary also suggested the establishment of an oil refinery for Koyas' oil wells. Koya is a small Kurdish city which is expandable since it has all the requirements to be turned to into a large, modern Kurdish city.

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Sixty Notts police officers are working full-time on the inquiry into a street brawl in St Ann's which left one man dead. But should the local force pick up the tab when a fight is organised by people from all over the country? STEVIE RODEN reports

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SMS text messaging is now ready to use in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan. 10 years ago if a woman wanted to tell his merchant husband to buy some meat from Aba Brzu she would have to send her son all the way to the down town market. Now this can be done by sending a simple SMS text message saying (1 Kilo meat from Abai Brzu). The mobile telecom companies in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan are : 1.

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The Haweja born Arab president of Kirkuk university sacked around 15 Kurdish lectureres of Kirkuk university, reported the Kurdish Tribune. Dr. Mohamad Ali said that he received the order from Baghdad. He told the Kurdish Tribune that the decision says any person who was employed after September must be discharged.

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A new mass grave has been discovered near Chemical Ali's palace in Kirkuk, reported PUK media. The mass grave contains 200 bodies who were killed in 1988.

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Police on Thursday night arrested 15 Kurds who built homes on public land after returning to Kirkuk, from which they were displaced by the regime of ousted president Saddam Hussein, reported AFP. More than 100 000 Kurds were forced to leave Kirkuk by the former Iraqi government. Tensions have been on the rise in the multi-ethnic province of 800,000 to 850,000 inhabitants, who include

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The Kurdish mayor of Iraq's oil-rich city of Kirkuk called on the interim Governing Council Friday to act promptly to ensure the return of "hundreds of thousands" of Kurds displaced from the northern region under the former regime, reported AFP. The US-installed council should quickly take a decision that would enable "hundreds of thousands of evicted Kurds to return in a fair manner that

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Millitants described by Arab media as so called Iraqi Resistance Movements have murdered a US soldier in an ambush in the (Iraqi) south Kurdistan's capital, Kirkuk, reported NBC Kirkuk was liberated by a coordination of Kurdish and US special forces on 10th of April 2003.

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A group of millitants attacked the PUK office in Al-Masarif district in Mosul, reported Al-Sharq-Al-Awsat. The PUK has accused the terrorist Ansar Al-Islam group of carrying out the attack. According to reports, no one was hurt in this incident.

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The Khak magazine published a special file called (Referendum File) which contains all the articles regarding support for indepednet Kurdish state. Khak is a montly magazine published in Silemani, south (Iraqi Kurdistan). Click here to read the files in pdf version (Kurdish Sorani )

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3 new female ministers have sowrn in the Kurdistani parliament today in Erbil. The three ministers are Dr. Shawnm Abudl Qadir Mohaden for Education Ministry, Perwin Hama Agha for Industrial Ministry and Social Works post went for Shno Latif Mahmood Hafeed. There are two Kurdistan Regional Governments in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan which both work under the laws of one parliament. Silemani

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Please visit the new website dedicated to the referendum campaign in Kurdistan. Kurdistan Referendum

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The Turkish government has decided to ban Kurdish names that contain W and X and Q. reported Reuters. This is the Turkish freedom and democracy that the world talks about. The Turks have proven once again that there is no place for them in democratic EU.

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Adil Morad, a high ranking PUK official announced today that the PUK forces are ready to capture Saddam Hussein in one month, reported PUK media. Adil Morad said that Kurds were close to capture Saddam Hussein but a US apache helicopter ruined things. He said that when Saddam heard the noise of the helicopter around the area, he fled. Adil Morad said that 10 highly Peshmargas are

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Izzat Duri, Saddam's left hand man, is hiding with his sisters and mother in Mosul.

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A KDP official has threatened a traffic police in Bekhal, south (Iraqi) Kurdistan because of illegal parking, reported the Kurdish weekly, Jamawar.

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US sources said that the former Iraqi deputy ginger man is ready to surrender to US forces. Kurdish sources also confirmed that ginger-man Al-Duri is in a bad health condition and is ready to surrender.

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Arab men from the United Arab Emirates have started a campaign to buy Iraqi protistutes all over Iraq, reported Jamawar daily in Iraqi Kurdistan. Those protistutes who sign the contracts for huge amounts of money must not be over 28 years of old and must not have AIDS. There are also tens of escort agencies all over Iraq. An agency dealer told the paper that since the fall of Saddam

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Police forces in Chwar Qurna, south (Iraqi) Kurdistan arrested a group of smugglers who were trying to smuggle an Iraqi helicopter into Iran. The group which were not named, turned the helicopter into pieces and hid it in a factory.

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A group of Kurdish youths prevented a group of Iraqi police and US soldiers from removing the Kurdish flag on the lamp posts in Kirkuk. The incident happened in Shurja district in Kirkuk. The Kurdish youths stoned the US soldiers and Iraqi police forces . Arabs and Turkmans are not happy about the Kurdish flag in Kirkuk. Kirkuk is located in south (Iraqi) Kurdistan and many ethnic

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New Kurdish boarder guards have graduated in Soran, south Kurdistan] A group of Peshmargas were given the honour to protect the south Kurdistan boarders in Soran, south Kurdistan. In the celebratoin, the USA and the Kurdistani flag were flying high in the Kurdish skies.

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New Machines to find bombs in Sulaimani Police forces have been given new machines to trace bombs in Sulaimani south Kurdistan. Police forces use the machine to search cars near official buildings and in public places. Sulaimani is on high terror alert

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