Diyabakir sadness
DIYARBAKIR -- Sunday night in Diyarbakir is actually a lot more entertaining than it sounds. Emre has become our constant companion, translating for us, joking with us, showing us around. And while J....
View ArticleTechnical issues resolved
CIZRE, Turkey — Thanks to the extremely helpful folks at Iridium, the sat phone is again working. Sorry for the radio silence, but it finally ended on a hotel’s rooftop in southeastern Turkey after...
View ArticleBack to Iraq — at last
TEN MILES FROM THE IRAQI BORDER -- J. and I are sitting in the middle of mountain valley, protected from surveillance by scrub and rocky outcroppings. Overhead the roar and rumble of bombers echoes...
View ArticlePolitics as an extension of warfare
ARBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan -- Now that the war seems to be winding down, the long knives of ethnic politics are coming out. Glad to see no one is wasting any time! Continue reading →
View ArticleConcerning the Turkomen
ARBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan -- Interviews with figures of authority (FOA) in this region follow a pretty standard pattern. You greet them, shake their hands and then you sit down. Then you explain what...
View ArticleEthnic violence in Kirkuk
Kurds and Turkomen clash in Kirkuk. Is a wide-ranging ethnic conflict many predicted soon to follow? Continue reading →
View ArticleIs Syria Next?
There's been a lot of speculation that Iraq was just the first in a line of nettlesome problems in the Middle East that neo-cons wanted to "solve." Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an...
View ArticleU.S. clashes with PKK/Kadek in north?
U.S. forces reportedly clash with PKK/KADEK Kurdish forces in northern Iraq. Continue reading →
View ArticleTurkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan?
OK. This is odd. My new go-to site on Iraq, IraqSlogger.com, is reporting conflicting “reports of a Turkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan/Northern Iraq”:http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3103...
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