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Western perspectives on the Kurds
The highly anticipated corridor for the Peshmarga fighters has finally opened and they have marched into Turkish soil to move into Kobane. It all looked like a long wedding procession. As BBC and CNN International broadcast the crossing, ordinary Turks who only watch TV series or football matches were not able to see even a glimpse of it on their favorite channels.
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‘Iraq de facto split, poll on table,’ says senior Kurdish official
Iraq is essentially divided already, a senior Kurdish official has said, noting that if the people of Iraqi Kurdistan give their leaders a mandate for an independent state, it will be a country for all citizens living in Kurdistan, regardless of their ethnic origin.
$8 mln: Too little for oil, very precious for Kurds
When compared to the enormous oil and gas Reich that is Iraq, $8 million is almost nothing, but it has historical meaning for the Kurds in Iraq.
It is the amount of the share of Iraqâs Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) out of some $95 million that was sold over Turkey without the consent of the central Nouri al-Maliki government in Baghdad.