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Tag Archives: Kurds
Is Erdogan Preparing a Coup?
COMMENTARY by Michael Rubin June 28, 2015 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is no advocate of democracy, having once famously compared it to a street car: ‘You ride it as far as you need and then you step off.” But, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Erdogan, Kurdistan, Kurds, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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A new strategy for Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer June 18, 2015 It’s time to rethink Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstituted, that the Sykes-Picot map is … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Charles Krauthammer, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurds, Syria, Tal Abyad
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Turkey’s election is a blow to Erdogan and a victory for Kurds
WASHINGTON POST by Ishaan Tharoor June 7, 2015 Turkish voters delivered a dramatic blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice Development Party on Sunday, with results showing it losing its majority in parliament. And, in a historic first, … Continue reading
Let Iraq Die: A Case for Partition
WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL by Michael J. Totten March/April 2015 Iraq is finished, an expiring, cancerous nation on life support. Pulling the plug might be merciful. It might be cruel. But either way, it’s time to accept the fact that this … Continue reading
Kurdistan: More Like Israel, Less Like Iraq
GATESTONE by Lawrence A. Franklin December 25, 2014 Like Israel, Kurdistan is more democratic than any of its neighbors. Like Israel, Kurdistan is surrounded by enemies that wish it did not exist. Like Israel, Kurdistan looks West. And like Israel, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Erbil, Islamic State, Kurdistan, Kurds, Pershmerga
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Historic Justice: A Kurdish State Now
ARUTZ SHEVA by Dr Mordechai Kedar October 23, 2014 The Kurds have a right to independence. Their lack of it until now is an unjust and tragic accident of history. The borders of most of the Arab countries east of the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Balfour Declaration, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey
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Welcome, Kurdistan
WASHINGTON TIMES by Daniel Pipes September 9, 2014 A Kurdish state begins to emerge Before welcoming the emerging state of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, I confess to having opposed its independence in the past. In 1991, after the Kuwait War … Continue reading
How the U.S.-favored Kurds Abandoned the Yazidis when ISIS Attacked
DAILY BEAST by Christine Van Den Toorn August 17, 2014 Interviews with witnesses show the Kurds who are now getting weapons and air support from Washington left the Yazidis defenseless earlier this month. DOHUK, Iraq — Not the least of … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Iraq, IS Fighters, Islamic State, Kucho, Kurds, Muslims, Slavery, Syria, Yazidis
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Kurd party leader to ‘Post’: US keeping us from independence
JERUSALEM POST by Ariel Ben Solomon July 1, 2014 The head of a Kurdish political party told The Jerusalem Post that he thanks Israel’s leaders for their support for an independent Kurdistan and that the US is keeping the Kurds … Continue reading
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