By Dr. Amir Sharifi: Open Letter to US President, UN General Secretary, Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Directors of NNICFF and UNHCR,WFP, WHO Sign the Petition The Kurdish American Education Society and Human Rights Advocacy Group join the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, and the National Council of Churches to appeal to the US government…
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Iraq: Coexistence, Dissolution or Mayhem?
By Aras Ahmed Mhamad: The first thought that comes to mind when mentioning America for a typical Iraqi Arab, be they Sunni or Shia, is that Americans are occupiers, liars, or even Kufar (disbelievers). This should not be seen as an accusation but rather based on personal experiences with Iraqi Arab acquaintances and Kurdish relatives…
$100m Kurd oil reaches Texas and gets US approval
KT News: Despite previous US government objections to unilateral oil sales by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), a tanker carrying 1 million barrels of crude Kurd oil has been cleared to unload its cargo at sea off Texas. The ‘United Kalavrvta’ has been at sea since leaving the Turkish port of Ceyhan in June. It was cleared…
Holy borders and unholy people: the case of Kurdish independence
By Dilshad Hama: The recent American rejection of the Kurdish efforts towards independence from Iraq are mostly based on the vague idea that ‘a unified Iraq is a stronger Iraq’. The American justification has been spelled out recently by more than one person working at the State Department. I was wondering, did the Americans and…
Unifying Moments – That Bind Us All
By Alan Cleveland: A Letter from America History is full of unifying moments. People with whom we might disagree on nearly everything from politics to religion, can, and occasionally do become allies where the more imminent threat comes from a single source that is more villainous than either of the others involved. One example of…
Democracy’s Frontline Starts with the Pershmerga
By Kaziwa Salih: The Middle East, particularly Iraq and Syria, has turned into a triangle battlefield, amongst fanatical groups with diverse titles and similar aims: creating an Islamic state with Stone Age approaches. There are two tyrannical Governments completing this dimension which are Iraq and Syria. The Peshmarga of Kurdistan is the only force defending…
Iraq in chaos: Time to face reality
By Shakhawan Shorash: As I have pointed out in several articles, the rebuilding process of the Iraqi state has failed because it did not address critical questions and key problems, and because the reconstruction program was imposed on the Iraqis without including the right to choose alternatives. The element of imposition, and the arrogance of…
Iran: 35 years of success against democracy, human rights and peace in the Middle East and world
By Rebwar Rashed: President Carter spent New Year’s Eve in 1977 with the Shah and toasted Iran as “an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world”. Less than two years later came the so-called Iranian Revolution. Iran was not as stable as the Carter administration thought. On 4th November,…
An Address to the United States on Kurdish Statehood
By Rauf Naqishbendi: In his discourse with the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, the visiting foreign minister of the Kurdistan region, Mustafa Bakir, stated, “We don’t want to stay within an Iraq that has failed. Baghdad does not accept us. Baghdad does not want us as partners. Baghdad does not want to share…
What was yesterday’s prize, became today’s burden
By Evin Cheikosman: In a region fraught with ethno-sectarian battles and ancestral claims to various estates, the only beacon of stability is the Kurds. Whether it be the Kurds in Syria or Iraq, they have been solid in their fight against jihadists and calculating in forming new alliances. The Peshmerge, the Kurdish army in Iraq, came…
‘A More Perfect Union’
By Alan Cleveland: A Letter From America “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States…
Kurd independence referendum will go ahead despite US opposition, says Bakir
KT News: Foreign Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir said yesterday that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will go ahead with a referendum on independence even if the US government tries to stop them. “With all due respect”, he told PBS Newshour “it’s the people of Kurdistan who decide, and yes, we will go ahead.” On Tuesday,…
Divide and Conquer
By Evin Cheikosman: All the evidence is on the table and powerful countries like Israel and Turkey are pretty much making revealing bouts of support for an independent Kurdistan with loud speakers and bell horns! According to numerous reports by Reuters, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, the tanker ‘SCF Altai’ transferred a cargo of…
A great nation
By Alan Cleveland: A letter from America Dear Kurdistan, As an American I have been aware of you and your people for half of my life.Going back to at least 1988 and the notorious chemical attack launched by Sadamm Hussein against you.Sadly, at that moment in time, we were preoccupied with hating Iran for reasons…
