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Represents 182,000 Kurdish lives lost and 4,500 villages destroyed under Saddam Hussein's regime.
The Dawning of a Grander Day
February 20th 2013 “If you go to Kirkuk, you will be shot,” came the glum assessment from any Kurdish man who spoke about the infamous city a mere one hundred kilometres south of Erbil. If English was not spoken, then the responder would instead clench their hand in the shape of a gun and pretended to fire imaginary rounds into my chest. The message could not be clearer.
Not that I ever intended to visit Kirk
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Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
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Michelle Duer
This stunning corridor, I thought, probably belonged inside a fancy building, but to read what it actually represents came as a shock. Superb blog, Shane! Congratulations on the lecture and, most of all, thank you for sharing your open-minded insight about this region. :)