reports & opinions 

Turkey And The Kurdish Nation 
Mohammed M.A Ahmed. 
Aug 23, 2002


Talabani’s Vision

Shilan Jabari. Aug 23, 2002
Talabani’s Political Wisdom 

Simko. Aug 15, 2002 
The Cheeky Attitudes of Turkey Against South Kurdistan Must

be Confronted!
Dr Hawramany. Aug 14, 2002
There's a price for Kurdish help against Saddam

Peter Galbraith. Aug 11, 2002 
Righteous Rage

R Karadaghi. Aug 9, 2002 
Aug 25, 2002
• Bomb in Iraqi Kurdistan kills boy, 4, wounds two others: police
• Bahceli: Barzani's Statement Is Unacceptable
• How Kurdistan's first suicide bomber changed his mind

Aug 24, 2002
• Interrogations link Al Qaeda to Iraq
• Two hundred Iraqi Kurdish immigrants land in southern Italy

Aug 23, 2002
• Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish Tensions High  
• Iraqi Kurd Fighters Seen More Organized
• Iranian troops deployed on Iraqi border: Kurds
• Saddam's son says Iran not al-Qaeda behind Kurdistan Islamist group

Aug 21, 2002
• KDP Slams Berlin Embassy Seizure as "Terrorism"
• Barham Salih: The Radical group Ansar al-Islam Plans Attacks
• Talabani Wants US Date for Post-Saddam Poll 

Aug 20, 2002 
• U.S. Monitors Kurdish Extremists
• Iraq orders banks to be opened in Kurdistan

Aug 18, 2002
• Saddam will not stop me being a Kurd

Aug 17, 2002
• Turkey in fuel threat to Kurds
• Kurds offered help against nerve gas
• Kurds warned not to join US attack on Iraq

Aug 16, 2002 
• Zebari Refutes Kurdish Media Report
• Barzani Black Listed by Turkish Military Junta 
• Swedish Parties Welcome the New Law of Kurdistan Parliament 

Aug 15, 2002
• Absence of Barzani at meeting was blow to the White House 
The absence of Mr. Barzani, whose father, Mustafa Barzani, led the largest Kurdish rebellion of the last century and died in exile in the United States, was a blow to Bush administration officials who had orchestrated the meeting in part to demonstrate that Iraqi opposition forces were unified behind a new campaign to oust Saddam Hussein.
Aug 14, 2002
• Talabani denies offering US use of territory for Saddam attack 
• KRG amend law to reduce "honor crimes"
The Iraqi Kurdistan parliament has amended legislation for "honor crimes" by scrapping a legal loophole that allowed perpetrators to receive light sentences by claiming "mitigating circumstances
Aug 13, 2002 
• Jalal Talabani offers territory for Iraq attack 
• Turkish Regime Refused to Allow Barzani to Transit Through Turkey
• Turks Obstruct Swedish Delegation's Planned Trip to Southern Kurdistan
• Kurds refuse food in bid for political asylum in France
• Iraqi Kurds feel the brunt of Saddam's 'Arabization' 

Aug 12, 2002 
• US 'unified' against Saddam: Kurd leader 
• Kurdish guerrillas poised to fire first shots in war on Iraq 

Aug 10, 2002
• US: Should Saddam Move Against the Kurds, We Would Respond
• Turkey Schools Set to Teach Kurdish 

Aug 9, 2002
• Kurdish party sees Turkey election success 
• Talabani Says Turks Control Bamerne Airport, But Turkey Denies
• Boxing a natural for Kurd 
• U.S. Pushes Unity for Iraqi Opposition 
• UN Oil-For-Food Accounting Questioned 
• Turkmen Front: United States' Taking A Wrong Step 

Aug 7, 2002 
• Talabani says won't blindly back U.S. attack 
• Iranian agents accused of liquidating Kurdish official in Norway 
• Rights group hails Turkish reforms but laments fate of jailed Kurdish MPs 

Aug 6, 2002
• Kurdish classes could be launched in Turkey within three months 
• Talabani visits Turkey ahead of US meeting 
• Saddam wants Kurds neutral 
• A Moment of Decision for Iraq's Kurds 
• KRG Agrees to Forward Proposed Legislation Upholding Women’s Rights
• Assyrian Activist on Activity, Good Relations with Kurds

Aug 2, 2002 
• Interview.  Salah: Democracy will bring stability to the region 
• A Kurdish Lawyer shot dead in Northern Kurdistan 

Aug 1, 2002 
• Barzani says backing US would require guarantees
We cannot get involved or make our people involved in such a thing without having any rights, without any guarantees for the future. The most important thing is the principle of federation which is the solution for the Kurdish case, Barzani, son of the legendary Kurdish fighter Mullah Mustafa told Reuters

• Turkey tackles Kurdish taboo in EU membership drive
 
 
 
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