War Comes To Kurdistan, The Place Without A Country

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The Kurds were the ones developing their region and there was stability in that area. Now they are in danger and fighting ferociously to stay on their land and not be taken over by ISIS.

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War comes to Kurdistan, the place without a country By Andrew Quilty - News Week Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers. Photo: Twitter/Peshmerga sources •See Related Articles October 6, 2014 KURDISTAN 'Iraq',— So much can change in so little time in the Middle East. In spite of this, the northern, Kurdish region of Iraq—a band of territory like a crooked crown atop its Arab motherland—has proved a beacon of growth and stability following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. While the Iraqi Government and its Kurdish counterpart—the Kurdish Regional Government (KDP), ruled by President Massoud Barzani—have had ongoing disputes over territory, oil rights and autonomy, the two have, for the most part, begrudgingly endured one another. Iraq has had its hands full since 2003. After the U.S.’s routing of Saddam Hussein and his Baathist regime, focus turned to forming a new government, a constitution and new armed forces. An al Qaeda in Iraq insurgency morphed into sectarian warfare between militias of the Shiite majority and Sunnis, who claimed maltreatment by the Shia-dominated central government. When the U.S. left in 2011, Iraq’s security problems were compounded. Continue reading at: War comes to Kurdistan the place without a country [TBODY] [TBODY] [TBODY]

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