Rebaz Mahmood

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PUK says Iraqi government should have taken Hajj into consideration when it set the election date.

18 Nov 05

In the Kurdish area, people are not as scared as those in the rest of Iraq when they find out they have a polling station as a neighbour.

18 Nov 05

Kurds flock to the polling stations in the hope of strengthening their political muscle.

18 Nov 05

Report from Kurdish regional officials suggests the insurgents are picking off Kurds for political and ethnic reasons.

18 Nov 05

Fourteen years on from the Kurdish uprising, one of the Baath regime’s most notorious torture centres is open to the public.

18 Nov 05

Stabbings are common as young men sort out their differences in a climate of lawlessness.

18 Nov 05

Video material showing images of torture and death still on sale in most of Iraq, as Kurdistan bans “snuff” CDs.

18 Nov 05

Violent television pictures have lasting psychological impact on youngsters.

18 Nov 05

Officials in Kurdish city accept that they have failed to deliver adequate services but say they just don’t have the resources.

18 Nov 05

Officials claim only minimal fraud occurred during the referendum, but 99 per cent approval rates have raised eyebrows.

28 Oct 05

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