Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurds Go Back to the Future

Life in Iraqi Kurdistan is returning to normal, with prices falling and students going back to school.

22 Feb 05

America's failure to provide basic protection is provoking demonstrations and seeding distrust.

22 Feb 05

The conspirators of Dijail settled on a plan to rid the country of its dictator 22 years ago.

22 Feb 05

Soldiers recount their experiences in the last days of the Saddam regime.

22 Feb 05

Relatives search high and low even for scraps of information about loved ones lost in the war.

22 Feb 05

Kurdish villagers savour new-found freedoms following departure of the radical Ansar al-Islam group.

22 Feb 05

Teachers finding it hard to tackle years of Baathist indoctrination.

22 Feb 05

Residents admit security has improved but they still do not feel safe.

22 Feb 05

Tensions between US troops and followers of radical Shia preacher Muqtada al-Sadr threatening to spiral out of control.

22 Feb 05

Villagers do roaring trade in sale of weapons to country's growing bands of insurgents.

22 Feb 05

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