The 'other' Kurdistan seethes with rage Oct 16, 2009
As, over time, the KRG fuses with the once-rival ruling parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and trade increases rapidly with Turkey and, to a lesser degree, with Iran and Syria, the notion of a sovereign Iraqi Kurdish state becomes more plausible while making the fantasy of reunification of "Greater Kurdistan" much less so. Kurdistan cannot escape its landlocked geography quadrisected in the ashes of World War I. The roughly 35 million ethnic... (Asia Times Online)
Ruling bloc wins Iraqi Kurd poll Jul 30, 2009
The winning coalition partners are Mr Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The reformist Change movement won 23% in Saturday's elections, the preliminary results show. (BBC News)
Opposition in Iraqi Kurd elections claims gains Jul 28, 2009
The high turnout apparently was fueled by excitement over the rare show of opposition to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which have been accused of corruption, intimidation and failing to provide services. Shahou Saeed, a spokesman for the Change list, said it had registered complaints with the electoral commission ranging from what it said was an unwarranted extension of polling hours to balloting by unregistered voters. (MSNBC -- International)
Kurd-Arab Conflict Intensifies in Iraq Jul 28, 2009
To him, the dispute is a way to divert attention from the corruption and failures of the region's ruling parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party. "To them, an oil well is more important than Sinjar and Khanaqin," two contested cities. (CBS News -- US)
Viewpoints in Iraqi Kurdistan poll Jul 25, 2009
The two power-sharing Kurdish parties - the KDP and the PUK - are facing a new reformist party, Change, which hopes to break their stranglehold on power ... Although the two allied parties - the PUK and KDP - have most of the TV stations, they do not stop others having them. (BBC News -- Africa)
