The 'other' Kurdistan seethes with rage Oct 16, 2009
This unusual serenity is run by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its President and "CEO" Massoud Barzani. Indeed, the three KRG governorates of Duhok, Irbil and Sulaimaniyah are for the most part oases of relative calm in Iraq. (Asia Times Online)
Iraq’s Kurds and Arabs struggle to defuse tensions Aug 3, 2009
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (right) shook hands with Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish regional president, as they met in the resort town of Dokan in Iraq yesterday ... Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with recently reelected regional President Massoud Barzani, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and other Kurdish officials yesterday at the resort town of Dokan. (Boston Globe)
Opposition in Iraqi Kurd elections claims gains Jul 28, 2009
Early projections based on counts by the parties suggested the PUK and the KDP would retain their overall majority in parliament with President Massoud Barzani at the helm while the Change list scored big in the city of Sulaimaniyah, a stronghold of the PUK led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Change is led by Nosherwan Mustafa, a former PUK insider who broke with the party after he was unable to push through reforms. (MSNBC -- International)
Kurd-Arab Conflict Intensifies in Iraq Jul 28, 2009
But he has not spoken with Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish president, in a year, a clear sign that their once amiable relationship has fallen apart. As one official termed it, "there's a lot of poison in the air." U.S. officials acknowledge that the disputed boundary has become the most pressing issue in a slew of unresolved conflicts in Iraq -- from national reconciliation to an oil law on sharing revenue and managing the country's enormous reserves. (CBS News -- US)
