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The Kurds in a new Middle East
Foreign Policy – For the first time in their modern history, the Kurds can look beyond the mountains for friends. This was not the case just a short time ago.
Iraq Kurds reach out to Baghdad to fight surging al Qaeda
Reuters – When hundreds of al Qaeda fighters in armored trucks attacked the northern Iraqi town of Shirqat with machine guns last week, the local army unit called for backup and set off in pursuit.
Make or Break: Iraq’s Sunnis and the State
International Crisis Group- The question of Sunni Arab participation in Iraq’s political order that has plagued the transition since its inception is as acute and explosive as ever.