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There was precious little discussion about foreign policy at the two main conferences. There were the usual packed receptions for friends of Israel, the Arab States and Azerbajan and keynote speeches by William Hague and his Labour counterpart, Douglas Alexander … Continue reading →

Gary Kent remembers a weekend in Baghdad and makes the case for federalism in Iraq. Four years ago I joined a Labour Friends of Iraq (LFIQ) delegation to Baghdad. We took a military flight from Kuwait and a Puma helicopter … Continue reading →

Gary Kent taks a personal look at the meaning of the Hillsborough inquiry, the notion of Bliarism and why people should recognise the genocide against the Kurds in his Rudaw column. One Saturday 23 years ago I tuned into a … Continue reading →

A fascinating debate from the excellent Frontline Club on Iraq: Escalating violence and sectarian division is at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25338503Iraq: Escalating violence and sectarian division

Kurds are becoming a major new factor in the Middle East and could overcome old injustices and fashion new alliances for the better. A generation ago the plight of the Kurds was dire in all four countries where they mainly … Continue reading →

Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s views of Tony Blair and the Iraq war are not new. Very little is in the debate between those who supported intervention in Iraq and those who opposed it. There was also very little in the Archbishop’s … Continue reading →

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – This week, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Council of Ministries established a Women’s Rights Monitoring Board. KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani led the board’s first meeting. Types of violence committed against women were addressed during the … Continue reading →

“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Stalin apparently said this to Churchill on the news of the death of a close friend of the British Premier. The cynical saw speaks to a wider truth … Continue reading →

Beyond Borders premiered the documentary Kulajo: My Heart Is Darkened this Wednesday 22nd August 2012, at the Edinburgh Filmhouse, as part of the Beyond Borders ‘Small Nations in Cinema’ season. The event was sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) … Continue reading →

Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, High Representative to the UK of the Kurdistan Regional Government said: “Yesterday, President Obama’s warning that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a red line sent a clear message that such barbaric … Continue reading →