Topic: Joost Hiltermann

HALABJAH, Iraq, March 17 (UPI) -- The primary researcher into the chemical attack on the Iraqi town of Halabjah spoke of the importance to keep its memory alive on the event's 20th anniversary.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The strong political power Kurds enjoy in Iraq appears to be fomenting anger among Arab factions, a report said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Iraq's crude capital, Basra, and perhaps its most controversial city, Kirkuk, also flush with oil, face a formidable 2008.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Iraq bloodshed's abated since the U.S. troop buildup but instead of rebuilding during the lull the nation's fragmented more into tribes, parties and militias.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The protest sign was plain enough, black ink on white poster board. But the message Jamel Numan was carrying amidst 200 of America’s Iraqi Kurds rallying outside the White House Monday was both simply blunt and highlighted the overlooked complexity of Turkey’s beef with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party guerillas: “Is this really about PKK? Or is this about Kirkuk?”

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BAGHDAD, May 22 (UPI) -- Many Sunnis who not long ago wanted the United States out of Iraq now are wishing for additional American military patrols, a report says. The dramatic escalation in sectarian violence since the Feb. 22 bombing of the revered Shiite Askariya Shrine in Sam