Kurdistan president replaces Iraqi flag

[deadparrot]

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - Kurdistan president Massoud Barzani has ordered the Iraqi national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish one in his northern autonomous region in what appeared to be another move toward more self-rule in the north, local officials said Friday.

The order was issued Thursday and applies to the Kurdish region, said Beshraw Ahmed, a spokesman for the Sulaimaniyah municipality.

According to Azad Jundiyanim, a member of President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Sulaimaniyah, Barzani issued a formal message asking for the Iraqi flag to be lowered. The message was also broadcast on Kurdish radio.

Iraq's northern Kurdish region has slowly been gaining more autonomy since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq_kurds

[Jack Rabbit]

1. This was posted elsewhere last night

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I have alway thought that a civil war between Shiites and Sunnis would prompt the Kurds to opt for independendence. It seems like a better course for them than picking sides in a conflict that is not their fight.

[Heidi]

2. Locking.

Duplicate: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2488936