Iraqi Kurdish students in Ukraine-style 'orange' protest

[maddezmom]

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) - Around 100 Iraqi Kurdish students held a Ukrainian-style "orange protest" on Sunday in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah to protest against corruption in their regional government.

The students waved orange banners similar to those flown by pro-democracy demonstrators in Kiev in 2004 and 2005 and have chosen a name for their movement -- "Solidarity" -- that harks back to Polish trade unionists of the 1980s.

"We are trying to send a message to the government to persuade them to carry out reforms and take measures against corruption," the movement's leader Zana Abdel Karim told an AFP reporter.

Iraq's northern Kurdish region has enjoyed almost total autonomy for more than 16 years, and has been spared the carnage that has descended on central and southern Arab areas while making modest economic progress.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070304/wl_mideast_afp/iraqproteststudent_070304152206

[LynnTheDem]

1. Iraq's northern Kurdish region has enjoyed almost total autonomy for more than 16 years

Someone forgot to mention that fact to George W. bUsh & his Cartel. If they'd known, then we wouldn't have had to "liberate the Kurds" by invading, occupying & slaughtering Iraq.