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Can Kurdistan follow Israel's lead to become the Middle East's next Start-Up Nation? - analysis

Kurdistan does not need to copy Israel, but it can learn from its journey from a small and politically uncertain environment to a start-up and tech superpower.

Image Reboot: A female fighter from from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK)  trains at a base near Erbil, Iraq, in Feb.
Security is stationed outside the US Embassy is seen in Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" on March 17, 2026.

Iraqi security forces target political ‘corruption’ in Baghdad Green Zone raids

Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq.

Justice in Baghdad: Iraq convicts notorious Saddam Hussein-era torturer


Washington Watch: Does Ahmadinejad have a Saddam complex?

The Iranian president risks repeating the late Iraqi leader’s mistake: convincing his enemies that he’s too dangerous to ignore and must be removed.

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'Koran etched in Saddam Hussein's blood found in Iraq'

Report: Iraqi gov't unsure what to do, as destroying a Koran forbidden, but "to write it in blood is haraam [forbidden]," says Sunni sheikh.

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Why Obama should commute Pollard’s sentence

The opposing message, apparently, is that unauthorized transmittal of classified data about Arab states to warn Israel of existential threats is unforgivable.

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Terra Incognita: The enigma of Iraq’s Tariq Aziz

Saddam Hussein’s foreign minister, charged with several crimes, may soon find himself at the end of a rope.

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Tariq Aziz sentenced to death by hanging in Iraq

Former aide to Saddam Hussein charged with involvement in execution of Shi'ite groups; court did not say when he would be hanged.

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Yalla peace: No deals with the devil

Like the proverbial pact with the Germans during the British Mandate and Saddam Hussein inthe 1990s, cheering Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not help the Palestinian cause.

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Mideast Monitor: Lebanonization of Iraq

Teheran’s patronage over a portion of the Iraqi Shi’ite community and political leadership resembles Syria’s domination of the Lebanese political system.

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Ahmadinejad’s miscalculation

Israel is temperate, humane and pragmatic.

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Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks

Government fears new insurgent offensive post US withdrawal.

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In porn, a story of Iraq's politics

Films' availability a sign of security situation.

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