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...most of his life, Khadir honed the occupation he learned as a child: fighting in the Kurdish militia against Saddam Hussein's forces. He was jailed seven times since the age of 14 and saw a favorite uncle executed. Now, at 32, he is perfecting an entirely new skill that could change this region as much as have the wars in which he has fought: drilling for oil. Since late November, he has toiled about 9 m aboveground on the first derrick erected in Kurdistan in decades - by a Norwegian outfit using a Chinese rig, of all things. From...
...military force. Time traveled four hours north from Arbil to DNO's rig in an armored vehicle, on a road marked by several peshmerga checkpoints. DNO asked Time not to publish its Kurdish employees' real names for fear they would be attacked for working for a foreign oil company. (Khadir is not the oil worker's real name.) Kurdistan's fragile peace could end quickly if Baghdad's government tries to curb the Kurds' growing economic clout and political autonomy. Most Kurds don't seem to want any part of a greater Iraq - especially while ethnic violence continues in Baghdad...
...most of his life, Khadir has honed the occupation he learned as a child: fighting in the Kurdish militia against Saddam Hussein's forces. He has been jailed seven times since he was 14 and has seen a favorite uncle executed. Now, at 32, he is perfecting an entirely new skill, which could change this region as much as the wars in which he has fought have: drilling for oil. Since late November, he has toiled about 30 ft. aboveground on the first derrick erected in Kurdistan in decades, by a Norwegian outfit using a Chinese rig, of all things...
Massoud took up the life of a fugitive. When he stopped sleeping at home and disappeared for days at a time, his family realized his calling. They accepted the risk he ran. "It's a noble choice he made," says Massoud's brother Khadir. "We knew this road would end either in victory for Palestine or death and he would go to heaven. Both ends are good...
...terrorist funds through the hawala global network of informal money changers. Says Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia: "All these Pakistani groups were closely linked to the ISI through Kashmir." It was no surprise to foreign spooks that the ISI let al-Khadir escape from Peshawar. They believe he knew too much about the agency's ties with al-Qaeda...