Word: suleymaniya
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...which could in turn affect the future negotiations over the status of these areas. That's why local Kurdish leaders are going to great lengths to get out the vote. A high-ranking Kurdish official in Diyala's Khanaqin district said thousands of voters would be bussed down from Suleymaniya province in Kurdistan to cast their votes in Khanaqin. "Their names are registered here. They just work in Suleymaniya," he said. It is unclear what mechanism would prevent those voters from voting again in Suleymaniya's election...
...itself, a dangerous act given the inflamed situation. The tribesmen could easily have assumed that the car had just been stolen, and act accordingly. I also had visions of Karim charging the checkpoint instead of stopping to chat. So I fired him. He leaves for his hometown Suleymaniya this evening, with a nice bonus. This is a pain...
...multiethnic character lends a much greater possibility of greater violence. The Americans delegated responsibility for the city to the Kurdish forces that stormed the city Thursday morning, chasing out the meager Iraqi forces without a fight. But within hours Kurds from the far northern cities of Erbil and Suleymaniya were streaming into the city with empty pickup trucks. In some places the Peshmerga Kurdish forces were vainly trying to stop the looting, while they actively participated in others. Arab and Turkish residents claimed they were being targeted. One Turk who whose car was stolen at gunpoint begged the Americans...
...Under pressure from Turkey, the main Kurdish parties agreed to withdraw their Peshmerga, but in their place came policemen from Erbil and Suleymaniya - again Kurds...
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