Iraqi Kurdish Opposition Challenges Draft Constitution - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Jun 26, 2013

Nawshirwan Mustafa, an Iraqi Kurdish Politician and the head of Kurdish "Change" opposition movement, shows his ink-stained finger after voting in Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad March 7, 2010. Explosions killed 24 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to disrupt, in one of many challenges to efforts to stabilise Iraq before U.S. troops leave. REUTERS/Jamal Penjweny (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR2BBPU — Nawshirwan Mustafa, an Iraqi Kurdish politician and the head of the opposition Movement for Change, shows his ink-stained finger after voting in Sulaimaniyah, March 7, 2010. — REUTERS/Jamal Penjweny

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An Iraqi Kurdish street vendor sells Kurdish flags in Arbil, about 300 kilometres, northeast of Baghdad, as people commemorate those who were killed in the 1988 Anfal massacre on March 15, 2013. An estimated 182,000 people died in the brutal "Anfal" (Spoils of War) campaign carried out by Saddam Hussein's forces 25 years ago. AFP PHOTO/ ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)

Upcoming Iraqi Kurdistan Elections Stir Up Controversy

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Employees of Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count ballots during regional parliamentary elections after the closing of a polling station in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, September 21, 2013. Iraqi Kurds voted on Saturday for a new parliament that analysts said was poised to lead the oil-producing region further down the road to greater autonomy from Baghdad. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTX

PUK Falls to Third Place In Iraqi Kurdistan Elections

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Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani speaks in a meeting with Kurdish envoys abroad in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2QV60

Iraqi Kurdistan Faces A Hot Political Summer

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Masoud Barzani, president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, attends the opening of a conference on "Recognizing Kurdish Genocide" in Arbil, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, March 14, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3EZ32

Media War Begins Ahead of Iraqi Kurdistan Elections

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari