Wow 30,000 in your area I did not realise when you said you had a large population of them how large. Do they all wear traditional dress or do some of them dress western?
Most dress western. Some are Iraqi, and Kurds
and most are Chaldeans (Christian)
When Hussein was captured a large group of them were
in front of the Fed. court bldg. in their native dress
mostly Kurds playing their music and dancing, thanking
the US and signs saying thak you Pres. Bush.
Really great to watch in person.