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Kurdish bid to lure foreign investors Sulaimaniya, Iraq Press, July 9, 2004 – Kurdish officials running the regional government in Sulaimaniya say they want to turn their city into a commercial hub in the Middle East. There are two regional governments in the Kurdish autonomous north. The first in Arbil is run by Massoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party and the second in Sulaimaniya is administered by Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Early this year the government in Sulaimaniya issued an ambitious investment law under which foreign investors are exempt from taxes for five years. Other incentives include the right...

The top American civilian administrator for Iraq met today in northern Iraq with the two main Kurdish leaders and called for a new Iraqi government to be a "mosaic," fairly representing all Iraqis. The official, Jay Garner, a retired Army lieutenant general, received a notably warmer greeting in the north than he had the day before in Baghdad, with cheers, hugs and a shower of flower petals reflecting his efforts in the early 1990's to help create the thriving Kurdish autonomous area of northeastern Iraq. "The new government of Iraq will have one leader, one army, one government," General Garner...

Iraqi Kurds says U.S. hits Islamists for second day By Joe Logan SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, March 23 (Reuters) - An Iraqi Kurdish group running part of northern Iraq said U.S. forces had launched a second day of missile strikes there on Sunday against an Islamist group accused by Washington of links to al Qaeda. An official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said U.S. missiles had struck suspected Ansar al-Islam positions near the Iranian border, one day after Washington firing missiles and launching air raids on Ansar's mountainous stronghold. "There were more strikes overnight, again with cruise missiles," said the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/12/02 - Arabian Sea, Taji, al-Karamah, Mosayyab, al-Furat, Nablus, Sulaimaniya, Tel Aviv, Kuwaiti desert, Mombasa, Boston BREAKING: Arabian Sea BREAKING: Taji, al-Karamah BREAKING: Mosayyab, al-Furat Nablus, Sulaimaniya, Tel Aviv, Kuwaiti desert, Mombasa, Boston ========= Arabian Sea ========= In the Arabian Sea, North Korea was caught giving Scud missiles to Yemen. Spanish sailors fire at the North Korean ship So San intercepted at daw. In the Arabian Sea, Spanish marine special forces board the So San. FOUND: ~12 hidden Scud missiles bound for Yemen in what is claimed to be the Yemeni Moon...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/3/02 - Baghdad, al-Karamah, Kuwait, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Sulaimaniya, London BREAKING: Baghdad - DAY FIVE - MISSING EQUIPMENT at al-Karamah BREAKING: Near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border - 1st Marine Expeditionary Force BREAKING: London - Imprisoned scientists expose Iraqi torture Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan ========= Baghdad ========= DAY FIVE - MISSING EQUIPMENT In Baghdad, Iraq, at the al-Karamah military complex, near Baghdad. Alerted in advance by the UN WMD inspectors, Iraq removed some UN-labeled equipment involved in rocket development for ~800-1500+ mile capability. The Iraqi Army Brigs of Karama take docile reporters on tour after...