Iraq has a new President today. He is a Kurd named Jalal Talabani and he has been a prominent figure in Kurdish and Iraqi politics for many many years. I’m obviously not Iraqi, so I will defer to others who know the his story better than I do. First, Kurdo’s World has an excellent post …
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Impending “Earthquake” in Jordan?
Abu Aardvark reports today on a rather bizarre situation currently unfolding in Jordan. One extremely interesting development in Jordan: a bizarre rash of rumours that it’s about to be hit with a major earthquake. Apparently these rumours, which have no evident basis in reality, have been gathering so much steam that the leading (and most …