Iraq's North

"Once again, WaPo misleads its readers regarding the disputed north of Iraq. The reporter writes as though the Kurds are the only original residents of the region. In a story about the people of the area as they await the release of U.N. reports expected to propose joint administration of Kirkuk and make a case for the annexation of some districts to the Kurdistan Regional Government, WaPo ignores entire communities.

"Many of the urban areas in the disputed territories were predominantly Kurdish until the 1970s, when Saddam Hussein razed hundreds of Kurdish villages, displacing thousands of people," the reporter says without explaining how he knows this. There has been no census for 50 years, and traditionally Kurds and Turkoman dressed the same, so looking at photos does not determine who belongs to which community.

Obviously what Saddam did to the Kurds was wrong. But what the Kurds have done since is no less wrong."
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