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Because natural assimilation has worked in the past, they have sat back to let it do its natural work again. Today's newcomers have come fast, and in far greater numbers. They are, literally, more visible to the eyes of native prejudice; and, the spirit of 2000 being far from that of...
The Kurds in northern Iraq were suffering under the burden of a long frontier war with the Islamic State (ISIS), a financial crisis and the arrival of more than one million people displaced by war, altering the ethnic balance of their proto state. Shaqlawa, once a popular holiday destination...
The smugglers don't care. They are simply in the business of making money. And that means cutting fuel costs and packing as many into the boats as possible. In woods to the east of Calais, we find a makeshift camp that dozens of Iraqi Kurds call home. In...
It starts in the camps. The refugees are there - all nationalities from Kurds to Afghans, Albanians and Pakistanis - and so are the smugglers. People get the smuggler's name and make an agreement about where to meet. Passengers are sent on foot, by bus or ...
However understandable the frustration, the thoughtless abandonment of the region would be self-defeating. It undermines America’s credibility around the world, which means that the United States will have to work harder and spend more to get its way on issues that are vital to its people’s...
“Obviously the Kurds are the good guys and if we’re going to help anybody we should help them.” Article content It all ended fairly quickly for Mr. Hillier. One day, the Kurdish military brass were preparing to assign him to a sniper unit, the next they had complete...