http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/kurdistan 2008-07-02T17:52:37Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44391-john-mccain-speech-01-03-08 2008-07-02T17:52:37Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4oCzTGnPDZU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4oCzTGnPDZU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44391-john-mccain-speech-01-03-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50777" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech <br />Sioux City, IA 01/03/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />QUESTIONER: "What do you think of Sen. Biden's plan for Iraq where he—"</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: "Wants to divide them into three countries? I think they are Iraqis first. I notice that as things have gotten in Iraq that that theory has succeeded. [...] One: the Turks would never allow an independent Kurdistan. [...] people live in neighborhoods next to each other. Sunnis and Shiite--some of them are married to each other. I think it's very difficult to achieve that. I think the Iraqi government--very disappointed--but it's starting to show a little progress."</p> <p>LABEL: JM IA 1-3 (GR#51) ACHL- Clip A</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/ag8ktpym8s <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/sbkqzi2skc</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44391-john-mccain-speech-01-03-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39891-iranian-kurd-director-bahman-ghobadi 2008-07-16T00:25:13Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mTQrvPNvXc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mTQrvPNvXc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39891-iranian-kurd-director-bahman-ghobadi"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45023" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>For more: <a href="http://linktv.org/cinemondo">linktv.org</a> <br />In late May of 2007 Peter Scarlet, artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival and our host and co-curator for CINEMONDO, traveled to the Kurdish-held area of Northern Iraq and shot an interview with Iranian Kurd filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. Bahman Ghobadi first came to the movie world's attention in 2000, when his first feature film, "A Time for Drunken Horses," won the prize for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was the first Kurdish language movie ever to gain worldwide attention. </p> <p>Since then Ghobadi has made three more features, all in the Kurdish language. His most recent, "Half Moon," is currently banned in Iran though it has been shown in festivals around the world. Link TV's 17-minute profile of Ghobadi provides a fascinating introduction to the work of a filmmaker who has riveted audiences around the world with his courageous and deeply affecting films about Kurdish life on the Iranian-Iraqi border.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39891-iranian-kurd-director-bahman-ghobadi">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36824-quil-lawrence-kurdistan-s-oil 2008-06-25T14:15:17Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l9It3kYFoHI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l9It3kYFoHI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36824-quil-lawrence-kurdistan-s-oil"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41470" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Quil Lawrence, author of "Invisible Nation," discusses the oil reserves in Kurdistan, where foreign companies are already in place. Who owns the oil revenues, the central government or Kurdistan, and what are the possible outcomes for Kurdistan and the region? <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on April 22, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to carnegiecouncil.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36824-quil-lawrence-kurdistan-s-oil">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36823-quil-lawrence-what-is-a-kurd 2008-06-11T12:25:04Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hvt6Htp66MA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hvt6Htp66MA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36823-quil-lawrence-what-is-a-kurd"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41469" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"Kurds don't fit into a box easily," says Quil Lawrence, author of "Invisible Nation," and goes on to give a summary of their history and identity. <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on April 22, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to carnegiecouncil.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36823-quil-lawrence-what-is-a-kurd">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36822-quil-lawrence-is-federalism-the-solution-for-iraq 2008-06-16T08:41:20Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F0B98bwTxrI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F0B98bwTxrI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36822-quil-lawrence-is-federalism-the-solution-for-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41468" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"One of the causes of some of the slowdown in violence is that so much ethnic cleansing was already done and people moved away," says Quil Lawrence. But while federal Sunni and Shia states have some support, the Kurds' only ally is the U.S. <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on April 22, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to carnegiecouncil.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36822-quil-lawrence-is-federalism-the-solution-for-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31315-from-kosovo-to-kurdistan 2008-06-14T09:33:28Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYdUAd5Q4eU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYdUAd5Q4eU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31315-from-kosovo-to-kurdistan"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33759" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080301YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Pepe Escobar: It's about oil and US military bases (Part one)</p> <p>Monday March 3rd, 2008</p> <p>Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Pepe Escobar writes The Roving Eye for Asia Times Online. He has reported from Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, US and China. He is the author of the recently published Red Zone Blues. Pepe is a regular analyst for The Real News Network.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31315-from-kosovo-to-kurdistan">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31197-pkk-far-from-defeated-after-turkish-incursion-02-mar-08 2008-06-15T03:29:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LqBloy-2K-8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LqBloy-2K-8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31197-pkk-far-from-defeated-after-turkish-incursion-02-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33633" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>PKK Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq say their organisation has survived a recent assault by Turkish forces. </p> <p>Turkey claims its offensive has severely damaged the PKK. </p> <p>Al Jazeera has met with one former PKK fighter who, despite having doubts about the group, believes the organization is far from defeated.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31197-pkk-far-from-defeated-after-turkish-incursion-02-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31118-inside-iraq-peshmerga-of-iraq-29-feb-08-pt-2 2008-06-12T15:32:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oPymJuW1oTY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oPymJuW1oTY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31118-inside-iraq-peshmerga-of-iraq-29-feb-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33534" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Peshmerga are hailed by most Kurds in Iraq as the military force protecting the Kurdish people.</p> <p>The word Peshmerga literally means "ready to die". It alludes to the famed warrior spirit of the Kurdish fighters.</p> <p>Most Peshmerga are loyal to either one of Iraq's two main Kurdish political parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) or the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). </p> <p>The KDP, led by Massoud Barzani, and the PUK, led by Jalal Talabani, each have about 25,000 to 30,000 fighters.</p> <p>These fighters have become the unofficial standing army of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).</p> <p>But critics - some within the Kurdish community itself - have accused certain Peshmerga commanders of abusing their military power, exploiting political contacts and amassing enormous personal wealth.</p> <p>Human rights organizations, as well as independent Kurdish figures, have made allegations that the Peshmerga run prisons in which fellow Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen are routinely tortured.</p> <p>Even Barham Saleh, deputy prime minister of Iraq and a Kurd himself, admitted torture was used in Kurdish prisons - an acknowledgement that was not welcomed by his boss, Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president.</p> <p>The military force, represented by the Peshmerga, has taken on additional significance in the light of the ongoing conflict in the region between Turkey and the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).</p> <p>The Peshmerga are staying out of the conflict, avoiding any confrontation with Turkish troops and not coming to the support of the PKK.</p> <p>This week, Inside Iraq will examine the role played by the Peshmerga and will investigate the charges of corruption and torture. <br /> <br />Our guests this week are: <br /> <br />Falah Mustafa Bakir, minister and head of the Department of Foreign Relations and Freshta Raper, spokesperson for the Kurdistan National Congress.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31118-inside-iraq-peshmerga-of-iraq-29-feb-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30877-raw-news-kurdish-students-protest-incursion 2008-06-10T03:30:03Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fC2qjBppspY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fC2qjBppspY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30877-raw-news-kurdish-students-protest-incursion"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33265" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080201YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Students rally in Irbil against Turkish military operation in northern Iraq</p> <p>Wednesday February 27th, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30877-raw-news-kurdish-students-protest-incursion">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30526-turkish-incursion-in-northern-iraq-continues 2008-06-16T15:35:09Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VjxYT6wEQh0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VjxYT6wEQh0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30526-turkish-incursion-in-northern-iraq-continues"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32898" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080201YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Raw News: For a 4th day Turkish troops attacked Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq; US policy conflicted</p> <p>Monday February 25th, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30526-turkish-incursion-in-northern-iraq-continues">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30010-alert-turkish-army-incursion-into-iraq 2008-06-14T03:29:29Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IrXRsXivgTw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IrXRsXivgTw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30010-alert-turkish-army-incursion-into-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32316" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080201YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />10,000 Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq to strike against suspected PKK targets</p> <p>Friday February 22nd, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30010-alert-turkish-army-incursion-into-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24727-global-pulse-turks-kurds-and-condi-rice 2008-06-12T03:30:30Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/myevSTkmGFw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/myevSTkmGFw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24727-global-pulse-turks-kurds-and-condi-rice"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26757" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More: <a href="http://linktv.org/globalpulse">linktv.org</a> <br />Turkey's brief invasion of Kurdish Iraq was reported in-depth by Turkish and <br />Kurdish TV. The rest of the world's media was equally interested in how an <br />American visitor - Secretary of State Condi Rice - reacted to the incursion. <br />Reports claimed that the U.S. helped the Turks in their bombing campaign. <br />But Secretary Rice managed to sidestep the question.</p> <p>SOURCES: Kurdsat, Iraqi Kurdistan; TRT, Turkey; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; <br />BBC, U.K.; Press TV, Iran; NBC News, U.S.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24727-global-pulse-turks-kurds-and-condi-rice">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24638-inside-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan-12-jan-08-pt-2 2008-06-09T21:29:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fi2F6CyLW7g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fi2F6CyLW7g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24638-inside-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan-12-jan-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26667" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iraqi Kurdistan has been hailed as a beacon of democracy in an otherwise uncertain Iraq which is caught in an unending violence and bloodshed. Washington says the relatively peaceful region in northern Iraq is a model for success that Baghdad should emulate.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24638-inside-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan-12-jan-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24637-inside-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan-12-jan-08-pt-1 2008-06-09T21:29:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/096yzDbUZz8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/096yzDbUZz8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24637-inside-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan-12-jan-08-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26666" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iraqi Kurdistan has been hailed as a beacon of democracy in an otherwise uncertain Iraq which is caught in an unending violence and bloodshed. Washington says the relatively peaceful region in northern Iraq is a model for success that Baghdad should emulate.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24637-inside-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan-12-jan-08-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23816-turkey-blames-kurdish-pkk-for-bombing 2008-06-10T15:36:53Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Ps-hsCfm1w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Ps-hsCfm1w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23816-turkey-blames-kurdish-pkk-for-bombing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25812" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=070926YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Diyarbakir, Turkey: Bomb aimed at Turkish troops rocks Kurdish dominated city killing 5, wounding 68</p> <p>Saturday January 5th, 2008</p> <p>This item is based on an AP report of the reaction of Turkish officials to the bombing. TRNN has no independent verifiable information as to who is responsible for the attack. See the context section for various takes on the events.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23816-turkey-blames-kurdish-pkk-for-bombing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22573-turkey-bombs-kurdish-iraq 2008-06-09T21:31:22Z Elin48 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DSAD42MNqqE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DSAD42MNqqE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22573-turkey-bombs-kurdish-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24107" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/22573-turkey-bombs-kurdish-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17300-monday-morning-round-up 2008-01-12T20:31:19Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17300-monday-morning-round-up"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/17029" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>I&#39;m still smiling from finding out <a href="http://cliffschecter.bravenewfilms.org/blog/17294-report-tom-tancredo-will-not-run-again-in-2008">Tancredo won&#39;t run again</a>! </p><p>WASHINGTON (CNN) - A senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday he plans to vote against Michael Mukasey&#39;s confirmation as U.S. attorney general.</p><blockquote><p><a href="http://chrisdodd.com/">Sen. Chris Dodd,</a> <strong>a Democrat from Connecticut, said he will not support President Bush&#39;s nominee because Mukasey said the president can overrule a federal statute when the nation&#39;s defense is at risk. &quot;There&#39;s no such provision in the Constitution whatsoever,&quot; said </strong><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/29/cnn-political-ticker-am-82/">Dodd,</a><strong> a 2008 presidential candidate.</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong>SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES CALL HUCKABEE TOO LIBERAL ON TAXES, IMMIGRATION:</strong> A bitter fight is taking place behind the scenes over Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. Influential conservatives are clashing over whether Mr. Huckabee is capable of keeping evangelicals from fleeing the GOP to form a third party or if he&#39;s too liberal fiscally for the Republican electorate. <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071029/NATION/110290047/1001"><strong>Washington Times: Huckabee stirs up third-party fear </strong></a></p><blockquote><p><strong><em>Iran Seen Likely To Withstand Sanctions</em></strong> &nbsp; On its front page, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/28/AR2007102801424.html?hpid=topnews"><u>Washington Post</u></a> reports, &quot;Confronted by mounting US and UN pressure, Iran has been steadily shifting its trade from West to East and, with the benefit of record high oil prices, is likely to be able to withstand the new US sanctions, according to US, European and Iranian analysts.&quot;</p></blockquote><p><strong>POLLS DON&#39;T REFLECT OBAMA&#39;S CELEBRITY STATUS:</strong> Hutton Street, a modest, racially mixed working-class neighborhood on the city&#39;s east side, was unprepared for the miniature army that invaded it one recent Saturday morning when Barack Obama decided to pay a call. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama29oct29,0,6297250.story?coll=la-home-center">LA Times: Polls don&#39;t reflect Obama&#39;s star power </a></p><blockquote><p><strong>MCCAIN MAY BET EVERYTHING ON NEW HAMPSHIRE: </strong>As John McCain gambles on a comeback, his presidential campaign is confronting a key question: Should the candidate place his last few chips on one square or two? <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6576.html">Politico: McCain comeback still a gamble </a></p></blockquote><p><strong>Turks, Kurds Clash Near Iraqi Border</strong> &nbsp; In another Middle East hot spot, Turkish military forces and Kurdish rebels are clashing along the Turkey-Iraq border. <u>NBC Nightly News</u> reported the Turkish army &quot;is reporting a major operation against Kurdish separatists along the border with Iraq,&quot; and officials &quot;say 20 Kurdish guerillas were killed.&quot; </p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17272-stop-the-war-agm-the-kurdish-question 2008-09-17T22:14:14Z adycousins <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aGyBbsHb3yY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aGyBbsHb3yY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17272-stop-the-war-agm-the-kurdish-question"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17004" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Stop the War AGM: The Kurdish question [speaker's name soon]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/17272-stop-the-war-agm-the-kurdish-question">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17151-inside-iraq-border-tensions-26-oct-07-part-1 2008-06-15T09:31:21Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JuFIlNszPek&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JuFIlNszPek&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17151-inside-iraq-border-tensions-26-oct-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16879" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Inside Iraq looks at the grave implications of the tension between Turkey and Iraq as analysts say a Turkish invasion of northern Iraq will force Kurds to choose between Iraq and Kurdistan.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/17151-inside-iraq-border-tensions-26-oct-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17139-inside-iraq-border-tensions-26-oct-07-part-2 2008-06-15T09:31:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8h-5Fz1H6c8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8h-5Fz1H6c8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17139-inside-iraq-border-tensions-26-oct-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16864" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Inside Iraq looks at the grave implications of the tension between Turkey and Iraq as analysts say a Turkish invasion of northern Iraq will force Kurds to choose between Iraq and Kurdistan.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/17139-inside-iraq-border-tensions-26-oct-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16888-a-sign-of-declining-us-strategic-power 2008-07-10T13:24:40Z COAnews <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W5mRygvDmwI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W5mRygvDmwI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16888-a-sign-of-declining-us-strategic-power"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16616" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/16888-a-sign-of-declining-us-strategic-power">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16546-cheney-iran-faces-serious-consequences-over-nuclear-drive 2008-01-12T20:29:25Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16546-cheney-iran-faces-serious-consequences-over-nuclear-drive"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/16277" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><a href="http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071021162342.3oezj7po.html">Rattle, rattle.</a> Sabres poised!!!</p><blockquote><p>LANSDOWNE, United States (AFP) - Vice President Dick Cheney Sunday said the United States and its allies would not permit Iran to get nuclear weapons and warned of <strong>&quot;serious consequences&quot;</strong> if it continues to enrich uranium.</p><p><strong>&quot;The Iranian regime needs to know that if it stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose serious consequences,&quot;</strong> he said in a speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.</p><p>The United States and its allies <strong>&quot;will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon,&quot; </strong>he said.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/21/kristol-iran-iraq-victory/">Kristol: Iran Is &lsquo;The Only Real Threat&#39; To Success In Iraq</a></p><p><strong>Yeah guys, because the other wars we&#39;re running are doing soooooo well.</strong></p><p><a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695220651,00.html">12 Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish attack; Iraqi president orders rebels to disarm or leave</a></p><p><a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695220650,00.html">U.S. says 49 militants killed in Baghdad raid; Iraqi officials say women, children among dead</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/world/middleeast/21syria.html?ex=1350619200&amp;amp;en=3eb7cf9f3383dd34&amp;amp;ei=5088&amp;amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;amp;emc=rss">Syria Requires 1.5 Million Iraqi Refugees To Return To Iraq</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15808-oil-man-ray-and-the-big-kurdistan-oil-deal 2008-01-12T20:27:32Z GottaLaff <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Once upon a time there was a man named <a href="http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Analysis/2007/10/12/analysis_hunt_state_talked_on_iraq_oil/3128/">Ray Hunt </a>who had a lot of money. He was a Texas oil man. But he was no ordinary Texas oil man, oh no. He gave some of his a-lot-of-money to a powerful dim bulb named George. </p><p>Because of this, Dim Bulb George liked Oil Man Ray. He liked him enough to let him <span>sit on the Very Important National Petroleum Council (an industry advisory board to the secretary of energy) and the president&rsquo;s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (whose members the president selects to advise him &ldquo;concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and of other intelligence activities&rdquo; according to the White House web site).</span></p><p>One day, Oil Man Ray did something very unusual. He and his Very Important Hunt Oil Corporation signed a controversial deal with <span>Iraq&rsquo;s Kurdistan Regional Government without Dim Bulb George&#39;s permission. Uh oh!</span></p><p>Baghdad got angry, and Dim Bulb George was vexed because this wasn&#39;t part of the Big and Very Important Iraq Plan.&nbsp;</p><p>And now, guess what, boys and girls!&nbsp; It turns out that Big Oil Ray had checked with the U.S. State Department after all! Surprise! I guess they just forgot to tell us that part.</p><p>Congressman Dennis (Kucinich) is not a happy Congressman after hearing that story! He&#39;s calling for an investigation! Isn&#39;t that exciting?</p><p>Congressman Ed (Markey) is not happy either. He&#39;s demanding answers from Designer Clothes Condi! She <em>runs</em> the Very Important State Department.&nbsp; Here&#39;s what Congressman Ed asked:</p><blockquote><p><span>&ldquo;Are you concerned that the involvement of such a high-level adviser to the president in this contract will create the impression that the negation between Hunt and the Kurdish government was sanctioned by you, or, indeed, by the president himself?&rdquo;</span> </p></blockquote><p>I bet Designer Clothes Condi is mighty worried, don&#39;t you? </p><p>There is no end to this story yet, kids. So, they all lived...</p><p>_______________ ever after.</p><p>Not The End&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15614-connecting-with-iraqi-students-through-american-pop-culture 2008-06-15T21:31:01Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jW-LicOSpmA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jW-LicOSpmA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15614-connecting-with-iraqi-students-through-american-pop-culture"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15436" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/09/18/Classroom_Tales_from_the_Other_Iraq">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author Ian Klaus talks about using American pop culture to connect with Kurdish students in an excerpt from his book, "Elvis is Titanic: Classroom Tales from the Other Iraq."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Ian Klaus delivers "Elvis is Titanic: Classroom Tales from the Other Iraq."</p> <p>In the spring of 2005, Ian Klaus, a twenty-six-year-old Rhodes Scholar, traveled eight hours from Turkey, via broken-down taxi and armed convoy, to reach Salahaddin University in Arbil, the largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan. ELVIS IS TITANIC is the poignant, funny, and uplifting story of the semester he spent there teaching US history and English in the thick of the war for hearts and minds.</p> <p>Inspired by the volunteerism of so many young Americans after 9/11, Klaus exchanges the abstraction of duty for an intimate involvement with individual lives. Among the Kurds, a perennially oppressed but seemingly indomitable people, he encounters both openhearted welcome and resentful suspicion -- and soon learns firsthand how far trust can go. With assignments ranging from Elvis to Ellington, from the mysteries of baseball to de Tocqueville, from Michael Jackson to Thomas Friedman, Klaus strives to illuminate the American way for students initially far more attuned to our pop culture than our national ideals. These efforts -- recounted in unforgettable vignettes full of hope and discovery -- also occasion his own reexamination of truths we hold to be self-evident, as well as the less exalted cultural assumptions we have presumed to export to the rest of the world. - Cody's Books</p> <p>Ian Klaus, who now lives in New York City, wrote for publications across the United States while he was in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in history at Harvard.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15614-connecting-with-iraqi-students-through-american-pop-culture">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15308-oh-look-someone-else-wants-to-play-war 2008-01-12T20:26:20Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15308-oh-look-someone-else-wants-to-play-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/15173" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2186530,00.html?gusrc=rss&amp;amp;feed=networkfront">Upsurge in Kurdish attacks raises pressure on Turkish prime minister to order Iraq invasion</a></p><p><br />Turkey&#39;s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, <strong>came under intense pressure last night to order an invasion of northern Iraq</strong> following the deadliest attacks for over a decade on the Turkish military and civilians by separatist Kurdish guerrillas.</p><p><br />Mr Erdogan, who has resisted demands from the Turkish armed forces for the past six months for a green light to cross the border into Iraqi Kurdistan, where the guerrillas are based, called an emergency meeting of national security chiefs to ponder their options in the crisis, <strong>a session that some said was tantamount to a war council.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Down in their bunkers, warming themselves over a fire stoked by copies of the constitution, the Neo-Cons smile.</p><blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote></p> </div>