The Mosul Model - Iraq

Aug 2003
The people of Mosul have created their own multi-ethnic, multi-party city council which could form a prototype for the new government of Iraq.

The Northern Iraqi city of Mosul is Iraq's most ethnically diverse region. Many people feared that age-old tensions between Arabs and Kurds would turn the battle for Mosul into a bloodbath. However, it has become one of the most peaceful areas in Iraq. Two months before the interim government in Baghdad was selected, a multi-ethnic, multi-party city council was already in operation in Mosul. New political parties and power bases are springing up across the city. However some members have become disillusioned with the council's inability to make independent decisions. "We are not allowed to contact different government departments directly to solve problems," complains councillor Hunain Al Qaddo. Like other cities, Mosul is plagued by problems. Thousands of pensioners still have to queue for days to receive their emergency payment. But compared to the rest of Iraq it's a haven.

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[rabah1000]

Mosul is not kurdish

[nawal55]

no, mosul is not part of kurdistan, it is historically arab dominated and multi-ethnic, has its own unique arabic dialect

the villages around the city of mosul are kurdish though

[Arabchick21]

@TheCalculusGeek Umm....dna studies show that i am not from somalia.Hey fuck face take your ass back to india where you belong.Iraq will always be one country filled with tons of ethnic groups.You can fuck yourself because that imaginary country you never had will never exist.HAHAHAHA BITCH!!!!!!!!!!

[TheCalculusGeek]

@Arabchick21 ok but the important thing is that you go back to Somalia.

[Arabchick21]

@TheCalculusGeek AH! you you cleary have nothing to say.Why do kurds act stupid???hey do you know i have seen really dark kurds before???why is that????ahhaahah why wont you take your ass back to somalia NIGGER! oh and if your edcuated enough you would know arabs are not black and dont look black.Also iraqi arabs from dna are actually NATIVE iraqis.So keep bitching because thats our homeland and northern iraqi is iraqi land OWNED by us.So get the fuck out of my homeland you mountian nigger.

[TheCalculusGeek]

@Arabchick21 ok but let me know when you go back to somalia

[Arabchick21]

@TheCalculusGeek Pussystan never existed in mesopotamia and that is a well known fact.Do you know what existed in northern iraq????assyria!!!!! not pussystan.Do you think you will get your imgainary country????hahah you wish! its 2011 so lol keep up with the reality of what is going on today and not your dream that will never exist.

[Arabchick21]

@TheCalculusGeek Dont give me your rubbish lies.your not even the natives of iraq sooooooo looooooool your nothing but a troll.You still only controll three cities and nothing more.And baghad still owns your asses ahahhahah.What else???oh and turkey would rip your asses into pieces if you ever think of getting a country.HAHAHA your a good wet dreamer.....now run along you stupid person with your fake history and claims.

[Arabchick21]

@TheCalculusGeek Yeman or somaila???explain to me does a somalia or yemani have blonde hair?????i dont even look close to those people.And sweety many arab iraqis are actually native to iraq so lol your the one who is not even native to northern iraq but to iran.So get your ass back to where you came from.Oh and by the mousal and the rest of northern iraq is iraqi christian assyrian native land not kurdish.News flash bitch you never had your own country and you sure will never get one.

[TheCalculusGeek]

@Arabchick21 no thanks, we are the original inhabitants of our land. Maybe you should go back to Somalia or Yemen?

[TheCalculusGeek]

@Arabchick21 loool... its okay Mosul is still Kurdish even after your pathetic excuse for a paragraph

[Arabchick21]

@TheCalculusGeek For god sake leave to turkey where majority of kurds live.