Iraqi's northern haven - 19 Aug 07

With almost daily harrowing images and reports of violence and bloodshed in Iraq, it's hard to imagine a place of peace and quiet refuge there.

But such a place does exist, just five hours drive north of Baghdad, in fact, and Stefanie Dekker has travelled there.

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[Baroquean]

Hussein Camel :)

[shomzabe]

@Tigris686

I totally agree. In fact 3 outside groups came to Iraq and the surrounding areas from the Indus valley ( between Pakistan and India today), Persians, Armenians, and Kurds. Those groups are totally alien to the culture and geography. One group in particular was and still against assimilation and integration with outsiders is the kurds. Their isolation and seclusion led them to inbreeding among their closest relatives. They have the highest % of genetic defects in the world today.

[Alan131281]

youtube "kurdistan the oldest place on earth PROVEN" and see the facts for yourselves

[Tigris686]

"we are the people of the land between two rivers,the homeland of the apostles and prophets, abode of the virtues imams, pioneers of civilization, crafters of writing and cradle of numeration. upon our land the first law made by man was passed, the most ancient just pact for homelands policy was inscribed, and upon our soil, companion of the prophet and saints prayed, philosophers and scientist theorized and writers and poets excelled" WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THIS IS IIraaaq

[Tigris686]

@kurdishleader

The Arabic name العراق al-ʿIrāq has been in use since before the 6th century. There are several suggested origins for the name. One dates to the Sumerian city of Uruk (Biblical Hebrew Erech) and is thus ultimately of Sumerian origin, as Uruk was the Akkadian name for the Sumerian city of Unug, containing the Sumerian word for "city", URU.

[Tigris686]

@kurdishleader Iraq has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is identified as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing and the wheel. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian

[TaliWithinTheDaisies]

@PatriotKurd Oh my goodness, that's a terrible thing to say!

[Tigris686]

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[kurdishleader]

@Tigris363 we know Iraq is not Arab country, let me ask you this.. Why Iraq has right to exist, which was made by brits 90 years. Ago but Kurds whose population is 50 million not? Just because we were the only MAN fighting brits and french? Our history is 5000 years old. If Iraq wants to be a part of Greater Kurdistan, then I we will be a part of Iraq. Of course you dont agree, so do we. Biji Kurdistan

[KurdSouth]

its true kurdistan is not a country but a state and its gonna be a country soon insha-allah.

but it feels me good that always if they talk about north iraq they say KURDISTAN on every channel arabs also,

i got nothing against arabs ore iraqis but you must understand that we can not live whit you under that flag inside iraq, we lost many lives under that flag and in the name of iraq