Advance Quote by Luke Harding

I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran.…

— Luke Harding

In 2014, everybody kind of knows that the Iraqi army fled when it was attacked by ISIS. But actually, the Kurdish Peshmerga, although they…

— Patrick Cockburn

There are sort of Kurdish districts there in Mosul, or there used to be, but the Kurds mostly fled or were driven out. The…

— Patrick Cockburn

In late 2009, I returned to Baghdad after a lengthy absence. I was living alone, in the Hamra Hotel, the twice bombed-out de facto…

— Michael Hastings

There are people who haven't faced the reality of what has gone on in Iraq. They still think that the old central state is…

— Peter W. Galbraith

The Arabs are victims. You have Shia Arabs, under Arabization under Saddam Hussein, who were forcibly moved up there... You have Kurds who were…

— Raymond T. Odierno

In Kurdistan, theres a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made…

— Bahman Ghobadi

The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological…

— Robert Byrd

What is the fate of my people in Kurdistan and Sinjar Mountain? What must be done so Yazidis can have their rights?

— Nadia Murad

In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made…

— Bahman Ghobadi

Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . . . and…

— Colin Powell

Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until…

— Saddam Hussein