Archive for November, 2010
Kirkuk: a ticking time bomb in volatile north Iraq
Haji Mohammed Ismail, a tribal elder in Kirkuk, home to one of Iraq’s biggest oilfields, is bracing for the worst once US troops leave the country and Arab and Kurd face off with no one to halt the fight.
“As soon as US forces leave Iraq, there will be civil war. In a place like this, the strongest will devour the weakest,” said Ismail, 80, an Iraqi Arab, as he leaned over a mud brick wall in his village near the disputed northern city. “There is a lot of tension. People are being thrown out of their homes and humiliated. They want revenge. Something bad is going to happen.” Read the rest of this entry »