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February 23, 2011

Iraqi Kurdistan No Model of Democracy

Michael Rubin, Contentions

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Iraqi Kurdistan was once a shining example of democracy’s potential in Iraq, but today it is freedom’s bleeding ulcer. While ordinary Iraqis have seen their freedoms increase since Saddam Hussein’s fall, the trajectory is the reverse in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the ruling families have grown more abusive with time.

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TAGGED: Kurds, Kurdistan, Iraq

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