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March 1, 2013

Kurdistan: 'The Other Iraq' Prospers

David DeVoss, Weekly Standard

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In Iraq, more than 50 people a week continue to die violently, while the Shia government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki grows more authoritarian by the day. As America approaches the tenth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 20, however, Washington can take pride in one shining success: Iraqi Kurdistan.

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