The first time it happened was when I arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan and checked in at a hotel in Irbil, the regional capital.
The porter who showed me to my room bounded over to a television set at the foot of my bed and scanned the channels until he found one playing an English-language, kung fu [...]

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IRBIL, Sept 30 (KUNA) — Two gunmen were arrested by the authorities in Kurdistan province in an area southwest of Irbil, said a security source Sunday.
A statement by the agency to protect the security of Kurdistan Province said that on September 22nd intelligence led to the capture of Mohammad Jamal Sameen and Hussein Jum’a Saleh [...]

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IRBIL, Iraq - Billboards in Kurdistan’s capital boast that luxury malls and hotels are on the way, but banking and insurance systems barely function. Cranes loom over building sites, but few government inspectors check the quality of construction.
This is economic development, on the fly. A sign at the office of a trade association sums up [...]

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IRBIL, Aug 2 (KUNA) — Security forces defused Thursday a booby-trapped car near the headquarters of the South Korean forces in Irbil, northern Iraq.
A security source, requesting anonymity, told KUNA that the intention of the bombers was to drive the car into the headquarters, but that security forces were able to stop them.
Some 30 kg [...]

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IRBIL, July 4 (KUNA) — Kurdistan security forces have arrested a network implicated in the May 9 bombing, said Iraqi Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Neghervan Barzani on Wednesday.
Irbil had witnessed a suicide bombing in front of the region’s Interior Ministry building, killing 14 people and wounding 123 others.
The premier told KUNA that security forces succeeded in [...]

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American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2007 – Iraqi and coalition forces detained 48 suspected insurgents and discovered weapons caches in Iraq over the past three days, military officials reported.
Soldiers of the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, today detained a suspected insurgent wanted in connection with a recent rocket attack on a coalition forces’ base [...]

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IRBIL, May 9 (KUNA) — A truck packed with explosives blew up in front of a building housing offices of the Iraqi Interior Ministry in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil early on Wednesday killing and wounding up to 100 people, an official said.Minister of the Interior Ministry Affairs Karim Sinjari said in a statement [...]

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IRBIL, May 9 (KUNA) — A fiery blast rocked the northern Iraqi city of Irbil early on Wednesday targeting a building housing offices for government regular security forces, authorities said in an initial report.The preliminary report indicated at undetermined casualties and losses.

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