“Would Kurd sit in moral judgment on Sunni, Shia on Kurd, exiles on those who stayed and suffered?”

“Everyone who looks at Iraq sees a nation divided between Shia, Sunni and Kurd communities.”

“Shouts came as a Kurd legislator demanded the oath be read not only in Arabic but in Kurdish, as well.”

“Foreign journalists who left the city reported fierce fighting between Arabs and Kurds in Mosul.”

“Half of the Kurds reside in Turkey, where they comprise over 20 percent of the Turkish population.”

“Already, we've heard reports that Kurds have begun driving Arabs out of villages around Kirkuk, reclaiming their old lands.”