(NECN: Washington) - President Bush and Iraqi president Jalal Talabani met in the Oval office this morning, and praised each other for the changes in Iraq. Mr. Bush described Talabani as a man "on the front lines" helping to reunite t...
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At an informal WGBH lunch, Quil Lawrence discusses the Iraq War's seldom-told success story, the rise of the Kurds of northern Iraq. Quil has recently released a new book Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East, based on his experiences as a reporter in Iraq. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
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|Jalal Talabanifound at14:27
“…BBC correspondent the first piece of these pictures to his right is Jalal Talabani the Kurdish leaders and massive virus is some great rebel leader most -- things before this is in 1991 when they were …”
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|President Jalal Talabanifound at3:46
“…the office. Of the patriotic union of Kurdistan. The political parties Iraqi president Jalal Talabani as residents fled the area of car bomb exploded in -- market less than a mile away. Witnesses described -- burning cars …”
Under the Iraqi constitution passed in 2005, the Iraqi Kurds have a good deal of regional autonomy: they have their own parliament, their own army, and depending how you read the Constitution, a certain amount of discretion over the region's oil.
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|Jalal Talabanifound at1:08, 3:21
“…now -- The Kurdish new year's day the president of all Iraq Jalal Talabani is himself occurred and at the same time courage can feel closer than they've ever been to having their own sovereign state. …”
“…government to the United States he's also the son of the Iraqi president Jalal Talabani that's another story but we'll get to it. -- Talabani welcomed open source tell us about this heaven on earth that we …”