| 1 | He recognises that, as a Kurd, he has been able to enjoy opportunities that are more limited for Iraqis living in other, more unruly parts of the country. | |
| 2 | IRAQ'S Kurds go to the polls on Saturday July 25th to vote for a regional assembly and a president. | |
| 3 | Tanya T. Gilly, a member of Parliament from the heavily Kurdish north, will not be part of that next wave. | |
| 4 | That could trigger action by the Turkish Army, which fears the impact on Turkey's Kurds of a strong and essentially independent Kurdish entity next door. | |
| 5 | Mr Abdulla' s cosy relations with the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), one of the two main ones in the region, have helped him along. |