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Essays: Iraqi Kurdistan: A Work In Progress (on going)

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq:What started as a peaceful protest on February 17 turned into a violent explosion as government troops (mostly belonging to the PDK and PUK political parties) fired on and killed 10 unarmed civilians during a 5 day period. Rebin Hardi, seen here in an office, is a well known intellectual in Iraqi Kurdistan, primarily for his books on politics. When he heard about the violent aspect of the protests he went down to the square to convince everyone that the ony way to achieve change was through words, not fists. While trying to pacify the protestors he was picked up by plain clothes policemen, dragged to a bus and beaten severly before being carted off to prison.
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq:
What started as a peaceful protest on February 17 turned into a violent explosion as government troops (mostly belonging to the PDK and PUK political parties) fired on and killed 10 unarmed civilians during a 5 day period.

Rebin Hardi, seen here in an office, is a well known intellectual in Iraqi Kurdistan, primarily for his books on politics. When he heard about the violent aspect of the protests he went down to the square to convince everyone that the ony way to achieve change was through words, not fists. While trying to pacify the protestors he was picked up by plain clothes policemen, dragged to a bus and beaten severly before being carted off to prison.