Iraq's Kurds: The West's Tentative Allies (2001)
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Channel: Journeyman Pictures · 2018 · News & Politics
Our Allies in Iraq? (2002): Travelling in Northern Iraq, our crew tells the story of Iraq’s embattled Kurds and asks whether they will become Iraq’s Northern Alliance? Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures Northern Iraq would appear to be thriving. Supermarkets, internet cafes, busy streets; all the trappings of modernity. The Western protected Kurdish enclave in Northern Iraq was established after the Gulf War to protect Kurds from Saddam. But now Kurds fear they'll be dragged into America's next round of war. They are natural allies in any future attack on Iraq but they are hesitant. "We are against a strike, because so far it has been proven that apart from misery and problems for Iraqi people it has achieved nothing before," says Prime Minister Barzani. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/1226 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures For similar stories, see: Saddam's Kurdish Gas Attack Legacy https://youtu.be/LYWerTc79jU Kurdistan: The Peace Before The Storm https://youtu.be/lXsh33Lh6Tw Meryem: Kobani's Female Liberator (2016) https://youtu.be/qqe4Jkl_q5k Annasofie Flamand – Ref. 1226
