Kurdistan's Booming Economy - NY Times

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JANUARY 5, 2011, 7:29 AM

Video: Kurdistan’s Booming Economy

By NAMO ABDULLA, ANTHONY SHADID and STEPHEN FARRELL

In the Times, Anthony Shadid reports on the growing economic influence of Turkey in northern Iraq.

A Turkey as resurgent as at any time since its Ottoman glory is projecting influence through a turbulent Iraq, from the boomtowns of the north to the oil fields near southernmost Basra, in a show of power that illustrates its growing heft across an Arab world long suspicious of it.

Turkey’s influence is greater in northern Iraq and broader, though not deeper, than Iran’s in the rest of the country. While the United States invaded and occupied Iraq, losing more than 4,400 troops there, Turkey now exerts what may prove a more lasting legacy — so-called soft power, the assertion of influence through culture, education and business.

In this video, we visit one of the showcases of that Turkish penetration across the border into Iraq’s semi autonomous Kurdish region, at the glitziest shopping mall in the Kurdish enclave.

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/video-kurdistans-booming-economy/

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Kurdistans Booming Economy - New York Times

Sorry could not get the video to embed correctly - Great Video to understand the potential of Iraq

Dalite - Thanks for the rescue!

Edited June 18, 2011 by DinarDana

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Great news, but old.

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Great news, but old.

True, but good to point out the positive influence the Kurdish presence can bring to the GOI.

Barzani should be given credit for proving what Iraq can return to.