http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/david_romano en http://www.newstatesman.com/middle-east/2008/08/iraq-kurds-kurdish-kurdistan http://www.newstatesman.com/middle-east/2008/08/iraq-kurds-kurdish-kurdistan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:36:34 GMT David Romano By comparison with the rest of Iraq, the country's Kurdish region has thrived since Saddam's overthrow in 2003. But a viable independent state could realistically still be decades away

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